Games Jobs in the Midlands

Gaming
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 31 189
Rank change year-on-year -165 +158 -82
Permanent jobs citing Games 128 693 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.08% 7.47% 1.74%
As % of the General category 1.90% 10.16% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 94 63 91
10th Percentile £32,500 £22,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,625 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,450 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.88% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,722 6,823 6,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.63% 73.51% 61.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,704 3,086 4,204
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,754
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the Midlands

Games
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Games in the Midlands

Games
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the Midlands

Games
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 Games within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands -128 96 £55,000 +69.23% 69
East Midlands -110 32 £52,500 +5.57% 29
Games
England

Games
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) IIS
2 1 (0.78%) TYPO3
Applications
1 6 (4.69%) AutoCAD
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.34%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.56%) Maya
3 2 (1.56%) ZBrush
4 1 (0.78%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.78%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.78%) Revit
4 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.50%) AWS
2 10 (7.81%) Azure
3 8 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
3 8 (6.25%) Cloudflare
4 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.13%) SaaS
6 2 (1.56%) ClickUp
6 2 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.78%) Figma
7 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.69%) Firewall
2 2 (1.56%) Wireless
3 1 (0.78%) DHCP
3 1 (0.78%) DNS
3 1 (0.78%) Network Security
3 1 (0.78%) SSH
3 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.34%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Git
1 4 (3.13%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.13%) JUnit
2 1 (0.78%) Axure RP
General
1 42 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.88%) Finance
3 21 (16.41%) Manufacturing
4 18 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (7.81%) Marketing
7 9 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.03%) Law
8 5 (3.91%) Electronics
8 5 (3.91%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.13%) Banking
9 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.78%) Advertising
10 1 (0.78%) Legal
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (20.31%) Developer
2 21 (16.41%) Senior
3 20 (15.63%) Analyst
4 18 (14.06%) Project Manager
5 15 (11.72%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (10.94%) Lead
7 10 (7.81%) Data Analyst
8 9 (7.03%) C++ Developer
8 9 (7.03%) Data Scientist
8 9 (7.03%) Senior Data Analyst
8 9 (7.03%) Senior Data Scientist
9 8 (6.25%) Product Manager
9 8 (6.25%) Technical Leader
10 6 (4.69%) Architect
10 6 (4.69%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Electrical Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Games Developer
11 4 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Java Developer
11 4 (3.13%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.81%) Laravel
2 8 (6.25%) HTML
2 8 (6.25%) React
3 7 (5.47%) CSS
3 7 (5.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 6 (4.69%) Vue
5 5 (3.91%) .NET
5 5 (3.91%) DirectX
6 4 (3.13%) Hibernate
6 4 (3.13%) JWT
6 4 (3.13%) Lambda Expressions
6 4 (3.13%) REST
6 4 (3.13%) RESTful
6 4 (3.13%) Spring
6 4 (3.13%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.13%) Unreal Engine
7 3 (2.34%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.34%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.78%) CryEngine
8 1 (0.78%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.41%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.25%) Client/Server
3 8 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (6.25%) Social Media
3 8 (6.25%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (4.69%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.69%) Video\Live Streaming
5 5 (3.91%) Clustering
5 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.91%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.13%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.34%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.34%) Mobile Games
7 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.56%) IoT
8 2 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.56%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.78%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.72%) Windows
2 6 (4.69%) Windows Vista
3 4 (3.13%) Linux
4 2 (1.56%) Unix
4 2 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
5 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (18.75%) Mentoring
2 20 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (15.63%) Mathematics
3 17 (13.28%) Project Management
4 16 (12.50%) Analytics
4 16 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 16 (12.50%) ERP
4 16 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 16 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
5 15 (11.72%) Statistical Modelling
6 13 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (10.16%) Data Science
7 12 (9.38%) Agile
7 12 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (8.59%) Strategic Planning
8 11 (8.59%) Technical Leadership
9 10 (7.81%) DevOps
9 10 (7.81%) Machine Learning
10 9 (7.03%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.31%) SQL
2 13 (10.16%) C#
2 13 (10.16%) Python
3 11 (8.59%) C++
3 11 (8.59%) JavaScript
4 10 (7.81%) PHP
5 8 (6.25%) Rust
6 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.91%) Java
8 4 (3.13%) C
9 3 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.78%) Perl
10 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Degree
2 23 (17.97%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (2.34%) CCNA
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.56%) CCNA CyberOps
6 2 (1.56%) CCNP
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.47%) GDPR
2 4 (3.13%) QA
3 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (4.69%) Docker
2 5 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.91%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) SCCM
3 1 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (14.06%) IFS
2 16 (12.50%) Workday
3 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.91%) Dell
4 5 (3.91%) EqualLogic
4 5 (3.91%) NetApp
4 5 (3.91%) Nimble Storage
4 5 (3.91%) SAP
4 5 (3.91%) VMware
5 3 (2.34%) Adobe
5 3 (2.34%) Apple
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco
6 2 (1.56%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.78%) F5
7 1 (0.78%) Sage