Games Job Trends in South London

Gaming
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -71
Permanent jobs citing Games 18 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 3.02% - 0.57%
As % of the General category 6.62% - 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% - -2.99%

All General Skills
South London

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 general skills in South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 272 368 685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 45.56% 80.35% 78.02%
Number of salaries quoted 129 86 224
10th Percentile £29,600 £32,500 £27,650
25th Percentile £35,250 £47,500 £35,462
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,500 £111,250 £83,375
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South London.

Games job vacancy trend in South London

Games
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Games

Games
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South London region over the 6 months to 23 June 2026. 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
Bromley - 7 £60,000 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 5 - -
Merton - 5 - -
Croydon - 1 - - 1
Games
London

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) CMS
1 3 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Adobe Analytics
2 4 (22.22%) Contentsquare
3 3 (16.67%) Figma
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) DTS
2 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 1 (5.56%) Content Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Content Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Content Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Service Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital User Researcher
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Content Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Digital Content Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Digital Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Designer
4 1 (5.56%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Social Media
2 5 (27.78%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (11.11%) Low-Code
3 2 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) AI
2 15 (83.33%) Agile
3 10 (55.56%) Analytics
3 10 (55.56%) Customer Experience
3 10 (55.56%) Digital Customer Experience
3 10 (55.56%) Product Roadmap
3 10 (55.56%) Roadmaps
3 10 (55.56%) Storytelling
3 10 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 7 (38.89%) User Research
5 6 (33.33%) DesignOps
6 5 (27.78%) Business Development
6 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (27.78%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (27.78%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (27.78%) Presales
6 5 (27.78%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (27.78%) Risk Analysis
6 5 (27.78%) Use Case
6 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Go
1 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) Accessibility
2 6 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Adobe
2 5 (27.78%) Dell