Games Jobs in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 89 78
Rank change year-on-year -143 -11 +40
Permanent jobs citing Games 322 1,230 3,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.37% 3.62% 4.88%
As % of the General category 2.01% 5.26% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 233 358 697
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £49,460 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -2.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,900 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
London

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,013 23,368 46,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.89% 68.72% 68.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,363 16,161 22,597
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,502 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +6.43% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in London.

Salary trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in London

Games
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +23 58 £50,000 -16.67% 27
West London -62 14 £77,500 +29.17% 17
South London -68 5 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Games
England

Games
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:

Application Platforms
1 48 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.66%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.93%) SAS
4 2 (0.62%) WordPress
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.80%) AutoCAD
1 9 (2.80%) Revit
2 7 (2.17%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (1.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.24%) Blender
4 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.24%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.62%) Sketch
6 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 43 (13.35%) Endur
2 6 (1.86%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.62%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.22%) AWS
2 29 (9.01%) Azure
3 17 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.66%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.35%) Google Workspace
6 10 (3.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 9 (2.80%) Asana
8 8 (2.48%) GitHub
8 8 (2.48%) SaaS
9 7 (2.17%) Serverless
10 6 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.55%) GCP
11 5 (1.55%) Vercel
11 5 (1.55%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.93%) PaaS
13 2 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.62%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.62%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.62%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.66%) Firewall
2 14 (4.35%) DNS
3 12 (3.73%) Wireless
4 11 (3.42%) Broadband
4 11 (3.42%) NAS
5 7 (2.17%) LAN
6 6 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.55%) WAN
8 3 (0.93%) DHCP
8 3 (0.93%) Network Security
9 2 (0.62%) BGP
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.62%) HTTP
9 2 (0.62%) Internet
9 2 (0.62%) MPLS
9 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.31%) SMS
10 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 45 (13.98%) RDBMS
2 45 (13.98%) Relational Database
3 33 (10.25%) MySQL
4 27 (8.39%) Redis
5 18 (5.59%) Tableau
6 15 (4.66%) Power BI
7 12 (3.73%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.11%) Big Data
8 10 (3.11%) Looker
9 9 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.48%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.86%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.24%) QlikView
14 3 (0.93%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Git
2 4 (1.24%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.24%) Grunt
2 4 (1.24%) gulp
2 4 (1.24%) JIRA
2 4 (1.24%) Storybook
2 4 (1.24%) webpack
3 1 (0.31%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) JUnit
3 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.88%) Marketing
3 37 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.70%) Finance
5 22 (6.83%) Advertising
6 15 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.35%) Legal
8 12 (3.73%) iGaming
8 12 (3.73%) Retail
9 6 (1.86%) Law
10 5 (1.55%) Banking
10 5 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Back Office
12 3 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.93%) Music Industry
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Electronics
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (25.78%) Senior
2 72 (22.36%) Developer
3 32 (9.94%) .NET Developer
3 32 (9.94%) Games Developer
4 30 (9.32%) Lead
5 26 (8.07%) Development Manager
5 26 (8.07%) Senior Manager
6 23 (7.14%) Endur Manager
6 23 (7.14%) OpenLink Manager
6 23 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 23 (7.14%) Software Development Manager
6 23 (7.14%) Software Manager
7 20 (6.21%) Architect
8 19 (5.90%) Lead Developer
8 19 (5.90%) Senior Development Manager
9 16 (4.97%) Endur Architect
9 16 (4.97%) OpenLink Architect
9 16 (4.97%) Software Architect
9 16 (4.97%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.66%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.49%) Kafka
2 36 (11.18%) .NET
3 21 (6.52%) Unreal Engine
4 19 (5.90%) React
5 18 (5.59%) HTML
6 13 (4.04%) HTML5
7 12 (3.73%) .NET Core
7 12 (3.73%) ASP.NET
7 12 (3.73%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (3.42%) CSS
9 10 (3.11%) Node.js
9 10 (3.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 9 (2.80%) Next.js
10 9 (2.80%) Tailwind CSS
10 9 (2.80%) V-Ray
11 8 (2.48%) RESTful
12 7 (2.17%) Blazor
12 7 (2.17%) CSS3
12 7 (2.17%) Entity Framework
13 6 (1.86%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.35%) Swaptions
2 22 (6.83%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (5.90%) Algorithms
4 17 (5.28%) Augmented Reality
5 15 (4.66%) Virtual Reality
6 13 (4.04%) e-Learning
7 12 (3.73%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.73%) Virtual Team
8 10 (3.11%) Animation
9 9 (2.80%) HoloLens
9 9 (2.80%) HTC Vive
9 9 (2.80%) Oculus
9 9 (2.80%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.48%) Online Gambling
10 8 (2.48%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.48%) SCADA
10 8 (2.48%) Social Media
11 7 (2.17%) Data Structures
11 7 (2.17%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.25%) Windows
2 17 (5.28%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.66%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.11%) Linux
5 9 (2.80%) Android
6 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.93%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.62%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.81%) Roadmaps
2 60 (18.63%) IT Strategy
2 60 (18.63%) Technology Strategy
3 55 (17.08%) Agile
4 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (15.84%) Software Engineering
6 50 (15.53%) SDLC
7 48 (14.91%) Strategic Roadmap
8 43 (13.35%) Business Transformation
8 43 (13.35%) Creative Thinking
8 43 (13.35%) Data Modelling
9 41 (12.73%) Analytics
10 38 (11.80%) Computer Science
10 38 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (11.49%) Data Science
12 36 (11.18%) Mentoring
12 36 (11.18%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (9.94%) SOLID
14 25 (7.76%) Microservices
15 24 (7.45%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.08%) SQL
2 49 (15.22%) Java
3 44 (13.66%) Python
4 43 (13.35%) VB
5 38 (11.80%) C#
6 22 (6.83%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.35%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.73%) Bash
9 11 (3.42%) C++
10 10 (3.11%) Go
11 8 (2.48%) C
12 4 (1.24%) R
13 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.62%) PHP
13 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.62%) Scala
14 1 (0.31%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 72 (22.36%) Degree
2 25 (7.76%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.04%) DBS Check
4 5 (1.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.24%) PhD
6 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.93%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.62%) CCIE
7 2 (0.62%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 2 (0.62%) CCNP
7 2 (0.62%) CCSA
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.62%) CSPO
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.42%) SOC 2
4 10 (3.11%) GDPR
5 7 (2.17%) QA
6 4 (1.24%) SLA
7 2 (0.62%) ITGC
7 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.93%) Docker
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (3.11%) Terraform
4 8 (2.48%) QRadar
5 1 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) Puppet
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
5 1 (0.31%) WMI
5 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.98%) Oracle
3 43 (13.35%) OpenLink
3 43 (13.35%) Sybase
3 43 (13.35%) TIBCO
4 30 (9.32%) Apple
5 23 (7.14%) Adobe
5 23 (7.14%) Google
6 11 (3.42%) VMware
7 9 (2.80%) Autodesk
7 9 (2.80%) YouTube
8 8 (2.48%) Darktrace
8 8 (2.48%) Databricks
9 5 (1.55%) Instagram
10 4 (1.24%) Logitech
10 4 (1.24%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.93%) BT
11 3 (0.93%) Cisco
11 3 (0.93%) Spotify
12 2 (0.62%) Alteryx