Games Jobs in the Thames Valley

Gaming
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 107 226
Rank change year-on-year -73 +119 -71
Permanent jobs citing Games 59 170 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.88% 2.77% 0.76%
As % of the General category 1.68% 4.30% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 26
10th Percentile £30,000 £48,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £57,188 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +114.29% -45.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £79,063 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £92,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -10.71% +33.33%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,515 3,956 4,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.49% 64.54% 58.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,747 2,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,413 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,375
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the Thames Valley

Games
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Games in the Thames Valley

Games
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the Thames Valley

Games
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Oxfordshire +34 39 £47,500 -32.14% 23
Buckinghamshire -41 12 £40,000 -31.91% 6
Berkshire -73 8 £25,750 -62.55% 16
Games
South East

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (6.78%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Maya
1 4 (6.78%) MotionBuilder
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.69%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) Azure
2 6 (10.17%) AWS
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.78%) Mavenlink
4 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.39%) Serverless
5 2 (3.39%) Taleo
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) 4G
2 2 (3.39%) xDSL
3 1 (1.69%) Network Security
3 1 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Power BI
2 3 (5.08%) Amazon Aurora
2 3 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.39%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) JIRA
2 5 (8.47%) Git
3 4 (6.78%) gulp
3 4 (6.78%) PostCSS
3 4 (6.78%) rollup.js
3 4 (6.78%) Vite
4 1 (1.69%) Subversion
General
1 18 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Retail
3 4 (6.78%) Legal
3 4 (6.78%) Marketing
4 2 (3.39%) Dutch Language
4 2 (3.39%) Finance
4 2 (3.39%) French Language
4 2 (3.39%) Law
4 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Swedish Language
4 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.69%) Automotive
5 1 (1.69%) Digital Economy
5 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Senior
3 8 (13.56%) Developer
4 7 (11.86%) Analyst
4 7 (11.86%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Business Systems Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (6.78%) Product Specialist
5 4 (6.78%) Salesforce Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) C# Developer
6 3 (5.08%) Games Developer
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) QA Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) Unreal Engine
2 5 (8.47%) CSS
2 5 (8.47%) HTML
3 4 (6.78%) HTML5
3 4 (6.78%) HTML5 Canvas
3 4 (6.78%) Pixi.js
3 4 (6.78%) Sass
3 4 (6.78%) Tailwind CSS
3 4 (6.78%) WebGL
4 3 (5.08%) .NET
4 3 (5.08%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.08%) DirectX
4 3 (5.08%) OpenGL
4 3 (5.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (1.69%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (1.69%) Django
5 1 (1.69%) Kafka
5 1 (1.69%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.69%) Symfony
5 1 (1.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Animation
1 4 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.08%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (5.08%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.86%) Windows
2 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.69%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) Unix
3 1 (1.69%) VMS
3 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.64%) Customer Service
2 10 (16.95%) Mathematics
3 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.86%) Physics
4 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
5 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (8.47%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) IT Strategy
6 5 (8.47%) Time Management
7 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.78%) Data Cleansing
7 4 (6.78%) Data Management
7 4 (6.78%) Data Migration
7 4 (6.78%) Decision-Making
7 4 (6.78%) Migration
7 4 (6.78%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (6.78%) Use Case
7 4 (6.78%) Validation
7 4 (6.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
2 6 (10.17%) JavaScript
2 6 (10.17%) Python
3 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.08%) C#
4 3 (5.08%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.39%) C
5 2 (3.39%) C++
6 1 (1.69%) Bash
6 1 (1.69%) Java
6 1 (1.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) MCP
3 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) GDPR
2 3 (5.08%) SLA
3 1 (1.69%) COSHH
3 1 (1.69%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Datto
2 5 (8.47%) Sophos
2 5 (8.47%) WatchGuard
3 4 (6.78%) Atlassian
3 4 (6.78%) Autodesk
3 4 (6.78%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.69%) Apple
4 1 (1.69%) Citrix