Games Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Game Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Game Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 603 854
Rank change year-on-year +40 +251 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 35 24 34
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.099% 0.064% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.067% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 16
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,063 £42,500 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £86,750 £75,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -23.08% -5.45% +34.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,012 36,073 73,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.94% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 25,833 26,365 42,607
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,385 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.38% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Games Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games Developer.

Games Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Games Developer over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Games Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Games
2 32 (91.43%) JavaScript
3 30 (85.71%) HTML
4 26 (74.29%) C#
4 26 (74.29%) .NET
4 26 (74.29%) .NET Core
5 25 (71.43%) Agile
6 24 (68.57%) HTML5
7 23 (65.71%) Azure
7 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET MVC
7 23 (65.71%) MVC
7 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
7 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET
7 23 (65.71%) Microsoft
7 23 (65.71%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (57.14%) RESTful
8 20 (57.14%) Multithreading
8 20 (57.14%) LINQ
8 20 (57.14%) AngularJS
8 20 (57.14%) Microservices
8 20 (57.14%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 20 (57.14%) ASP.NET Web API
9 10 (28.57%) Degree
10 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
11 7 (20.00%) JSON
12 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
12 6 (17.14%) Open Source
12 6 (17.14%) Node.js
12 6 (17.14%) SEO
12 6 (17.14%) .NET Framework

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (65.71%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.57%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 35 (100.00%) Games
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (85.71%) HTML
2 26 (74.29%) .NET
2 26 (74.29%) .NET Core
3 24 (68.57%) HTML5
4 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET
4 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 20 (57.14%) AngularJS
5 20 (57.14%) ASP.NET Web API
5 20 (57.14%) LINQ
5 20 (57.14%) RESTful
6 7 (20.00%) JSON
7 6 (17.14%) .NET Framework
7 6 (17.14%) Electron
7 6 (17.14%) Node.js
8 3 (8.57%) Blazor
8 3 (8.57%) CSS
8 3 (8.57%) CSS3
8 3 (8.57%) Entity Framework
8 3 (8.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (8.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Client/Server
1 2 (5.71%) Mobile Games
1 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Agile
2 23 (65.71%) Full Stack Development
2 23 (65.71%) MVC
3 20 (57.14%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
3 20 (57.14%) Microservices
3 20 (57.14%) Multithreading
4 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
4 6 (17.14%) Open Source
4 6 (17.14%) SEO
4 6 (17.14%) User Experience
5 4 (11.43%) Game Development
5 4 (11.43%) TDD
6 3 (8.57%) BDD
6 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (5.71%) Issue Tracking
7 2 (5.71%) Mathematics
7 2 (5.71%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (5.71%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (91.43%) JavaScript
2 26 (74.29%) C#
3 6 (17.14%) PHP
4 3 (8.57%) SQL
5 2 (5.71%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) Microsoft