Games Jobs in the South West

Gaming
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 129 112
Rank change year-on-year +80 -17 +37
Permanent jobs citing Games 169 188 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.74% 2.03% 2.69%
As % of the General category 7.51% 3.76% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 99 143 30
10th Percentile - £27,500 £42,250
25th Percentile - £31,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.46% -16.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £49,125 £52,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £69,250 £66,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £36,250 £54,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -33.97% -12.16% -10.71%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,250 4,998 4,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 63.15% 54.00% 63.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,395 2,360
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,313 £32,882 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £64,969 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South West

Games
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Games in the South West

Games
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in the South West

Games
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Devon +64 77 £25,087 -28.32% 6
Cornwall - 58 £25,087 - 1
Bristol +54 23 £62,500 +13.64% 20
Wiltshire +40 7 £51,250 -0.49% 2
Gloucestershire -12 4 £41,500 +15.28% 17
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.88%) AWS
2 14 (8.28%) GCP
3 11 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.33%) Azure
5 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
5 2 (1.18%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 130 (76.92%) Broadband
2 5 (2.96%) Firewall
3 2 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.28%) MySQL
2 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (9.47%) Git
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 124 (73.37%) Banking
2 14 (8.28%) Finance
3 5 (2.96%) Marketing
4 4 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.78%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.78%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.18%) Advertising
7 1 (0.59%) Legal
7 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 124 (73.37%) Customer Service Advisor
2 14 (8.28%) Senior
3 13 (7.69%) Lead
4 12 (7.10%) Developer
5 11 (6.51%) Analyst
5 11 (6.51%) Support Analyst
6 8 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 8 (4.73%) PHP Developer
6 8 (4.73%) Senior Developer
6 8 (4.73%) Senior PHP Developer
6 8 (4.73%) Technical Leader
7 5 (2.96%) Development Team Leader
7 5 (2.96%) Team Leader
8 3 (1.78%) Desktop Analyst
8 3 (1.78%) Desktop Support
8 3 (1.78%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (1.18%) Account Manager
9 2 (1.18%) SEO Manager
9 2 (1.18%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.47%) CSS
1 16 (9.47%) HTML
2 14 (8.28%) LAMP
2 14 (8.28%) Laravel
3 6 (3.55%) GraphQL
3 6 (3.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 6 (3.55%) WebGL
4 2 (1.18%) .NET
4 2 (1.18%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.18%) HTML5
4 2 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.59%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.59%) Kafka
5 1 (0.59%) React
5 1 (0.59%) Spring
5 1 (0.59%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.28%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.55%) Animation
3 3 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.18%) Robotics
5 1 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.59%) Mixed Reality
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (79.88%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (76.33%) Customer Service
3 21 (12.43%) E-Commerce
4 16 (9.47%) OOP
5 15 (8.88%) Software Engineering
6 14 (8.28%) MVC
6 14 (8.28%) Web Development
7 9 (5.33%) Mentoring
8 8 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (3.55%) 3D Animation
9 6 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (3.55%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (3.55%) Prototyping
9 6 (3.55%) Rapid Prototyping
9 6 (3.55%) Storytelling
9 6 (3.55%) Visual Effects
10 5 (2.96%) Agile
10 5 (2.96%) TDD
10 5 (2.96%) Ticket Management
10 5 (2.96%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.61%) PHP
2 17 (10.06%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.55%) HLSL
4 2 (1.18%) C++
4 2 (1.18%) SQL
5 1 (0.59%) Java
5 1 (0.59%) Python
5 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (3.55%) Degree
2 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 124 (73.37%) BT
2 13 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.37%) Twitter
4 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.18%) Google