Gaming
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 223 68
Rank change year-on-year +112 -155 +30
Permanent jobs citing Games 1,540 1,345 4,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.78% 1.35% 4.52%
As % of the General category 4.01% 2.26% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 710 1,009 839
10th Percentile £23,504 £29,800 £32,700
25th Percentile £25,087 £41,200 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,968 £54,900 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% -12.16% -9.75%
75th Percentile £57,500 £69,914 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,087 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -49.83% -9.09% -15.38%

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38,385 59,384 69,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 69.34% 59.82% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,492 39,693 37,378
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the UK

Games
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Games in the UK

Games
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in the UK

Games
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +88 1,200 £37,500 -30.56% 1,575
Work from Home +166 1,140 £25,087 -54.39% 1,049
UK excluding London +114 1,129 £25,087 -49.83% 942
North of England +68 416 £25,087 -54.30% 261
London +89 320 £62,500 -3.85% 854
Wales +66 224 £25,087 -49.83% 34
North West +22 188 £23,504 -47.77% 175
South West +82 170 £25,087 -44.25% 68
North East +42 156 £25,087 -60.83% 33
Scotland +128 97 £26,949 -48.67% 42
South East +44 91 £39,500 -21.00% 347
Midlands +31 88 £42,500 -22.73% 117
Yorkshire +77 72 £25,267 -49.47% 57
West Midlands -1 48 £55,000 - 66
East of England +1 42 £60,000 - 93
East Midlands +42 40 £42,500 -19.05% 43
Northern Ireland +46 4 - - 7

