Unity (Game Engine) Job Trends

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Unity (Game Engine) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 669 637
Rank change year-on-year +24 -32 +260
Permanent jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 12 35 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.067% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.31% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10 16 136
10th Percentile £40,825 £33,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% +5.88% -30.61%
75th Percentile £95,000 £48,750 £52,813
90th Percentile - £54,375 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,500 £47,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -44.21% +31.94% -15.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Unity (Game 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,342 11,333 17,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.50% 21.85% 24.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,396 6,627 14,095
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,720 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.47% +9.09% -4.35%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Unity (Game Engine) job vacancy trend in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unity (Game Engine).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unity (Game Engine)

Unity (Game Engine)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) within the UK over the 6 months to 1 February 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
England +35 12 £72,500 +61.11% 16
London +45 10 £90,000 +100.00% 7
Work from Home +51 7 £90,000 +73.91% 8
UK excluding London -3 2 £26,500 -44.21% 10
East of England +19 1 - - 5
Midlands +10 1 £26,500 -44.21% 1
East Midlands - 1 £26,500 -

Unity (Game Engine)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (25.00%) Blender
1 3 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
2 2 (16.67%) Maya
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) 3ds Max
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (8.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Azure Machine Learning
1 5 (41.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
General
1 7 (58.33%) Games
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) French Language
3 2 (16.67%) German Language
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Chief Technology Officer
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Producer
2 2 (16.67%) Sales Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lecturer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) React
1 5 (41.67%) REST
1 5 (41.67%) Symfony
1 5 (41.67%) Unreal Engine
1 5 (41.67%) WebGL
2 1 (8.33%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (41.67%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (41.67%) Educational Technology
2 5 (41.67%) Mobile Games
3 3 (25.00%) Animation
4 2 (16.67%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
5 1 (8.33%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Android
1 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) AI
1 5 (41.67%) Budget Management
1 5 (41.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (41.67%) Machine Learning
1 5 (41.67%) Natural Language Processing
1 5 (41.67%) Objectives and Key Results
1 5 (41.67%) Resource Allocation
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
1 5 (41.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 5 (41.67%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) CAD
2 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) B2B
3 2 (16.67%) B2B Sales
3 2 (16.67%) Building Information Modelling
3 2 (16.67%) Post-Production
3 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Kotlin
1 5 (41.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Adobe
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Autodesk
2 1 (8.33%) Google