Unreal Engine Job Trends in the West Midlands

Unreal Engine
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 208 182
Rank change year-on-year +38 -26 +108
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 1 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.031% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% 1.06% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £53,125
25th Percentile - £37,500 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -34.69% +44.12%
75th Percentile - £42,500 £65,938
90th Percentile - - £68,375
England median annual salary £51,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.58% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 426 851 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.12% 15.82% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 319 471 517
10th Percentile £32,425 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Unreal Engine.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Warwickshire - 1 - - 2
Unreal Engine
England

Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Artist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Texturing
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk