Game Development Jobs in the Midlands

Games Development
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 313 352
Rank change year-on-year -5 +39 -91
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 9 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.069% 0.012% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.012% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £35,500 - £32,250
25th Percentile £44,375 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,426 8,254 10,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.81% 96.48% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,458 4,379 6,963
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,276 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in the Midlands

Game Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Game Development in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Game Development in the Midlands

Game Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Game Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Game Development in the Midlands

Game Development
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
West Midlands -10 5 £75,000 - 4
East Midlands - 4 £52,500 - 1
Game Development
England

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (11.11%) 3ds Max
1 1 (11.11%) Maya
1 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
1 1 (11.11%) ZBrush
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Games Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Lead
3 3 (33.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Full Stack Developer
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Lead Software Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Games Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Game Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (44.44%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) Laravel
4 2 (22.22%) Pixi.js
4 2 (22.22%) React
4 2 (22.22%) Vue
5 1 (11.11%) CryEngine
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5
5 1 (11.11%) JSON
5 1 (11.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile Games
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (11.11%) Online Games
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Physics
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (11.11%) Architectural Design
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) C
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA