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 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 686 | 721 | 936 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +215 | +227 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer | 25 | 174 | 43 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.045% | 0.18% | 0.043% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.050% | 0.19% | 0.047% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24 | 174 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £27,500 | £41,250 |
| 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 | £55,000 | £57,188 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,375 | £68,750 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +11.11% | +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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Games Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Games Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games Developer.
Games Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Games Developer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Games Developer
Top 9 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 16 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 | +16 | 23 | £30,000 | -40.00% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 18 | £30,000 | -40.00% | 11 |
| South East | +108 | 16 | £30,000 | -40.00% | |
| Work from Home | +96 | 6 | £50,000 | - | 10 |
| London | +77 | 3 | £65,000 | -3.70% | |
| Midlands | +61 | 1 | £37,500 | -41.18% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +31 | 1 | £37,500 | -28.57% | |
| North of England | +18 | 1 | £72,500 | +45.00% | 6 |
| North West | -8 | 1 | £72,500 | +75.82% | 3 |
Games Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 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.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||