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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 75 99
Rank change year-on-year +2 +24 -20
Permanent jobs citing Games 30 34 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.08% 2.96% 0.98%
As % of the General category 3.90% 4.53% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 27 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 769 750 808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 53.33% 65.39% 56.39%
Number of salaries quoted 537 389 523
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,558 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,107 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,666 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -10.67% +17.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,950
Wales median annual salary £43,286 £44,666 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.09% -5.97% +11.76%

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 April 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 April 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 +23 25 £50,000 - 4
Bridgend -34 4 £37,500 - 1
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 20 (66.67%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) AWS
2 11 (36.67%) GCP
3 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) FTP
2 2 (6.67%) HTTP
2 2 (6.67%) Internet
2 2 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (6.67%) SMTP
2 2 (6.67%) Sourcefire
2 2 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.67%) VPN
2 2 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (36.67%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Git
1 11 (36.67%) Jenkins
1 11 (36.67%) Selenium
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Police
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Developer
2 11 (36.67%) Java Developer
3 8 (26.67%) .NET Developer
3 8 (26.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 8 (26.67%) C# Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Games Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Full Stack Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Games Producer
8 1 (3.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (63.33%) AngularJS
2 11 (36.67%) React
2 11 (36.67%) REST
2 11 (36.67%) Spring
2 11 (36.67%) Spring Boot
3 8 (26.67%) .NET
3 8 (26.67%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (26.67%) RESTful
4 5 (16.67%) .NET Core
4 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (16.67%) HTML
4 5 (16.67%) HTML5
4 5 (16.67%) Laravel
4 5 (16.67%) LINQ
4 5 (16.67%) Symfony
4 5 (16.67%) Vue
5 2 (6.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
2 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Unix
1 1 (3.33%) VMS
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (43.33%) Full Stack Development
3 11 (36.67%) Asset Management
3 11 (36.67%) Containerisation
3 11 (36.67%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (36.67%) Fintech
3 11 (36.67%) Integration Testing
3 11 (36.67%) Roadmaps
3 11 (36.67%) Test Automation
4 9 (30.00%) Agile
5 8 (26.67%) Multithreading
6 5 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (16.67%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
6 5 (16.67%) Microservices
6 5 (16.67%) MVC
7 3 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.67%) Compliance Audit
8 2 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (6.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) JavaScript
2 11 (36.67%) Java
2 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 11 (36.67%) TypeScript
3 8 (26.67%) C#
4 5 (16.67%) PHP
5 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.33%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) ArcSight
3 2 (6.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) F5
3 2 (6.67%) IBM
3 2 (6.67%) Juniper
3 2 (6.67%) Splunk
3 2 (6.67%) TippingPoint
3 2 (6.67%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.33%) Apple
4 1 (3.33%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.33%) UiPath