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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 - 232
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.014% - 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% - 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £65,625
25th Percentile £46,250 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £75,000
75th Percentile £48,750 - £80,313
90th Percentile - - £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £43,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +60.92% -27.50% +4.35%

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 413 483 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.90% 14.42% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 368 375 997
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -3.60%
75th Percentile £67,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.60%

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
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TeamCity
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Build Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Perforce