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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 252 158
Rank change year-on-year +44 -94 +47
Permanent jobs citing Games 91 147 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.97% 0.87% 2.13%
As % of the General category 1.45% 1.54% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 41 105 85
10th Percentile - £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -30.56% -13.60% -10.71%

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 6,296 9,532 9,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.85% 56.71% 63.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,693 6,040 4,473
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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
Middlesex - 26 - - 12
Surrey +55 25 £40,000 -20.00% 30
East Sussex +48 19 £30,000 - 18
Thames Valley +17 13 £56,500 +28.41% 67
Buckinghamshire +27 6 £52,000 +30.00% 10
Hampshire +47 5 £55,000 +29.41% 43
Oxfordshire -3 4 £70,000 +47.37% 29
Berkshire +33 3 £39,500 +53.40% 33
Kent +29 3 - - 8
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 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.10%) IIS
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (2.20%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.10%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.40%) SaaS
2 1 (1.10%) AWS
2 1 (1.10%) Canva
2 1 (1.10%) Cloudflare
2 1 (1.10%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 28 (30.77%) Broadband
2 6 (6.59%) NAS
2 6 (6.59%) SAN
3 1 (1.10%) Firewall
3 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) MySQL
2 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (26.37%) Git
2 21 (23.08%) webpack
3 17 (18.68%) gulp
4 4 (4.40%) Cypress.io
4 4 (4.40%) Vite
5 1 (1.10%) Jasmine
5 1 (1.10%) NUnit
5 1 (1.10%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (21.98%) Law
2 13 (14.29%) Marketing
3 12 (13.19%) Finance
4 9 (9.89%) Advertising
4 9 (9.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (9.89%) Social Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Retail
8 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.10%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.10%) Electronics
9 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (43.96%) Senior
2 25 (27.47%) Developer
3 17 (18.68%) Games Developer
3 17 (18.68%) JavaScript Developer
4 8 (8.79%) Gen AI Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Lead
6 6 (6.59%) Marketing Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Product Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Product Marketing Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (4.40%) Gen AI Software Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (4.40%) Software Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) UI Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (46.15%) WebGL
2 28 (30.77%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 25 (27.47%) GraphQL
4 21 (23.08%) Node.js
5 17 (18.68%) Pixi.js
5 17 (18.68%) Spine.js
6 5 (5.49%) Jest
6 5 (5.49%) React
6 5 (5.49%) Vue
7 4 (4.40%) Enzyme
7 4 (4.40%) Next.js
7 4 (4.40%) OpenAPI
7 4 (4.40%) Parceljs
7 4 (4.40%) Svelte
7 4 (4.40%) WebAssembly
8 3 (3.30%) .NET
8 3 (3.30%) CSS
8 3 (3.30%) HTML
9 2 (2.20%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.20%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.47%) Animation
2 12 (13.19%) Algorithms
3 8 (8.79%) Clustering
4 4 (4.40%) Online Games
5 3 (3.30%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.30%) Social Media
5 3 (3.30%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (2.20%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (2.20%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.20%) Media Streaming
6 2 (2.20%) Over-the-Top Content
6 2 (2.20%) Replication
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (1.10%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.10%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.59%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Linux
3 1 (1.10%) Android
3 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.10%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.66%) Artificial Intelligence
2 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (27.47%) 3D Animation
3 25 (27.47%) Prototyping
3 25 (27.47%) Rapid Prototyping
3 25 (27.47%) Storytelling
3 25 (27.47%) Visual Effects
4 13 (14.29%) User Experience
5 12 (13.19%) CI/CD
5 12 (13.19%) Machine Learning
5 12 (13.19%) Software Engineering
6 11 (12.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 11 (12.09%) Cloud Security
6 11 (12.09%) Generative AI
6 11 (12.09%) LLM
6 11 (12.09%) Open Source
6 11 (12.09%) Pair Programming
6 11 (12.09%) Technology Strategy
7 9 (9.89%) Customer Experience
8 8 (8.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.67%) JavaScript
2 25 (27.47%) HLSL
3 22 (24.18%) TypeScript
4 14 (15.38%) Python
5 12 (13.19%) Go
6 7 (7.69%) C#
7 5 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 4 (4.40%) SQL
9 3 (3.30%) Java
10 2 (2.20%) Bash
10 2 (2.20%) PHP
11 1 (1.10%) C++
11 1 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (17.58%) Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.10%) HNC
3 1 (1.10%) HND
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.09%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.79%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) QA
4 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (12.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.59%) VMware
3 2 (2.20%) Adobe
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle
3 2 (2.20%) SAP
4 1 (1.10%) BT
4 1 (1.10%) Google
4 1 (1.10%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.10%) Rollbar
4 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow