Games Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Swindon

Gaming
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Swindon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	35	32
Rank change year-on-year	-	-3	+12
Permanent jobs citing Games	0	1	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon	-	0.49%	0.45%
As % of the General category	-	0.80%	0.91%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-18.18%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£47,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Wiltshire median annual salary	£31,000	-	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-18.18%

All General Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	71	125	110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon	39.44%	60.68%	49.11%
Number of salaries quoted	50	79	87
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£30,000	£25,468
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£41,250	£39,748
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£57,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.70%	+15.00%	+5.26%
75^th Percentile	£70,752	£68,568	£56,250
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£73,750	£72,500
Wiltshire median annual salary	£52,500	£49,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	+3.16%	-2.06%