Games Jobs in Edinburgh

Gaming
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 66 50 94
Rank change year-on-year -16 +44 -15
Permanent jobs citing Games 40 92 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.52% 5.10% 2.54%
As % of the General category 4.39% 6.53% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 36
10th Percentile £21,000 £42,250 £40,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -44.44% +80.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £58,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 911 1,408 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 57.40% 78.01% 65.60%
Number of salaries quoted 662 824 1,088
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,733 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,340 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £79,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (17.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
4 4 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) MySQL
1 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) QA Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Developer
3 6 (15.00%) Full Stack Developer
4 5 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (12.50%) Full Stack Python Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Python Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) QA Automation Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Software Tester
5 4 (10.00%) Tester
6 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (5.00%) Java Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Java Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) React
2 5 (12.50%) Django
3 3 (7.50%) Spring
4 2 (5.00%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Unix
1 1 (2.50%) VMS
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Code Quality
1 19 (47.50%) Test Automation
2 15 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 8 (20.00%) Agile
3 8 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (15.00%) Machine Learning
5 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 5 (12.50%) Data Engineering
5 5 (12.50%) Data Privacy
6 4 (10.00%) DevOps
6 4 (10.00%) QA Automation
6 4 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Microservices
7 2 (5.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 1 (2.50%) Change Advisory Board
8 1 (2.50%) LLM
8 1 (2.50%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (2.50%) Project Roadmap
8 1 (2.50%) Roadmaps
8 1 (2.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 23 (57.50%) Python
2 17 (42.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) C#
4 1 (2.50%) C++
4 1 (2.50%) Rust
4 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) PhD
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.50%) SCCM
3 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) Apple