Games Jobs in West London

Gaming
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 75 32
Rank change year-on-year +35 -43 +48
Permanent jobs citing Games 32 14 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 6.10% 1.42% 7.73%
As % of the General category 7.44% 1.83% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile - £56,625 £23,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £57,188 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -61.29% +29.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £35,000 £97,188 £96,250
90th Percentile - £101,125 £108,750
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All General Skills
West London

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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 430 764 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 81.90% 77.56% 67.46%
Number of salaries quoted 91 209 353
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,232 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,875 £31,425 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,350 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £91,375 £85,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,037 £73,500
% change year-on-year +7.09% -4.71% +5.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in West London

Games
Salary Trend in West London

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

Salary trend for Games in West London

Games
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in West London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in West London

Games
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the West London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Hammersmith +4 11 £30,000 -61.29% 2
Hounslow - 8 - - 1
Hillingdon - 5 - -
Harrow - 4 - - 3
Ealing +15 3 - -
Wembley +3 1 - - 4
Games
London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (65.63%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MySQL
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Senior
2 11 (34.38%) Developer
3 10 (31.25%) Android Developer
4 5 (15.63%) Engineering Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Senior Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Senior Service Manager
4 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Backend Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Games Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Backend Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 16 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 16 (50.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Animation
2 10 (31.25%) Educational Technology
2 10 (31.25%) Mobile Games
3 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
3 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
3 5 (15.63%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Linux
2 10 (31.25%) Android
2 10 (31.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) Problem-Solving
1 26 (81.25%) Prototyping
1 26 (81.25%) Rapid Prototyping
2 16 (50.00%) 3D Animation
2 16 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 16 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 16 (50.00%) Visual Effects
3 15 (46.88%) Deployment Automation
4 11 (34.38%) DevOps
5 10 (31.25%) Android Development
5 10 (31.25%) Game Development
5 10 (31.25%) User Experience
6 5 (15.63%) Change Management
6 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
6 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
6 5 (15.63%) ITSM
6 5 (15.63%) Problem Management
6 5 (15.63%) Service Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
6 5 (15.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) HLSL
2 10 (31.25%) Java
2 10 (31.25%) Kotlin
2 10 (31.25%) Objective-C
2 10 (31.25%) Swift
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (31.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow