Games Jobs with Work from Home Options

Gaming
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 200 98
Rank change year-on-year -3 -102 +38
Permanent jobs citing Games 525 751 2,459
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.56% 1.76% 3.68%
As % of the General category 2.54% 2.66% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 364 503 1,037
10th Percentile £34,375 £37,300 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,625 £95,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £105,000 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,706 28,282 41,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 66.10% 62.36%
Number of salaries quoted 15,095 18,810 24,334
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,325 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Games trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games
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.

Games salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Games salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Games
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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (10.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.62%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.14%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (0.76%) Apache
5 4 (0.76%) Confluence
6 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.76%) Blender
3 4 (0.76%) Simulink
3 4 (0.76%) Stateflow
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (6.86%) Endur
2 3 (0.57%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 93 (17.71%) AWS
2 91 (17.33%) Azure
3 28 (5.33%) SaaS
4 27 (5.14%) Serverless
5 26 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (4.00%) GitHub
8 19 (3.62%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.24%) dbt
10 16 (3.05%) Amazon Kinesis
11 13 (2.48%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (1.71%) Asana
12 9 (1.71%) GCP
13 8 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.52%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
14 7 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.14%) Snowflake
16 5 (0.95%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.71%) Wireless
2 20 (3.81%) Firewall
3 15 (2.86%) Broadband
4 13 (2.48%) DNS
5 12 (2.29%) Network Security
6 11 (2.10%) Internet
7 10 (1.90%) NAS
8 9 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.95%) LAN
10 3 (0.57%) DHCP
10 3 (0.57%) VPN
11 2 (0.38%) HTTP
11 2 (0.38%) WAN
12 1 (0.19%) SMS
12 1 (0.19%) SSH
12 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (20.19%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 40 (7.62%) MySQL
3 40 (7.62%) RDBMS
4 27 (5.14%) Redis
5 26 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (3.24%) NoSQL
9 16 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (2.86%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.71%) Big Data
11 9 (1.71%) Couchbase
11 9 (1.71%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.52%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.33%) Data Mining
14 6 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.00%) Git
2 17 (3.24%) JIRA
3 16 (3.05%) TeamCity
4 8 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.76%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) Storybook
5 4 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.38%) gulp
7 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.38%) PostCSS
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.38%) rollup.js
7 2 (0.38%) Vite
8 1 (0.19%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.19%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.19%) XCTest
8 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 146 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 88 (16.76%) Finance
3 68 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (12.19%) Marketing
5 42 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.24%) Aerospace
7 17 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (2.86%) Electronics
8 15 (2.86%) Retail
9 12 (2.29%) Advertising
10 9 (1.71%) Law
11 8 (1.52%) Billing
12 6 (1.14%) Legal
13 4 (0.76%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.38%) Military
15 2 (0.38%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 146 (27.81%) Developer
2 123 (23.43%) Senior
3 70 (13.33%) .NET Developer
4 57 (10.86%) Project Manager
5 40 (7.62%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.24%) Lead
7 36 (6.86%) C# Developer
7 36 (6.86%) Software Engineer
8 33 (6.29%) Analyst
8 33 (6.29%) Games Developer
9 30 (5.71%) C# .NET Developer
10 28 (5.33%) Data Engineer
11 26 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
12 25 (4.76%) Full Stack Developer
13 23 (4.38%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.81%) Architect
14 20 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (3.62%) Software Manager
16 18 (3.43%) Software Architect
17 17 (3.24%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (18.10%) .NET
2 78 (14.86%) .NET Core
2 78 (14.86%) HTML
3 68 (12.95%) ASP.NET
3 68 (12.95%) ASP.NET MVC
4 48 (9.14%) AngularJS
5 46 (8.76%) React
6 45 (8.57%) HTML5
6 45 (8.57%) Node.js
7 44 (8.38%) CSS
8 40 (7.62%) Entity Framework
9 33 (6.29%) RESTful
10 31 (5.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 28 (5.33%) .NET Framework
12 27 (5.14%) Blazor
12 27 (5.14%) Vue
13 23 (4.38%) CSS3
14 22 (4.19%) Kafka
15 20 (3.81%) LINQ
16 15 (2.86%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.67%) Client/Server
2 36 (6.86%) Online Games
2 36 (6.86%) Swaptions
3 33 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.05%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.10%) IoT
8 11 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.71%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.52%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.52%) Mobile Games
11 8 (1.52%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.14%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.14%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.52%) Windows
2 20 (3.81%) Linux
3 17 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.67%) Unix
5 13 (2.48%) Mac OS
6 12 (2.29%) VMS
7 9 (1.71%) Android
8 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.14%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (30.10%) Agile
2 90 (17.14%) Full Stack Development
3 84 (16.00%) Project Management
4 81 (15.43%) Mentoring
5 75 (14.29%) MVC
6 71 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (12.76%) Decision-Making
8 58 (11.05%) Software Engineering
9 57 (10.86%) Analytics
10 51 (9.71%) SDLC
11 50 (9.52%) Data Modelling
12 48 (9.14%) Computer Science
12 48 (9.14%) Creative Thinking
13 47 (8.95%) Scrum
14 46 (8.76%) Microservices
14 46 (8.76%) Roadmaps
15 39 (7.43%) TDD
16 36 (6.86%) Business Transformation
17 34 (6.48%) BDD
18 33 (6.29%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 122 (23.24%) JavaScript
2 111 (21.14%) C#
3 95 (18.10%) SQL
4 78 (14.86%) Python
5 53 (10.10%) Java
6 49 (9.33%) TypeScript
7 36 (6.86%) VB
8 21 (4.00%) PHP
9 13 (2.48%) C++
9 13 (2.48%) Go
10 12 (2.29%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.10%) Bash
12 10 (1.90%) C
13 7 (1.33%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.76%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.38%) Rust
15 2 (0.38%) Scala
16 1 (0.19%) Perl
16 1 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 131 (24.95%) Degree
2 78 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.38%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.95%) PhD
8 5 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.95%) PMP
9 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CCNA
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CSPO
11 2 (0.38%) MBA
12 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.19%) ISEB
12 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.90%) QA
2 16 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.90%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.33%) GDPR
6 4 (0.76%) SLA
7 3 (0.57%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) ITGC
8 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (5.52%) Docker
2 23 (4.38%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (5.33%) Terraform
2 26 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.48%) SCCM
4 12 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.29%) WSUS
5 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.38%) Argo
6 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 100 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.24%) Oracle
3 36 (6.86%) OpenLink
3 36 (6.86%) Sybase
3 36 (6.86%) TIBCO
4 31 (5.90%) Apple
5 27 (5.14%) Google
6 18 (3.43%) IFS
7 16 (3.05%) Adobe
7 16 (3.05%) Workday
8 11 (2.10%) Databricks
9 10 (1.90%) VMware
10 9 (1.71%) Cisco
10 9 (1.71%) YouTube
11 6 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.14%) Draytek
12 4 (0.76%) Dell
12 4 (0.76%) Logitech
12 4 (0.76%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.76%) Salesforce