Game Development Contracts in London

Games Development
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 481 608
Rank change year-on-year +95 +127 -142
Contract jobs citing Game Development 7 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.024% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.026% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £259 £233 £210
25th Percentile £263 £272 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £300 £333
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -9.77% -16.88%
75th Percentile £300 - £433
90th Percentile £413 £388 £481
England median daily rate £270 £300 £350
% change year-on-year -10.00% -14.29% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,465 23,124 35,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.32% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,089 16,746 26,132
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 264 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +10.45% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Daily rate trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Game Development in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Game Development in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Hourly rate trend for Game Development in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (14.29%) 3ds Max
1 1 (14.29%) Blender
1 1 (14.29%) Maya
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) dbt
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
1 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Games Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (28.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Mobile Games
2 2 (28.57%) Animation
2 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Physics
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) User Experience
1 2 (28.57%) User Research
1 2 (28.57%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Data Science
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Design Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Information Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
2 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks