Games Developer Jobs

Game Developer
UK

The median Game Developer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 719 945
Rank change year-on-year +53 +226 +188
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 26 177 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.18% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.19% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 25 177 42
10th Percentile - £27,500 £41,375
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £38,750 £55,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £65,500 £70,000 £84,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -36.84% +5.56% +14.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Games Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Games Developer in the UK

Games Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Games Developer in the UK

Games Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games Developer in the UK

Games Developer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +33 24 £30,000 -40.00% 10
UK excluding London +86 19 £30,000 -36.84% 9
South East +118 18 £30,000 -40.00% 2
Work from Home +168 6 £50,000 - 8
London +81 3 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Midlands +78 1 £37,500 -28.57% 1
East Midlands +48 1 £37,500 -28.57%

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Games
2 24 (92.31%) JavaScript
2 24 (92.31%) Node.js
3 23 (88.46%) Pixi.js
4 22 (84.62%) webpack
4 22 (84.62%) gulp
4 22 (84.62%) WebGL
5 19 (73.08%) Git
6 18 (69.23%) Spine.js
6 18 (69.23%) TypeScript
7 5 (19.23%) HTML
7 5 (19.23%) iGaming
7 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
7 5 (19.23%) JSON
8 4 (15.38%) Web Development
8 4 (15.38%) CSS
8 4 (15.38%) XML
8 4 (15.38%) OOP
8 4 (15.38%) Retail
8 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
8 4 (15.38%) Babylonjs
8 4 (15.38%) Grunt
8 4 (15.38%) RxJS
9 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (3.85%) Mobile Games
10 1 (3.85%) Agile
10 1 (3.85%) PhD
10 1 (3.85%) Project Management
10 1 (3.85%) Linux

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) GitHub
1 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (84.62%) gulp
1 22 (84.62%) webpack
2 19 (73.08%) Git
3 4 (15.38%) Grunt
General
1 26 (100.00%) Games
2 5 (19.23%) iGaming
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (92.31%) Node.js
2 23 (88.46%) Pixi.js
3 22 (84.62%) WebGL
4 18 (69.23%) Spine.js
5 5 (19.23%) HTML
5 5 (19.23%) JSON
6 4 (15.38%) Babylonjs
6 4 (15.38%) CSS
6 4 (15.38%) RxJS
6 4 (15.38%) XML
7 1 (3.85%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) OOP
1 4 (15.38%) Web Development
2 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (3.85%) Agile
3 1 (3.85%) Architectural Design
3 1 (3.85%) Code Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.85%) Conversational UI
3 1 (3.85%) Data Science
3 1 (3.85%) Game Development
3 1 (3.85%) LLM
3 1 (3.85%) Load Testing
3 1 (3.85%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.85%) Project Delivery
3 1 (3.85%) Project Management
3 1 (3.85%) Statistics
3 1 (3.85%) Test Automation
3 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) JavaScript
2 18 (69.23%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
1 1 (3.85%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) PayPal