Games Jobs in South Wales

Gaming
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 71 110
Rank change year-on-year -4 +39 -31
Permanent jobs citing Games 31 36 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.03% 3.10% 1.18%
As % of the General category 3.90% 4.72% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 3 10
10th Percentile - £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £35,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - £62,125
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -28.57% +40.00%

All General Skills
South Wales

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 795 763 893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 52.17% 65.78% 58.40%
Number of salaries quoted 557 359 539
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,330 £31,569
25th Percentile £32,083 £34,243 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% -10.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £77,750
Wales median annual salary £43,165 £44,583 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.18% -6.14% +13.10%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in South Wales

Games
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Games in South Wales

Games
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in South Wales

Games
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Cardiff +26 29 £50,000 - 6
Bridgend -33 1 - - 2
Newport - 1 £41,200 -
Games
Wales

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (74.19%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) AWS
2 11 (35.48%) GCP
3 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Git
1 11 (35.48%) Jenkins
1 11 (35.48%) Selenium
General
1 11 (35.48%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.23%) Police
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Developer
2 11 (35.48%) .NET Developer
2 11 (35.48%) C# .NET Developer
2 11 (35.48%) C# Developer
2 11 (35.48%) Games Developer
2 11 (35.48%) Java Developer
3 8 (25.81%) Senior
4 5 (16.13%) Full Stack Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Blockchain Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (70.97%) AngularJS
2 11 (35.48%) .NET
2 11 (35.48%) ASP.NET Web API
2 11 (35.48%) React
2 11 (35.48%) REST
2 11 (35.48%) RESTful
2 11 (35.48%) Spring
2 11 (35.48%) Spring Boot
3 5 (16.13%) .NET Core
3 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET
3 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (16.13%) HTML
3 5 (16.13%) HTML5
3 5 (16.13%) Laravel
3 5 (16.13%) LINQ
3 5 (16.13%) Symfony
3 5 (16.13%) Vue
4 1 (3.23%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Blockchain
2 1 (3.23%) IoT
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Unix
1 1 (3.23%) VMS
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Full Stack Development
2 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) Asset Management
3 11 (35.48%) Containerisation
3 11 (35.48%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (35.48%) Fintech
3 11 (35.48%) Integration Testing
3 11 (35.48%) Multithreading
3 11 (35.48%) Roadmaps
3 11 (35.48%) Test Automation
4 9 (29.03%) Agile
5 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (16.13%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
5 5 (16.13%) Microservices
5 5 (16.13%) MVC
6 1 (3.23%) DevOps
6 1 (3.23%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (3.23%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (3.23%) Sprint Review
6 1 (3.23%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) JavaScript
2 11 (35.48%) C#
2 11 (35.48%) Java
2 11 (35.48%) SQL
2 11 (35.48%) TypeScript
3 5 (16.13%) PHP
4 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 11 (35.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) SCCM
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
1 1 (3.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Oracle
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Blue Prism
3 1 (3.23%) UiPath