Games Job Trends in West Lothian

Gaming
Scotland > West Lothian

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -
Permanent jobs citing Games 11 45 12
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 8.87% 42.45% 20.69%
As % of the General category 13.75% 47.37% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,684 - £25,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £27,700
Scotland median annual salary £25,684 £60,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -57.19% +140.00% -50.00%

All General Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 80 95 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 64.52% 89.62% 84.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52 27 44
10th Percentile £25,600 £36,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 - £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -19.05%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £69,500
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.94%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Games job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Games
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Games

Games
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Livingston -3 5 - -
Bo'ness - 1 - -
Games
Scotland

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
1 4 (36.36%) Google Workspace
2 1 (9.09%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) GitLab
1 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
1 3 (27.27%) SonarQube
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (27.27%) Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) IAM Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Chief Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) CRM Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
4 1 (9.09%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) REST
1 7 (63.64%) SOAP
2 4 (36.36%) GraphQL
2 4 (36.36%) LDAP
2 4 (36.36%) OAuth
2 4 (36.36%) OpenID
2 4 (36.36%) SAML
3 3 (27.27%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (27.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (36.36%) Cyberattack
2 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Community of Practice
3 3 (27.27%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) OO
3 3 (27.27%) PLM
3 3 (27.27%) Scrum
3 3 (27.27%) Static Code Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Bash
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
1 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Apex Code
2 3 (27.27%) SOQL
2 3 (27.27%) SOSL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) NCSC
1 4 (36.36%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
1 3 (27.27%) Splunk
2 2 (18.18%) BT