Games Jobs in the South East

Gaming
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 152 206
Rank change year-on-year -88 +54 +77
Permanent jobs citing Games 114 246 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 2.12% 1.78%
As % of the General category 1.40% 3.49% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 64 90 187
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,450 £45,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £47,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All General Skills
South East

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,122 7,045 14,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 53.81% 60.80% 64.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,765 4,014 6,830
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,881 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the South East.

Salary trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the South East

Games
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -11 72 £47,500 -32.14% 17
Oxfordshire +8 47 £60,000 -14.29% 8
Buckinghamshire -10 19 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Hampshire -33 15 £62,500 +13.64% 3
West Sussex +31 11 £60,000 - 13
East Sussex +7 6 £30,000 -57.14% 1
Berkshire -23 6 £30,000 -57.14% 6
Surrey -96 5 £40,000 -28.89% 4
Kent -9 4 £58,750 +17.50% 7
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.51%) Exchange Server 2000
3 2 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.88%) Maya
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) MotionBuilder
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.05%) Azure
2 19 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.14%) AWS
4 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (2.63%) Amazon S3
5 3 (2.63%) AWS Fargate
5 3 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (2.63%) Azure AKS
5 3 (2.63%) CloudFront
5 3 (2.63%) Mavenlink
5 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.63%) Serverless
5 3 (2.63%) Taleo
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Dropbox
6 1 (0.88%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) Firewall
2 7 (6.14%) Wireless
3 6 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (4.39%) VPN
5 4 (3.51%) WAN
6 3 (2.63%) Broadband
7 2 (1.75%) Internet
7 2 (1.75%) LAN
8 1 (0.88%) DHCP
8 1 (0.88%) DNS
8 1 (0.88%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.63%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.63%) Power BI
4 2 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (16.67%) Git
2 10 (8.77%) gulp
3 9 (7.89%) JIRA
4 6 (5.26%) webpack
5 5 (4.39%) Bitbucket
5 5 (4.39%) JMeter
5 5 (4.39%) Maven
5 5 (4.39%) Zephyr
6 4 (3.51%) PostCSS
6 4 (3.51%) rollup.js
6 4 (3.51%) Vite
7 3 (2.63%) Subversion
8 1 (0.88%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 13 (11.40%) Finance
4 8 (7.02%) Retail
5 5 (4.39%) Billing
5 5 (4.39%) Financial Institution
5 5 (4.39%) Legal
6 4 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.63%) Law
8 2 (1.75%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.88%) Automotive
9 1 (0.88%) Digital Economy
9 1 (0.88%) Electronics
9 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (21.05%) Developer
2 21 (18.42%) Systems Engineer
3 20 (17.54%) Senior
4 13 (11.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (8.77%) Games Developer
5 10 (8.77%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) .NET Developer
6 8 (7.02%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) IT Support
6 8 (7.02%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) JavaScript Developer
8 6 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Tester
9 5 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (4.39%) Graduate
9 5 (4.39%) Graduate Tester
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.53%) HTML
2 11 (9.65%) Pixi.js
3 10 (8.77%) .NET
3 10 (8.77%) CSS
3 10 (8.77%) HTML5
3 10 (8.77%) WebGL
4 8 (7.02%) ASP.NET
5 7 (6.14%) .NET Core
5 7 (6.14%) ASP.NET MVC
5 7 (6.14%) Entity Framework
5 7 (6.14%) Node.js
6 6 (5.26%) Spine.js
6 6 (5.26%) Unreal Engine
7 5 (4.39%) Blazor
7 5 (4.39%) CSS3
7 5 (4.39%) OpenAPI
7 5 (4.39%) Swagger
8 4 (3.51%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (3.51%) Sass
8 4 (3.51%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.14%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.39%) Animation
3 5 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.39%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.51%) IoT
4 4 (3.51%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.75%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.75%) Online Games
6 2 (1.75%) Web3
7 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.88%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.88%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.54%) Windows
2 5 (4.39%) Linux
2 5 (4.39%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.63%) Android
4 2 (1.75%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (17.54%) Agile
2 15 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (11.40%) Analytics
5 11 (9.65%) Mathematics
5 11 (9.65%) Software Engineering
6 10 (8.77%) Data Analytics
7 9 (7.89%) Full Stack Development
7 9 (7.89%) Multithreading
8 8 (7.02%) Customer Service
8 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (7.02%) Service Delivery
9 7 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.14%) Migration
9 7 (6.14%) MVC
9 7 (6.14%) Scrum
9 7 (6.14%) TDD
9 7 (6.14%) Time Management
10 6 (5.26%) Physics
10 6 (5.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.42%) JavaScript
2 15 (13.16%) SQL
3 11 (9.65%) TypeScript
4 10 (8.77%) C#
4 10 (8.77%) C++
4 10 (8.77%) Python
5 6 (5.26%) Bash
5 6 (5.26%) Java
5 6 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.39%) C
6 5 (4.39%) Groovy
7 1 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (11.40%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.75%) MCP
4 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) CASP
5 1 (0.88%) CISSP
5 1 (0.88%) CREST Certified
5 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) GCIA
5 1 (0.88%) GCIH
5 1 (0.88%) GIAC
5 1 (0.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.89%) GDPR
2 4 (3.51%) QA
2 4 (3.51%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) COSHH
3 1 (0.88%) GRC
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 32 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.39%) Draytek
3 4 (3.51%) Cisco
4 3 (2.63%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.75%) Datto
5 2 (1.75%) Google
5 2 (1.75%) Sophos
5 2 (1.75%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.88%) Citrix
6 1 (0.88%) ConnectWise
6 1 (0.88%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.88%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.88%) VMware
6 1 (0.88%) Webroot