Games Job Trends in Warrington

Gaming
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Warrington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Games 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 1.00% 0.60% -
As % of the General category 1.52% 0.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £47,500 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All General Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 198 134 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 66.22% 79.76% 59.86%
Number of salaries quoted 72 66 72
10th Percentile £28,571 £32,500 £23,200
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +24.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,000 £64,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,900
Cheshire median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -7.37% +9.20% +2.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Games job vacancy trend in Warrington

Games
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Games

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Games Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Games Developer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Blazor
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree