Unreal Engine
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 765 655 668
Rank change year-on-year -110 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 40 12 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.024% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.14% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 36 10 32
10th Percentile £49,180 £38,500 £39,748
25th Percentile £63,438 £38,750 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £55,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +52.94% -8.11% -11.90%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Unreal 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 11,830 8,338 15,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.02% 16.87% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,357 5,307 9,772
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +6.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in the UK

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unreal Engine.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine within the UK over the 6 months to 10 October 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 -100 35 £65,000 +36.84% 177
UK excluding London -100 34 £65,000 +52.94% 104
South East -35 21 £65,000 +36.84% 41
Work from Home -48 10 £70,000 +16.67% 82
Midlands -34 8 £52,500 - 19
East Midlands - 6 £43,250 - 4
London -48 5 £54,191 -13.30% 73
Scotland - 4 £75,000 - 3
West Midlands -45 2 £75,000 - 15
North West -22 1 - - 12
North of England -61 1 - - 30

Unreal 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 (10.00%) Blender
1 4 (10.00%) Maya
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.50%) 3ds Max
3 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.50%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (2.50%) DaVinci Resolve
3 1 (2.50%) Houdini
3 1 (2.50%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) AWS
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.00%) HTTP
3 1 (2.50%) Broadband
3 1 (2.50%) DHCP
3 1 (2.50%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (2.50%) DNS
3 1 (2.50%) FTP
3 1 (2.50%) RTP
3 1 (2.50%) RTSP
3 1 (2.50%) SCTP
3 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (2.50%) SS7
3 1 (2.50%) SSL
3 1 (2.50%) VoIP
3 1 (2.50%) VoLTE
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.00%) MySQL
1 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) TeamCity
1 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Humanities
3 3 (7.50%) Social Science
4 1 (2.50%) Agriculture
4 1 (2.50%) Games
4 1 (2.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Local Government
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
4 1 (2.50%) Military
4 1 (2.50%) Retail
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Lead
2 13 (32.50%) Lead Programmer
2 13 (32.50%) Programmer
3 11 (27.50%) Software Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Developer
5 6 (15.00%) Lead Developer
6 5 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) Principal Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Research Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Research Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Technical Specialist
8 2 (5.00%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Build Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Junior C++ Developer
9 1 (2.50%) Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) Godot
2 5 (12.50%) Node.js
2 5 (12.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 3 (7.50%) Django
3 3 (7.50%) Express.js
3 3 (7.50%) WebXR
4 2 (5.00%) .NET
4 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.00%) React
4 2 (5.00%) REST
4 2 (5.00%) Vue
5 1 (2.50%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.50%) GStreamer
5 1 (2.50%) HTML
5 1 (2.50%) JSON
5 1 (2.50%) OpenGL
5 1 (2.50%) STL
5 1 (2.50%) V-Ray
5 1 (2.50%) WebRTC
5 1 (2.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Robotics
2 4 (10.00%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.50%) Blog
4 1 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.50%) CUDA
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Social Media
4 1 (2.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Software Engineering
2 10 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.00%) 3D Modelling
6 4 (10.00%) Agile
6 4 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 4 (10.00%) Project Management
7 3 (7.50%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (7.50%) Data Management
7 3 (7.50%) Data Modelling
7 3 (7.50%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (7.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (7.50%) Jamstack
7 3 (7.50%) Progressive Enhancement
7 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.50%) Synthetic Environment
7 3 (7.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) C++
2 7 (17.50%) C#
2 7 (17.50%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) C
3 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.50%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe
1 1 (2.50%) Foundry
1 1 (2.50%) Perforce
1 1 (2.50%) VMware