Game Development Contracts with Work from Home Options

Games Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Game Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Game Development over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 450 616
Rank change year-on-year +117 +166 -111
Contract jobs citing Game Development 8 7 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.054% 0.029% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.033% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £190 £206 -
25th Percentile £244 £208 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £217 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.79% -60.64% -
75th Percentile £345 £300 £575
90th Percentile £382 £405 -
UK median daily rate £275 £300 £350
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% -0.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Game Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Game Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Game Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Game Development
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Game Development.

Game Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Game Development over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Game Development daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Game Development
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Game Development.

Game Development hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (25.00%) Maya
1 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (25.00%) ZBrush
General
1 8 (100.00%) Games
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (12.50%) Flask
2 1 (12.50%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile Games
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Animation
3 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Data Science
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (12.50%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Software Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
3 1 (12.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Rust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA