Games Designer Contracts in England

Game Designer
UK > England

The median Game Designer daily rate in England is £434 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 636 770
Rank change year-on-year +94 +134 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Games Designer 9 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.002% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.002% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile £231 - £225
25th Percentile £402 £508 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £515 £300
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +71.67% -29.41%
75th Percentile £559 £523 £431
90th Percentile £594 - £488
UK median daily rate £434 £515 £300
% change year-on-year -15.73% +71.67% -29.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Games Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Games Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Games Designer in England

Games Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for Games Designer in England

Games Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games Designer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games Designer in England

Games Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games Designer within the England 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
London - 7 £513 - 1
Midlands +24 2 £418 -18.83% 1
East Midlands +13 2 £418 -18.83% 1
Games Designer
UK

Games Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Games Designer contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Games Designer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 8 (88.89%) UX Design
2 8 (88.89%) User Experience
3 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 3 (33.33%) Psychology
5 3 (33.33%) Adobe
5 3 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
5 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Adobe XD
5 3 (33.33%) Sketch
5 3 (33.33%) Figma
6 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
6 2 (22.22%) User Research
6 2 (22.22%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Vision
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (22.22%) Data Science
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
6 2 (22.22%) Web Development
6 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (22.22%) Agile
6 2 (22.22%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (22.22%) Axure RP

Games Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (33.33%) Adobe XD
1 3 (33.33%) Sketch
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Axure RP
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (22.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Games
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) User Experience
1 8 (88.89%) UX Design
2 3 (33.33%) Psychology
2 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Vision
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Data Science
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
3 2 (22.22%) User Research
3 2 (22.22%) Web Application Development
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Adobe