Hybrid/Remote Games Job Trends

Gaming
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 172 204
Rank change year-on-year +128 +32 +4
Permanent jobs citing Games 889 319 532
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.50% 2.09% 1.55%
As % of the General category 7.77% 2.80% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 146 201 367
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -12.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,439 11,380 20,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.93% 74.67% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,464 6,238 15,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -12.50%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Games job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Games
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Games

Games
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Games over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Games salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (4.84%) Confluence
2 25 (2.81%) CMS
3 6 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.56%) WordPress
5 3 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (4.16%) UserZoom
2 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 181 (20.36%) Adobe Analytics
2 75 (8.44%) Figma
3 67 (7.54%) Azure
4 62 (6.97%) Contentsquare
5 49 (5.51%) AWS
6 30 (3.37%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.81%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.79%) GitHub
9 7 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.45%) Asana
11 4 (0.45%) SaaS
11 4 (0.45%) Slack
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon SQS
12 1 (0.11%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 352 (39.60%) Broadband
2 3 (0.34%) DHCP
2 3 (0.34%) DNS
2 3 (0.34%) Firewall
2 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.34%) VPN
3 2 (0.22%) Internet
4 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.75%) MongoDB
2 31 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.11%) Metadata
5 1 (0.11%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.11%) Redis
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.82%) GitLab
1 34 (3.82%) Jenkins
1 34 (3.82%) SonarQube
2 23 (2.59%) JIRA
3 4 (0.45%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) git-flow
4 1 (0.11%) JUnit
4 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 105 (11.81%) Social Skills
2 53 (5.96%) Marketing
3 37 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (3.71%) Finance
4 33 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (3.37%) Legal
6 19 (2.14%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.14%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.02%) Banking
8 14 (1.57%) Automotive
9 12 (1.35%) iGaming
10 10 (1.12%) Advertising
11 4 (0.45%) Law
11 4 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.34%) Esports
13 2 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.22%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.22%) Retail
14 1 (0.11%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 361 (40.61%) Games Tester
1 361 (40.61%) Tester
2 146 (16.42%) Lead
3 76 (8.55%) Senior
4 74 (8.32%) Developer
5 68 (7.65%) Architect
6 56 (6.30%) Designer
7 47 (5.29%) Lead Designer
8 39 (4.39%) Digital Designer
9 35 (3.94%) .NET Developer
10 33 (3.71%) Salesforce Architect
11 25 (2.81%) Software Engineer
12 21 (2.36%) Analyst
13 20 (2.25%) Senior Developer
14 19 (2.14%) Systems Architect
14 19 (2.14%) User Researcher
15 18 (2.02%) Salesforce Technical Architect
15 18 (2.02%) Technical Architect
16 16 (1.80%) Customer Service Advisor
16 16 (1.80%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.76%) REST
2 59 (6.64%) SOAP
3 38 (4.27%) .NET
4 35 (3.94%) RESTful
5 34 (3.82%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (3.82%) Visualforce
6 33 (3.71%) .NET Core
7 30 (3.37%) ASP.NET
8 29 (3.26%) ASP.NET Core
9 26 (2.92%) GraphQL
10 25 (2.81%) LDAP
10 25 (2.81%) OAuth
10 25 (2.81%) OpenID
10 25 (2.81%) SAML
11 23 (2.59%) Entity Framework
12 18 (2.02%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.02%) Vue
13 13 (1.46%) CSS
13 13 (1.46%) HTML
14 11 (1.24%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 361 (40.61%) Mobile Games
1 361 (40.61%) Smartphone
2 168 (18.90%) Social Media
3 47 (5.29%) Product Ownership
4 44 (4.95%) Cyber Threat
4 44 (4.95%) Cyberattack
5 39 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (3.49%) Low-Code
7 31 (3.49%) Video\Live Streaming
8 26 (2.92%) Cloud Native
9 24 (2.70%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.46%) Sports Betting
12 12 (1.35%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.79%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.67%) PMI
15 5 (0.56%) Animation
15 5 (0.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.70%) Android
2 23 (2.59%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.12%) Linux
4 4 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (33.75%) Agile
2 289 (32.51%) Roadmaps
3 269 (30.26%) AI
4 206 (23.17%) Analytics
5 203 (22.83%) Customer Experience
6 186 (20.92%) Storytelling
7 183 (20.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 182 (20.47%) Product Roadmap
9 181 (20.36%) Digital Customer Experience
10 158 (17.77%) User Research
11 110 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 105 (11.81%) CI/CD
13 98 (11.02%) Workshop Facilitation
14 87 (9.79%) Mentoring
15 82 (9.22%) Prototyping
16 79 (8.89%) Software Engineering
17 75 (8.44%) Decision-Making
18 69 (7.76%) DesignOps
19 67 (7.54%) User Experience
20 65 (7.31%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 50 (5.62%) C#
2 47 (5.29%) Python
3 39 (4.39%) Go
4 37 (4.16%) SQL
5 34 (3.82%) Apex Code
5 34 (3.82%) SOQL
5 34 (3.82%) SOSL
6 26 (2.92%) T-SQL
7 25 (2.81%) Bash
7 25 (2.81%) PowerShell
8 20 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.80%) Java
10 12 (1.35%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.24%) C++
12 10 (1.12%) Rust
13 5 (0.56%) PHP
14 3 (0.34%) C
15 1 (0.11%) HLSL
15 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (2.36%) Degree
2 9 (1.01%) Master's Degree
2 9 (1.01%) PhD
3 7 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (0.67%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.56%) A+ Certification
5 5 (0.56%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.34%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) AAT
8 2 (0.22%) ACCA
8 2 (0.22%) CIMA
8 2 (0.22%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) HNC
8 2 (0.22%) HND
8 2 (0.22%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.22%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (23.51%) Accessibility
2 56 (6.30%) WCAG
3 25 (2.81%) NCSC
3 25 (2.81%) NIST
4 23 (2.59%) GDPR
5 14 (1.57%) QA
6 3 (0.34%) SLA
7 1 (0.11%) PERC
7 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.12%) Docker
3 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 186 (20.92%) Adobe
2 40 (4.50%) Microsoft
3 35 (3.94%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.82%) Splunk
5 18 (2.02%) BT
6 8 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.79%) Google
8 3 (0.34%) Cisco
8 3 (0.34%) SonicWALL
9 2 (0.22%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (0.22%) Siemens
9 2 (0.22%) Wonderware
10 1 (0.11%) Amplitude
10 1 (0.11%) Rollbar