Games Job Trends in Wales

Gaming
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 33 66
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 +21
Permanent jobs citing Games 121 28 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.18% 5.31% 2.19%
As % of the General category 12.32% 6.93% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 39
10th Percentile - £14,102 £31,250
25th Percentile £21,620 £16,526 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +99.31% -49.83% -
75th Percentile £55,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -12.00%

All General Skills
Wales

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 982 404 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 50.18% 76.66% 51.03%
Number of salaries quoted 482 239 827
10th Percentile £28,025 £24,521 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -4.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,875 £57,475
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -12.50%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Games job vacancy trend in Wales

Games
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Games

Games
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Wales over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Games in Wales

Games
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 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
South Wales -3 64 £50,000 +112.37% 7
North Wales +10 31 - - 14
West Wales - 22 £50,000 - 5
Mid Wales - 4 - - 1
Games
UK

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.31%) Azure
2 1 (0.83%) AWS
2 1 (0.83%) Dagster
2 1 (0.83%) dbt
2 1 (0.83%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (3.31%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.83%) Data Vault
General
1 3 (2.48%) Automotive
1 3 (2.48%) Billing
1 3 (2.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 106 (87.60%) Games Tester
1 106 (87.60%) Tester
2 7 (5.79%) Developer
3 4 (3.31%) .NET Developer
4 3 (2.48%) Business Developer
4 3 (2.48%) Business Manager
4 3 (2.48%) Customer Service Advisor
5 1 (0.83%) AWS Data Engineer
5 1 (0.83%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (0.83%) Data Engineer
5 1 (0.83%) Senior
5 1 (0.83%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.31%) .NET
1 4 (3.31%) .NET Core
1 4 (3.31%) AngularJS
1 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET
1 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Core
1 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
1 4 (3.31%) Entity Framework
1 4 (3.31%) LINQ
1 4 (3.31%) RESTful
1 4 (3.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 106 (87.60%) Mobile Games
1 106 (87.60%) Smartphone
2 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.83%) Smart Home
3 1 (0.83%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (5.79%) Customer Service
2 6 (4.96%) Business Development
3 4 (3.31%) Coaching
3 4 (3.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (3.31%) Multithreading
4 3 (2.48%) AI
4 3 (2.48%) Business Strategy
4 3 (2.48%) Customer Experience
4 3 (2.48%) Lead Generation
4 3 (2.48%) Telesales
5 1 (0.83%) Clean Code
5 1 (0.83%) Data Engineering
5 1 (0.83%) Data Modelling
5 1 (0.83%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (0.83%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (0.83%) Mentoring
5 1 (0.83%) Product Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.13%) SQL
2 4 (3.31%) C#
2 4 (3.31%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.83%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (3.31%) Microsoft