Games Contracts in Yorkshire

Gaming
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 100 105
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -13
Contract jobs citing Games 10 18 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.60% 0.81% 1.34%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.33% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 35
10th Percentile £430 £306 £253
25th Percentile £475 £419 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £515
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.34% +145.24%
75th Percentile £675 £558 £581
90th Percentile - £653 £715
England median daily rate £400 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.21 £60.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -31.32% +37.54% +43.03%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 963 1,358 1,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 57.80% 61.20% 53.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 914 1,036
10th Percentile £200 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £440 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 17 57
10th Percentile - £12.00 £11.22
25th Percentile £12.15 £13.16 £15.93
Median hourly rate £14.63 £18.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -3.74% +1.08%
75th Percentile £15.25 £22.25 £23.82
90th Percentile £25.83 £57.64 £28.95
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.75% +50.23% -4.10%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in Yorkshire

Games
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
West Yorkshire +17 7 £525 +7.69% 24
East Yorkshire - 3 - - 2
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (30.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (30.00%) Blender
1 3 (30.00%) Maya
1 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Author
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Author
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (30.00%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (20.00%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (30.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe