Games Contracts in the Midlands

Gaming
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 140 180
Rank change year-on-year +19 +40 -19
Contract jobs citing Games 20 18 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.56% 0.50%
As % of the General category 1.27% 1.02% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 14
10th Percentile £191 £208 £423
25th Percentile £217 £286 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £530
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -29.25% +112.00%
75th Percentile £434 £466 £788
90th Percentile £434 £510 -
England median daily rate £414 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -8.11% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £39.92 - -
England median hourly rate £41.21 £60.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -31.32% +37.54% +51.21%

All General Skills
Midlands

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,579 1,760 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 53.56% 54.68% 55.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,070 1,256 2,052
10th Percentile £206 £228 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 80 94
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.45 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.90 £14.20 £13.90
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +20.00% +29.31%
75th Percentile £34.47 £43.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.12 £51.85 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Games in the Midlands

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the Midlands

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in the Midlands

Games
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +18 13 £225 -37.06% 54
East Midlands +9 7 £418 +11.47% 26
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 3 (15.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Photoshop
2 5 (25.00%) Maya
3 4 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (10.00%) Adobe XD
4 2 (10.00%) NUKE
4 2 (10.00%) Sketch
4 2 (10.00%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Discord
3 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (5.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Redash
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (10.00%) Automotive
3 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Lead
1 3 (15.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Designer
2 2 (10.00%) Games Designer
2 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (10.00%) UI Designer
2 2 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 2 (10.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (5.00%) Animator
3 1 (5.00%) Communications Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Internal Communications Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) React
2 2 (10.00%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (10.00%) V-Ray
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Motion Graphics
1 4 (20.00%) Video Editing
2 3 (15.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (15.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Animation
3 1 (5.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (15.00%) User Experience
1 3 (15.00%) Web Development
2 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (10.00%) Game Development
2 2 (10.00%) UX Design
2 2 (10.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (10.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (5.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (5.00%) Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) Content Writing
3 1 (5.00%) DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Epics
3 1 (5.00%) Line Management
3 1 (5.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (5.00%) Product Management
3 1 (5.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Adobe
2 3 (15.00%) Darktrace
2 3 (15.00%) FireEye
2 3 (15.00%) LogRhythm
2 3 (15.00%) Splunk
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft