Games Job Trends 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 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 51
Rank change year-on-year -6 +28 -2
Permanent jobs citing Games 1 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 0.38% 3.65% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.95% 4.63% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median annual salary £35,500 £51,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.73% -0.49% -6.36%

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 105 108 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 39.92% 78.83% 60.62%
Number of salaries quoted 76 89 226
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,845 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,568 £60,938
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,500 £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £57,500 £51,058 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.62% +13.46% -1.64%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Games job vacancy trend in Swindon

Games
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Games

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR