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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 675 798
Rank change year-on-year -16 +123 -24
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 37 9 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.020% 0.098%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.40% 0.10% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 77
10th Percentile £49,180 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £34,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £37,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +89.19% -38.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £50,625 £85,000
90th Percentile - £61,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £37,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +89.19% -38.33% -

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 9,345 8,741 21,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.19% 19.77% 19.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,931 5,723 16,222
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,850 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

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 June 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 June 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 -53 36 £70,000 +89.19% 38
UK excluding London -25 25 £70,000 +89.19% 26
South East 0 18 £73,750 +55.26% 13
London -1 11 £54,191 -22.59% 10
Work from Home +23 8 £54,191 +46.46% 14
East of England -11 3 £47,500 +28.38% 1
Midlands -15 3 £52,500 +50.00% 4
East Midlands -22 2 £52,500 +50.00%
West Midlands -19 1 £47,500 - 4
North West - 1 - - 5
North of England - 1 - - 8

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 7 (18.92%) Blender
2 6 (16.22%) Maya
3 3 (8.11%) 3ds Max
3 3 (8.11%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (2.70%) Fusion 360
4 1 (2.70%) Siemens NX
4 1 (2.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (2.70%) FTP
2 1 (2.70%) HTTP
2 1 (2.70%) RTP
2 1 (2.70%) RTSP
2 1 (2.70%) SCTP
2 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.70%) SS7
2 1 (2.70%) VoIP
2 1 (2.70%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.41%) MySQL
1 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Games
4 3 (8.11%) Humanities
4 3 (8.11%) Marketing
4 3 (8.11%) Social Science
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Software Engineer
2 14 (37.84%) C++ Software Engineer
3 10 (27.03%) Senior
3 10 (27.03%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Developer
5 7 (18.92%) Principal Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Principal Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Research Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Research Software Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Build Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) C++ Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Lead
7 2 (5.41%) Lead Programmer
7 2 (5.41%) Programmer
7 2 (5.41%) Reliability Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) C# Developer
8 1 (2.70%) C++/C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (13.51%) Node.js
3 3 (8.11%) Django
3 3 (8.11%) Express.js
3 3 (8.11%) Godot
3 3 (8.11%) V-Ray
3 3 (8.11%) WebXR
4 2 (5.41%) .NET
4 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.41%) React
4 2 (5.41%) REST
4 2 (5.41%) Vue
5 1 (2.70%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.70%) GStreamer
5 1 (2.70%) HTML
5 1 (2.70%) JSON
5 1 (2.70%) OpenGL
5 1 (2.70%) STL
5 1 (2.70%) WebRTC
5 1 (2.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (10.81%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (10.81%) Robotics
3 3 (8.11%) Algorithms
3 3 (8.11%) Blog
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.70%) Animation
4 1 (2.70%) CUDA
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
4 1 (2.70%) Midjourney
4 1 (2.70%) Photography
4 1 (2.70%) Stable Diffusion
4 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Software Engineering
2 7 (18.92%) Software Delivery
3 6 (16.22%) 3D Modelling
3 6 (16.22%) Visualisation
4 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.81%) Agile
5 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.11%) 3D Visualisation
6 3 (8.11%) CAD
6 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
6 3 (8.11%) Data Management
6 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
6 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (8.11%) DevOps
6 3 (8.11%) Machine Learning
6 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.11%) Progressive Enhancement
6 3 (8.11%) Project Management
6 3 (8.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (51.35%) C++
2 6 (16.22%) C#
3 5 (13.51%) Python
4 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.70%) C
5 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
1 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Accessibility
2 3 (8.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Perforce
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Siemens