Games Jobs 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 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 72 54 105
Rank change year-on-year -18 +51 +13
Permanent jobs citing Games 35 86 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.81% 5.03% 1.63%
As % of the General category 3.95% 7.64% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 6 22
10th Percentile - £25,313 £25,125
25th Percentile £42,750 £30,859 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

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 common skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 886 1,126 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 45.93% 65.85% 68.66%
Number of salaries quoted 609 519 833
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,926 £31,494
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,710 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% -10.58% +17.65%
75th Percentile £56,498 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,819 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Wales

Games
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Wales.

Salary trend for Games in Wales

Games
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 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
South Wales -4 27 £60,000 +134.15% 9
North Wales - 5 £23,000 - 1
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
2 9 (25.71%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.71%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Git
1 9 (25.71%) Jenkins
1 9 (25.71%) Selenium
General
1 12 (34.29%) Finance
2 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.86%) Police
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (62.86%) Developer
2 11 (31.43%) .NET Developer
2 11 (31.43%) C# .NET Developer
2 11 (31.43%) C# Developer
2 11 (31.43%) Games Developer
3 9 (25.71%) Java Developer
4 6 (17.14%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Full Stack Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Blockchain Developer
7 1 (2.86%) Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (57.14%) AngularJS
2 11 (31.43%) .NET
2 11 (31.43%) ASP.NET Web API
2 11 (31.43%) RESTful
3 9 (25.71%) React
3 9 (25.71%) REST
3 9 (25.71%) Spring
3 9 (25.71%) Spring Boot
4 5 (14.29%) Regular Expression
5 3 (8.57%) Laravel
5 3 (8.57%) Symfony
5 3 (8.57%) Vue
6 2 (5.71%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET
6 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (5.71%) HTML
6 2 (5.71%) HTML5
6 2 (5.71%) LINQ
6 2 (5.71%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) Blockchain
2 2 (5.71%) IoT
2 2 (5.71%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Full Stack Development
2 12 (34.29%) Asset Management
2 12 (34.29%) Containerisation
3 11 (31.43%) Multithreading
4 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (25.71%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (25.71%) Fintech
5 9 (25.71%) Integration Testing
5 9 (25.71%) Roadmaps
5 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
6 6 (17.14%) Agile
7 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 5 (14.29%) Mathematics
7 5 (14.29%) OO
7 5 (14.29%) OOD
7 5 (14.29%) OOP
7 5 (14.29%) Statistics
8 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (8.57%) SIEM
8 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (31.43%) C#
3 9 (25.71%) Java
3 9 (25.71%) SQL
3 9 (25.71%) TypeScript
4 5 (14.29%) Groovy
5 4 (11.43%) C++
6 3 (8.57%) PHP
7 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) Docker
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Oracle
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.86%) UiPath