Games Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Game Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Game Developer salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 636 802
Rank change year-on-year +93 +166 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 34 27 36
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.065% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.068% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 34 27 20
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,250 £34,975
25th Percentile £44,063 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +47.37%
75th Percentile £55,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £86,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,440 39,720 66,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 28,262 41,717
10th Percentile £33,005 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Games Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games Developer.

Games Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Games Developer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Games Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) Games
2 32 (94.12%) JavaScript
3 30 (88.24%) HTML
4 25 (73.53%) C#
4 25 (73.53%) .NET
4 25 (73.53%) .NET Core
5 24 (70.59%) HTML5
5 24 (70.59%) Agile
6 23 (67.65%) SQL Server
6 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET
6 23 (67.65%) Microsoft
6 23 (67.65%) MVC
6 23 (67.65%) Azure
6 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET MVC
6 23 (67.65%) Full Stack Development
7 20 (58.82%) LINQ
7 20 (58.82%) Multithreading
7 20 (58.82%) RESTful
7 20 (58.82%) ASP.NET Web API
7 20 (58.82%) AngularJS
7 20 (58.82%) Microservices
7 20 (58.82%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 9 (26.47%) Degree
9 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
10 7 (20.59%) JSON
11 6 (17.65%) SEO
11 6 (17.65%) PHP
11 6 (17.65%) Node.js
11 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (17.65%) Computer Science

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 23 (67.65%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (67.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.82%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 34 (100.00%) Games
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (88.24%) HTML
2 25 (73.53%) .NET
2 25 (73.53%) .NET Core
3 24 (70.59%) HTML5
4 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET
4 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET MVC
5 20 (58.82%) AngularJS
5 20 (58.82%) ASP.NET Web API
5 20 (58.82%) LINQ
5 20 (58.82%) RESTful
6 7 (20.59%) JSON
7 6 (17.65%) Electron
7 6 (17.65%) Node.js
8 5 (14.71%) .NET Framework
9 3 (8.82%) Blazor
9 3 (8.82%) CSS
9 3 (8.82%) CSS3
9 3 (8.82%) Entity Framework
10 2 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 2 (5.88%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Client/Server
1 2 (5.88%) Mobile Games
1 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Agile
2 23 (67.65%) Full Stack Development
2 23 (67.65%) MVC
3 20 (58.82%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
3 20 (58.82%) Microservices
3 20 (58.82%) Multithreading
4 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
4 6 (17.65%) Open Source
4 6 (17.65%) SEO
4 6 (17.65%) User Experience
5 4 (11.76%) Game Development
6 3 (8.82%) BDD
6 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.82%) TDD
7 2 (5.88%) Issue Tracking
7 2 (5.88%) Mathematics
7 2 (5.88%) Physics
7 2 (5.88%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (5.88%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (94.12%) JavaScript
2 25 (73.53%) C#
3 6 (17.65%) PHP
4 3 (8.82%) SQL
5 2 (5.88%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (67.65%) Microsoft