Games Jobs in Yorkshire

Gaming
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 154 53
Rank change year-on-year +74 -101 +4
Permanent jobs citing Games 67 64 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.51% 1.11% 5.63%
As % of the General category 3.60% 1.90% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 30 42 78
10th Percentile - £23,235 £33,750
25th Percentile £23,504 £36,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,267 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -49.47% +2.56% -22.00%
75th Percentile £45,250 £60,275 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £69,673 -
England median annual salary £41,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.95% -16.00% -10.71%

All General Skills
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 common skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,859 3,365 6,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 69.55% 58.40% 74.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 2,560 2,395
10th Percentile £25,267 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,359 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,063
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.59% +0.11%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
North Yorkshire - 33 £23,504 - 6
South Yorkshire +57 22 £25,015 -25.88% 6
West Yorkshire +34 11 £85,000 +61.90% 36
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Blender
1 4 (5.97%) Maya
2 2 (2.99%) ZBrush
3 1 (1.49%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Pro Tools
3 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (79.10%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
General
1 53 (79.10%) Banking
2 5 (7.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.99%) Billing
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Finance
Job Titles
1 48 (71.64%) Customer Service Advisor
2 4 (5.97%) Head of Development
2 4 (5.97%) Head of Software Development
2 4 (5.97%) Technical Advisor
3 2 (2.99%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (1.49%) Animator
4 1 (1.49%) Designer
4 1 (1.49%) Games Designer
4 1 (1.49%) Graduate
4 1 (1.49%) Graduate Systems Engineer
4 1 (1.49%) Instructor
4 1 (1.49%) Programmer
4 1 (1.49%) QA Manager
4 1 (1.49%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (5.97%) Laravel
3 3 (4.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (2.99%) PySpark
4 2 (2.99%) PyTorch
4 2 (2.99%) scikit-learn
4 2 (2.99%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.49%) DirectX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.99%) Animation
2 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.49%) Interactive Media
2 1 (1.49%) Social Media
2 1 (1.49%) State Machine
2 1 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (86.57%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (79.10%) Customer Service
3 4 (5.97%) Agile
3 4 (5.97%) E-Commerce
3 4 (5.97%) SDLC
3 4 (5.97%) Software Engineering
4 2 (2.99%) Data Science
4 2 (2.99%) ETL
4 2 (2.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (2.99%) Machine Learning
4 2 (2.99%) Memory Management
4 2 (2.99%) Mentoring
4 2 (2.99%) Multithreading
4 2 (2.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (2.99%) Storytelling
4 2 (2.99%) Texturing
4 2 (2.99%) Time Management
5 1 (1.49%) Clean Code
5 1 (1.49%) Decision-Making
5 1 (1.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) PHP
2 2 (2.99%) C++
2 2 (2.99%) Python
3 1 (1.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (2.99%) Degree
2 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) QA
2 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Ansible
1 2 (2.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (79.10%) BT
2 2 (2.99%) Sun
3 1 (1.49%) Adobe