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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 709 659 755
Rank change year-on-year -50 +96 +26
Permanent jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 47 15 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.031% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.46% 0.17% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 16 9 119
10th Percentile £45,430 £31,500 -
25th Percentile £49,611 £40,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73,438 £70,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,200 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +8.11%

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 10,154 8,974 20,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.39% 18.41% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,576 5,941 15,541
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -27 46 £60,000 +26.32% 11
UK excluding London -47 31 £42,500 +3.03% 7
West Midlands +3 27 - - 2
Midlands -3 27 - - 2
London -10 15 £60,000 -12.41% 3
Work from Home -8 5 £54,191 -27.75%
East of England - 4 £42,500 - 2

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 5 (10.64%) Blender
1 5 (10.64%) Maya
2 2 (4.26%) 3ds Max
2 2 (4.26%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) GitHub
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) Cloud Functions
2 1 (2.13%) Cloud Run
2 1 (2.13%) CloudFront
2 1 (2.13%) Firebase
2 1 (2.13%) GCP
2 1 (2.13%) Google Docs
2 1 (2.13%) Google Sheets
2 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) Plastic SCM
2 1 (2.13%) Crashlytics
General
1 40 (85.11%) Games
2 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Humanities
3 3 (6.38%) Social Science
4 2 (4.26%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (57.45%) Programmer
2 19 (40.43%) Senior
3 14 (29.79%) Senior Programmer
4 12 (25.53%) Developer
5 11 (23.40%) Lead
6 8 (17.02%) Lead Programmer
7 6 (12.77%) Games Developer
8 4 (8.51%) C# Developer
8 4 (8.51%) Software Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) Lead Developer
9 3 (6.38%) Mobile Games Developer
9 3 (6.38%) Research Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) Research Software Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
10 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Team Leader
11 1 (2.13%) Cloud Developer
11 1 (2.13%) Lead C# Developer
11 1 (2.13%) Senior Games Developer
11 1 (2.13%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (8.51%) Node.js
3 3 (6.38%) Django
3 3 (6.38%) Express.js
3 3 (6.38%) Godot
3 3 (6.38%) WebXR
4 2 (4.26%) V-Ray
5 1 (2.13%) OpenGL
5 1 (2.13%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 32 (68.09%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (10.64%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.51%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (6.38%) Blog
4 3 (6.38%) Mobile Games
5 2 (4.26%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.64%) 3D Modelling
1 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (10.64%) Visualisation
2 4 (8.51%) CI/CD
2 4 (8.51%) Containerisation
2 4 (8.51%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (8.51%) Software Engineering
3 3 (6.38%) Agile
3 3 (6.38%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (6.38%) Data Management
3 3 (6.38%) Data Modelling
3 3 (6.38%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
3 3 (6.38%) DevOps
3 3 (6.38%) Jamstack
3 3 (6.38%) Machine Learning
3 3 (6.38%) Progressive Enhancement
3 3 (6.38%) Project Management
3 3 (6.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) C#
2 6 (12.77%) Python
3 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.51%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.13%) C++
4 1 (2.13%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (2.13%) HLSL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.13%) Google