Games Contracts in Central London

Gaming
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 153 161
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 -21
Contract jobs citing Games 10 21 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.42% 0.57% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.63% 0.91% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 21 29
10th Percentile £580 £313 £423
25th Percentile £588 £575 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £610 £638
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -4.31% +6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £644
90th Percentile £665 £656 £653
London median daily rate £450 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -11.33% -7.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.17% +41.18% +39.34%

All General Skills
Central London

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,586 2,320 2,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 66.22% 62.55% 57.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,638 1,870
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £438 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
London median daily rate £575 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 29
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.78 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.18 £27.85 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -31.23% +102.50%
75th Percentile £35.69 £40.49 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.60 £53.45 £61.90
London median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year - -15.49% +23.05%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +31 7 £600 -1.64% 24
West End of London - 3 £638 - 2
Games
London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
1 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) VB Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Compliance Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Games Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) UI Designer
3 1 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (10.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Change Management
1 2 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
1 2 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (10.00%) DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Fintech
2 1 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (10.00%) People Management
2 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) User Experience
2 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (10.00%) UX Design
2 1 (10.00%) Web Development
2 1 (10.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) Workday