Unreal Engine Job Trends
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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 772 | 657 | 673 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -115 | +16 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine | 42 | 12 | 82 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.035% | 0.025% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.35% | 0.14% | 0.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37 | 10 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,746 | £38,500 | £39,748 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £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 | £79,000 | £61,750 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £42,500 | £46,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.94% | -8.11% | -19.57% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 12,026 | 8,292 | 15,474 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.10% | 16.96% | 21.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,430 | 5,297 | 9,582 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,750 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +7.69% | -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 Salary Trend
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 16 October 2026.
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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -100 | 37 | £65,000 | +52.94% | 93 |
| England | -108 | 37 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 138 |
| South East | -35 | 21 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 35 |
| Midlands | -36 | 11 | £52,500 | - | 18 |
| Work from Home | -36 | 10 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 74 |
| East Midlands | - | 8 | £34,000 | - | 5 |
| London | -77 | 4 | £54,191 | -1.47% | 44 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | £75,000 | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | -42 | 3 | £75,000 | - | 13 |
| North West | -30 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| North of England | -69 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
Unreal Engine Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Godot | 14.3% | 6 |
| 2 | Node.js | 11.9% | 5 |
| 3 | Unity (Game Engine) | 9.5% | 4 |
| 4 | Django | 7.1% | 3 |
| 4 | Express.js | 7.1% | 3 |
| 4 | WebXR | 7.1% | 3 |
| 7 | .NET | 4.8% | 2 |
| 7 | AngularJS | 4.8% | 2 |
| 7 | React | 4.8% | 2 |
| 7 | REST | 4.8% | 2 |
| 7 | Vue | 4.8% | 2 |
| 12 | Corona SDK | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | FFmpeg | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | GStreamer | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | HTML | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | JSON | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | STL | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | V-Ray | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | WebRTC | 2.4% | 1 |
| 12 | WPF | 2.4% | 1 |