Games Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Gaming
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 82 108
Rank change year-on-year -26 +26 +12
Permanent jobs citing Games 15 22 36
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.82% 1.52% 1.78%
As % of the General category 1.42% 2.35% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 10
10th Percentile - - £44,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +47.83% -8.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile - £105,000 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £25,087 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -42.33% -3.33% -5.26%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,053 938 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 57.86% 64.60% 67.84%
Number of salaries quoted 585 443 1,014
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £42,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,000 £86,000 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Games job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Games
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Games

Games
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Games in West Yorkshire

Games
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Leeds -17 12 £82,500 -2.94% 16
Batley - 1 - -
Games
Yorkshire

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (26.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Broadcast Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Sales Executive
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Broadcast Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Business Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Development Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Backend Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Business Sales Executive
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Java Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Sales Account Executive
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Backend Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (6.67%) Kafka
2 1 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (6.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Social Media
2 1 (6.67%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (26.67%) B2B
2 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
3 3 (20.00%) API Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Business Development
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Logistics
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Pair Programming
5 1 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) Scala
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Anaplan
1 1 (6.67%) Genesys
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.67%) Verint