Games Jobs in the North West

Gaming
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 162 18 164
Rank change year-on-year -144 +146 -10
Permanent jobs citing Games 140 845 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.42% 10.83% 1.98%
As % of the General category 2.65% 15.97% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 121 44 119
10th Percentile £24,196 £22,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -28.57% +64.71%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £86,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £54,900 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,287 5,290 5,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.61% 67.78% 61.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,915 2,425 3,094
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,438
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North West

Games
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Games in the North West

Games
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Games in the North West

Games
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the North West 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
Manchester -115 91 £47,500 -9.52% 45
Merseyside -56 31 £45,000 -4.26% 10
Cheshire -51 16 £32,500 - 17
Lancashire -58 2 £35,000 -11.39% 7
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (5.71%) Apache Solr
2 3 (2.14%) WordPress
3 2 (1.43%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.43%) InDesign
1 2 (1.43%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.71%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.86%) AWS
2 17 (12.14%) Azure
3 8 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.00%) Figma
5 5 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.14%) Commercetools
6 3 (2.14%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.43%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.71%) GCP
8 1 (0.71%) GitHub
8 1 (0.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.43%) Network Security
1 2 (1.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.57%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.00%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.57%) MySQL
5 4 (2.86%) OLTP
6 2 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.43%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.43%) QlikView
6 2 (1.43%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.71%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.86%) Git
2 4 (2.86%) JIRA
3 2 (1.43%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.43%) WiX
4 1 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 55 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.71%) Retail
3 16 (11.43%) Billing
4 9 (6.43%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.71%) Marketing
6 7 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.57%) Legal
7 5 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.86%) Finance
9 3 (2.14%) Automotive
9 3 (2.14%) Banking
9 3 (2.14%) Publishing
10 1 (0.71%) Esports
10 1 (0.71%) iGaming
10 1 (0.71%) Law
10 1 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 54 (38.57%) Developer
2 18 (12.86%) PHP Developer
2 18 (12.86%) Senior
3 17 (12.14%) Full Stack Developer
4 15 (10.71%) Games Developer
5 14 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 12 (8.57%) Full Stack PHP Developer
7 10 (7.14%) Analyst
7 10 (7.14%) Designer
8 7 (5.00%) Lead
8 7 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.29%) Graduate
9 6 (4.29%) Senior Full Stack Developer
10 5 (3.57%) Full Stack .NET Developer
10 5 (3.57%) Games Programmer
10 5 (3.57%) Lead Developer
10 5 (3.57%) Programmer
11 4 (2.86%) Junior .NET Developer
11 4 (2.86%) Junior Developer
11 4 (2.86%) SEO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.00%) .NET
2 20 (14.29%) HTML
3 14 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 14 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 14 (10.00%) Entity Framework
3 14 (10.00%) Node.js
4 12 (8.57%) AngularJS
4 12 (8.57%) RabbitMQ
4 12 (8.57%) React
4 12 (8.57%) Unreal Engine
4 12 (8.57%) Vue
5 10 (7.14%) CSS
5 10 (7.14%) Electron
5 10 (7.14%) JSON
6 8 (5.71%) ASP.NET
6 8 (5.71%) jQuery
6 8 (5.71%) Laravel
6 8 (5.71%) SignalR
6 8 (5.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 7 (5.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.71%) Social Media
3 7 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 7 (5.00%) Virtual Reality
4 4 (2.86%) Animation
4 4 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.14%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.43%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.43%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.43%) IoT
6 2 (1.43%) iPhone
6 2 (1.43%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.43%) Replication
6 2 (1.43%) Web3
7 1 (0.71%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.71%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.71%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.57%) Windows
2 7 (5.00%) Android
3 6 (4.29%) Linux
4 5 (3.57%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.43%) Unix
6 2 (1.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (17.14%) Agile
2 24 (17.14%) User Experience
3 23 (16.43%) Full Stack Development
4 16 (11.43%) Customer Experience
4 16 (11.43%) Customer Service
4 16 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (11.43%) Value Proposition
5 15 (10.71%) Scrum
5 15 (10.71%) SEO
6 14 (10.00%) DevOps
6 14 (10.00%) MVC
7 12 (8.57%) Mathematics
7 12 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (7.14%) Game Development
8 10 (7.14%) Open Source
9 9 (6.43%) Project Management
9 9 (6.43%) Roadmaps
10 8 (5.71%) ERP
10 8 (5.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.43%) JavaScript
2 24 (17.14%) C#
3 18 (12.86%) PHP
4 15 (10.71%) SQL
5 12 (8.57%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.00%) Python
7 4 (2.86%) C++
8 2 (1.43%) Go
8 2 (1.43%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.43%) VB
8 2 (1.43%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.71%) Bash
9 1 (0.71%) C
9 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (27.14%) Degree
2 18 (12.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (11.43%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.57%) CCNA
4 5 (3.57%) CCNA CyberOps
4 5 (3.57%) CCNP
4 5 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.43%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.43%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) CISSP
6 1 (0.71%) GCFA
6 1 (0.71%) GCFE
6 1 (0.71%) GCIH
6 1 (0.71%) OSCP
6 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.86%) GDPR
1 4 (2.86%) QA
2 3 (2.14%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.71%) PMO
3 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.57%) Docker
2 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.86%) Ansible
2 2 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.43%) SCCM
2 2 (1.43%) WSUS
3 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.71%) Puppet
3 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.57%) Cisco
3 3 (2.14%) Adobe
3 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.43%) Apple
4 2 (1.43%) Instagram
4 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.43%) SYSPRO
4 2 (1.43%) Twitter
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) YouTube