PlayStation Contracts

Sony PlayStation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PlayStation in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PlayStation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 - 851
Rank change year-on-year - - -138
Contract jobs citing PlayStation 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.008% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.21%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £120 - £225
% change year-on-year - - +80.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

PlayStation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,961 18,774 29,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.36% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,356 12,930 20,503
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 607 708
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.09
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +55.50% -18.46% +4.78%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.05 £74.40 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.25 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% +2.38% -9.52%

PlayStation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PlayStation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PlayStation in the UK

PlayStation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PlayStation in the UK

PlayStation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PlayStation in the UK

PlayStation
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PlayStation within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
South East - 1 £120 - 2
England - 1 £120 - 4
UK excluding London - 1 £120 - 2

PlayStation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Games Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sony