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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 614 737
Rank change year-on-year -88 +123 +121
Permanent jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 22 21 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.051% 0.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.25% 0.24% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 139
10th Percentile £39,150 £25,492 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £27,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% - -38.46%
75th Percentile £95,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - £52,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,500 £39,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year -32.48% +9.03% -24.21%

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 8,633 8,640 20,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 20.83% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,292 6,529 15,739
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,454 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Top 8 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 16 April 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 -79 21 £67,500 +71.97% 27
UK excluding London -67 13 £26,500 -32.48% 19
Midlands -33 11 £26,500 -42.70% 13
West Midlands -6 10 - - 13
London -1 8 £78,750 - 9
Work from Home -12 6 £90,000 +106.90% 3
East of England -28 2 - - 2
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 4 (18.18%) CINEMA 4D
2 3 (13.64%) Blender
3 2 (9.09%) 3ds Max
3 2 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (9.09%) Maya
4 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Azure Machine Learning
1 3 (13.64%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
General
1 16 (72.73%) Games
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Programmer
2 8 (36.36%) Senior
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Programmer
4 3 (13.64%) Chief Technology Officer
4 3 (13.64%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Digital Producer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead Programmer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Technician
6 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (13.64%) React
2 3 (13.64%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) Symfony
2 3 (13.64%) WebGL
3 2 (9.09%) V-Ray
4 1 (4.55%) OpenGL
4 1 (4.55%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 17 (77.27%) Virtual Reality
2 6 (27.27%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (13.64%) Educational Technology
3 3 (13.64%) Mobile Games
4 2 (9.09%) Animation
4 2 (9.09%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (9.09%) Video Editing
5 1 (4.55%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Android
1 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
2 3 (13.64%) AI
2 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
2 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
2 3 (13.64%) Natural Language Processing
2 3 (13.64%) Objectives and Key Results
2 3 (13.64%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (13.64%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (9.09%) 3D Modelling
3 2 (9.09%) 3D Visualisation
3 2 (9.09%) CAD
3 2 (9.09%) Post-Production
3 2 (9.09%) Texturing
3 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
3 2 (9.09%) Workflow
4 1 (4.55%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (4.55%) Prototyping
4 1 (4.55%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Kotlin
1 3 (13.64%) PHP
2 1 (4.55%) C#
2 1 (4.55%) C++
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe
1 1 (4.55%) Google