Games Contracts in Manchester

Gaming
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 93 92 112
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 -51
Contract jobs citing Games 4 17 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.28% 0.96% 1.29%
As % of the General category 0.58% 1.95% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 34
10th Percentile £197 £253 £287
25th Percentile £278 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £415 £415
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% - +2.47%
75th Percentile £469 £438 £524
90th Percentile £488 £480 £525
North West median daily rate £425 £415 £415
% change year-on-year +2.41% - +2.47%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 691 874 1,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.92% 49.16% 45.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 620 915
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £388 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 35 34
10th Percentile £12.27 £15.08 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.85 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £34.50 £27.28 £33.63
90th Percentile £59.75 £38.17 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £23.06
% change year-on-year -16.00% +8.44% +9.79%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Manchester

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Games in Manchester

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Games in Manchester

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in Manchester

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Angular Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Games Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Angular 2
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Online Gambling
1 1 (25.00%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft