Games Jobs in Surrey

Gaming
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 136 69
Rank change year-on-year +64 -67 +105
Permanent jobs citing Games 31 19 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 2.63% 0.72% 3.70%
As % of the General category 3.60% 1.08% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 20
10th Percentile - - £31,300
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.04% -13.21%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £50,500 £91,250 £70,125
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% -14.29%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 862 1,763 1,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.05% 67.11% 71.46%
Number of salaries quoted 333 950 819
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,115 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £90,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.28%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Surrey

Games
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Games in Surrey

Games
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Surrey over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in Surrey

Games
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 29 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
Redhill - 6 £40,000 - 3
Epsom - 3 £55,000 -
East Molesey - 2 - -
Thames Ditton - 2 - -
Leatherhead +44 1 £40,000 -5.88%
Warlingham - 1 - -
Whyteleafe - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - -
Esher - 1 - -
Games
South East

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (74.19%) Broadband
2 6 (19.35%) NAS
2 6 (19.35%) SAN
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Senior
2 6 (19.35%) Engineering Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Senior Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Senior Service Manager
2 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow Manager
3 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Support
3 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Business Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Software Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (54.84%) GraphQL
1 17 (54.84%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 17 (54.84%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (54.84%) Animation
2 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 6 (19.35%) Product Ownership
2 6 (19.35%) Video\Live Streaming
3 5 (16.13%) Clustering
4 1 (3.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) 3D Animation
1 17 (54.84%) Artificial Intelligence
1 17 (54.84%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (54.84%) Prototyping
1 17 (54.84%) Rapid Prototyping
1 17 (54.84%) Storytelling
1 17 (54.84%) Visual Effects
2 11 (35.48%) Computer Science
3 6 (19.35%) Change Management
3 6 (19.35%) Deployment Automation
3 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
3 6 (19.35%) ITSM
3 6 (19.35%) Problem Management
3 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
3 6 (19.35%) Service Delivery
3 6 (19.35%) Software Delivery
3 6 (19.35%) Software Engineering
3 6 (19.35%) Validation
4 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (16.13%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) HLSL
2 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Degree
2 6 (19.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.23%) HNC
3 1 (3.23%) HND
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow
2 6 (19.35%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) HubSpot