Games
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (1.30%) Apache Spark
2 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.39%) Confluence
5 5 (0.32%) IIS
6 3 (0.19%) CMS
6 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.13%) WordPress
8 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 43 (2.79%) Maya
2 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.58%) Blender
3 9 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (0.32%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.13%) Moqups
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) ZBrush
8 1 (0.065%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.065%) InDesign
8 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
2 11 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.65%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.065%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.065%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.065%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 121 (7.86%) AWS
2 81 (5.26%) GCP
3 69 (4.48%) Azure
4 29 (1.88%) GitHub
4 29 (1.88%) SaaS
5 28 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 20 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (0.71%) Boomi
9 11 (0.71%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 10 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (0.65%) Serverless
11 8 (0.52%) Amazon S3
11 8 (0.52%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.45%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (0.45%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.39%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.32%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 911 (59.16%) Broadband
2 21 (1.36%) HTTP
3 11 (0.71%) Firewall
4 8 (0.52%) Internet
5 7 (0.45%) SAN
6 6 (0.39%) NAS
6 6 (0.39%) VoIP
6 6 (0.39%) VPN
7 5 (0.32%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.32%) DNS
8 3 (0.19%) DHCP
8 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.19%) WAN
8 3 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.13%) LAN
9 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.13%) Wireless
10 1 (0.065%) 802.11
10 1 (0.065%) OSPF
10 1 (0.065%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.16%) MySQL
2 21 (1.36%) Power BI
3 18 (1.17%) Tableau
4 16 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 12 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.65%) SAP BW
9 9 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.58%) SQL Server
10 8 (0.52%) Redis
11 6 (0.39%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.26%) Looker
13 4 (0.26%) Power Query
13 4 (0.26%) PowerPivot
14 3 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 104 (6.75%) Git
2 25 (1.62%) webpack
3 21 (1.36%) gulp
4 15 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.78%) Gradle
6 7 (0.45%) JIRA
6 7 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.39%) Maven
7 6 (0.39%) TestRail
8 4 (0.26%) Grunt
8 4 (0.26%) Postman
8 4 (0.26%) Vite
9 3 (0.19%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.19%) GitLab
10 2 (0.13%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Selenium
10 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 715 (46.43%) Banking
2 179 (11.62%) Finance
3 175 (11.36%) Social Skills
4 152 (9.87%) Retail
5 107 (6.95%) Telecoms
6 93 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (5.78%) Law
8 71 (4.61%) Marketing
9 45 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 39 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (2.21%) Advertising
12 28 (1.82%) iGaming
13 27 (1.75%) Billing
14 20 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.10%) Legal
16 16 (1.04%) Dutch Language
17 14 (0.91%) French Language
18 10 (0.65%) Publishing
19 7 (0.45%) Automotive
20 6 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 694 (45.06%) Customer Service Advisor
2 471 (30.58%) Senior
3 133 (8.64%) Developer
4 75 (4.87%) Software Engineer
5 59 (3.83%) Lead
6 55 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
7 44 (2.86%) Analyst
8 39 (2.53%) Senior Developer
9 36 (2.34%) Architect
10 33 (2.14%) JavaScript Developer
11 30 (1.95%) PHP Developer
12 27 (1.75%) IT Architect
12 27 (1.75%) Senior Architect
13 26 (1.69%) Games Developer
13 26 (1.69%) PHP Software Engineer
14 22 (1.43%) Senior PHP Developer
15 21 (1.36%) Lead Developer
16 18 (1.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 18 (1.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 17 (1.10%) Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (15.39%) WebGL
2 229 (14.87%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 221 (14.35%) GraphQL
4 87 (5.65%) HTML
5 77 (5.00%) CSS
6 49 (3.18%) Node.js
7 47 (3.05%) Laravel
8 46 (2.99%) React
9 43 (2.79%) Kafka
9 43 (2.79%) LAMP
10 33 (2.14%) Pixi.js
11 22 (1.43%) HTML5
12 17 (1.10%) JSON
12 17 (1.10%) RESTful
12 17 (1.10%) Spine.js
13 16 (1.04%) .NET
14 15 (0.97%) AngularJS
15 13 (0.84%) Jest
15 13 (0.84%) WebSockets
16 12 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 220 (14.29%) Animation
2 74 (4.81%) Mobile App
3 52 (3.38%) Mobile Games
4 49 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
5 41 (2.66%) Algorithms
6 34 (2.21%) Blockchain
7 29 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 28 (1.82%) Online Games
9 26 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 24 (1.56%) Robotics
12 22 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.17%) IoT
13 18 (1.17%) Sports Betting
14 17 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.91%) Social Media
16 13 (0.84%) Product Ownership
17 10 (0.65%) Clustering
17 10 (0.65%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.14%) Windows
2 31 (2.01%) Linux
3 24 (1.56%) Android
3 24 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.32%) Mac OS X
5 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.13%) CentOS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.065%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,116 (72.47%) Problem-Solving
2 729 (47.34%) Customer Service
3 304 (19.74%) Artificial Intelligence
4 230 (14.94%) Prototyping
5 225 (14.61%) Rapid Prototyping
6 224 (14.55%) Storytelling
7 216 (14.03%) Visual Effects
8 215 (13.96%) 3D Animation
9 180 (11.69%) Mentoring
10 149 (9.68%) Software Engineering
11 145 (9.42%) Agile
12 128 (8.31%) Analytics
13 77 (5.00%) E-Commerce
14 70 (4.55%) Business Strategy
15 68 (4.42%) DevOps
16 66 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
17 63 (4.09%) Coaching
17 63 (4.09%) Computer Science
18 59 (3.83%) Machine Learning
19 57 (3.70%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 215 (13.96%) HLSL
2 128 (8.31%) JavaScript
3 99 (6.43%) Python
4 85 (5.52%) PHP
5 64 (4.16%) SQL
6 49 (3.18%) TypeScript
7 44 (2.86%) Java
8 26 (1.69%) C#
9 21 (1.36%) Scala
10 20 (1.30%) Swift
11 18 (1.17%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.17%) Objective-C
12 16 (1.04%) C++
13 14 (0.91%) Go
14 8 (0.52%) C
14 8 (0.52%) PowerShell
15 7 (0.45%) R
16 5 (0.32%) Bash
16 5 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
17 3 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 150 (9.74%) Degree
2 30 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (1.43%) CISA
3 22 (1.43%) ISACA
4 20 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 15 (0.97%) PhD
6 9 (0.58%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.45%) ACCA
7 7 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.39%) CIMA
8 6 (0.39%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.13%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.13%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.13%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.13%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.065%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.065%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.16%) QA
2 22 (1.43%) ITGC
3 18 (1.17%) GDPR
4 14 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.32%) NCSC
5 5 (0.32%) SLA
6 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.065%) DICOM
7 1 (0.065%) HL7
7 1 (0.065%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.065%) PMO
7 1 (0.065%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (1.69%) Docker
2 21 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.91%) Terraform
3 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.65%) Argo
4 10 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.45%) Ansible
6 6 (0.39%) Grafana
7 5 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.26%) Istio
8 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.26%) Puppet
8 4 (0.26%) SCCM
9 3 (0.19%) Consul
10 2 (0.13%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.065%) Kibana
11 1 (0.065%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.065%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 766 (49.74%) BT
2 85 (5.52%) Microsoft
3 59 (3.83%) SAP
4 46 (2.99%) Google
5 38 (2.47%) Oracle
6 32 (2.08%) Adobe
7 22 (1.43%) Apple
8 17 (1.10%) Commvault
9 15 (0.97%) New Relic
9 15 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 14 (0.91%) Twitter
11 13 (0.84%) VMware
12 11 (0.71%) Dell
12 11 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.45%) Ariba
15 6 (0.39%) Meraki
16 5 (0.32%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.32%) Siemens
16 5 (0.32%) TikTok