Unreal Engine Jobs

Unreal Engine
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Unreal Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 792 1045
Rank change year-on-year +26 +253 -124
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 76 95 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.43% 0.43% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 51 61 78
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £29,885
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £39,155
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile - £95,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +65.34%

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 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unreal Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine.

Salary trend for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Top 12 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 26 July 2024. 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 +17 76 £60,000 -7.69% 9
UK excluding London -39 42 £60,000 -7.69% 8
London +76 34 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Work from Home +19 22 £52,500 -19.23% 5
South West +6 14 £41,250 +3.13%
South East -9 9 £60,000 -5.88% 1
North of England +10 7 £41,235 -58.77% 1
West Midlands -13 7 £51,250 +46.43% 2
Midlands -30 7 £51,250 +46.43% 3
East of England 0 5 £100,000 - 2
North West - 4 £41,235 -
North East -9 3 £100,000 -

Unreal Engine
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.95%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Maya
2 5 (6.58%) Blender
3 4 (5.26%) Photoshop
4 3 (3.95%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (3.95%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (3.95%) CINEMA 4D
4 3 (3.95%) Houdini
4 3 (3.95%) ZBrush
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.63%) NUKE
6 1 (1.32%) 3ds Max
6 1 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.32%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.32%) MotionBuilder
6 1 (1.32%) Revit
6 1 (1.32%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (1.32%) Amazon Cognito
2 1 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.32%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.32%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (1.32%) Figma
2 1 (1.32%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.95%) GIS
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.63%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.32%) Big Data
4 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) GitLab
3 3 (3.95%) Subversion
4 2 (2.63%) JIRA
4 2 (2.63%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.32%) git-flow
5 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (40.79%) Games
2 8 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.95%) Publishing
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
6 1 (1.32%) Electronics
6 1 (1.32%) Finance
6 1 (1.32%) iGaming
6 1 (1.32%) Legal
6 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (53.95%) Developer
2 20 (26.32%) Senior
3 15 (19.74%) Lead
4 14 (18.42%) Senior Developer
5 10 (13.16%) Lead Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Designer
6 5 (6.58%) Games Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Development Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Games Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Games Designer
8 3 (3.95%) GIS Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Principal Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Designer
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Games Designer
8 3 (3.95%) Senior GIS Consultant
9 2 (2.63%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (38.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (5.26%) CSS
2 4 (5.26%) HTML
3 3 (3.95%) CryEngine
3 3 (3.95%) HTML5
3 3 (3.95%) V-Ray
3 3 (3.95%) Web Services
4 2 (2.63%) DirectX
4 2 (2.63%) Vulkan
5 1 (1.32%) .NET
5 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.32%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.32%) AWS Amplify
5 1 (1.32%) Kafka
5 1 (1.32%) Node.js
5 1 (1.32%) Sass
5 1 (1.32%) Unity DI Container
5 1 (1.32%) WebRTC
5 1 (1.32%) WinForms
5 1 (1.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.63%) Virtual Reality
2 9 (11.84%) Augmented Reality
3 8 (10.53%) Animation
4 6 (7.89%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.58%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.63%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.63%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.63%) Ray Tracing
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.32%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.32%) HoloLens
7 1 (1.32%) HTC Vive
7 1 (1.32%) Oculus
7 1 (1.32%) PropTech
7 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.21%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) Game Development
2 13 (17.11%) Web Development
3 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (14.47%) Project Management
5 10 (13.16%) Computer Science
6 9 (11.84%) Physics
7 8 (10.53%) Software Engineering
7 8 (10.53%) Visualisation
8 6 (7.89%) DevOps
8 6 (7.89%) Use Case
8 6 (7.89%) Visual Effects
9 5 (6.58%) Agile
9 5 (6.58%) CAD
9 5 (6.58%) Data Science
9 5 (6.58%) Mathematics
10 4 (5.26%) 3D Modelling
10 4 (5.26%) Digital Twin
10 4 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (5.26%) User Experience
10 4 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.68%) Python
2 17 (22.37%) C++
3 8 (10.53%) C#
4 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.58%) C
6 4 (5.26%) SQL
7 1 (1.32%) PHP
7 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (23.68%) Degree
2 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) PhD
4 1 (1.32%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) QA
2 1 (1.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Kubeflow
1 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (5.26%) NVIDIA
2 3 (3.95%) Apple
2 3 (3.95%) Atlassian
2 3 (3.95%) ESRI
3 2 (2.63%) Adobe
3 2 (2.63%) Autodesk
3 2 (2.63%) Perforce
4 1 (1.32%) Alias