Unreal Engine
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 503 | 521 | 526 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +5 | +165 |
| Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine | 6 | 45 | 47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.014% | 0.13% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.15% | 0.64% | 0.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £37,500 | £31,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,875 | £40,000 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £43,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.30% | -20.91% | -12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,250 | £56,250 | £69,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,750 | £68,000 | £80,625 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £43,500 | £61,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -28.98% | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London
Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 3,886 | 7,008 | 8,028 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 9.16% | 19.51% | 23.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,980 | 3,898 | 6,314 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £36,250 | £36,270 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,497 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £73,750 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -3.70% |
Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Unreal Engine
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unreal Engine.
Unreal Engine
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.
Unreal Engine
Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -5 | 4 | £42,500 | -2.30% | 19 |
| North East | - | 3 | £42,500 | - | 2 |
| East of England | +23 | 1 | £47,500 | - | 14 |
| Midlands | +18 | 1 | £26,500 | - | 13 |
| North West | +17 | 1 | £37,500 | -9.06% | 8 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £26,500 | - | 10 |
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Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: