Games Job Trends in Wellingborough

Gaming
Northamptonshire > Wellingborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Wellingborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Games 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wellingborough 6.90% - 4.00%
As % of the General category 21.05% - 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,437 - £25,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,219 - £26,250
75th Percentile £32,188 - £26,875
90th Percentile £36,125 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £28,219 - £26,250

All General Skills
Wellingborough

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 Wellingborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 19 8 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wellingborough 32.76% 80.00% 68.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 32
10th Percentile £26,437 £35,050 £18,350
25th Percentile £31,563 £39,625 £25,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £48,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +49.23% +30.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,625 £37,250
90th Percentile - £63,950 £48,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,592 £37,500
% change year-on-year +5.06% +26.91% -31.82%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Wellingborough

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

Games job vacancy trend in Wellingborough

Games
Salary Trend in Wellingborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wellingborough citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wellingborough citing Games

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wellingborough 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Infor LN
1 1 (25.00%) NetSuite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Logistics
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) PLM
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Infor
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP