Games Jobs in England

Gaming
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 69 95
Rank change year-on-year -156 +26 +62
Permanent jobs citing Games 1,143 4,060 4,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.32% 4.59% 3.58%
As % of the General category 2.23% 6.73% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 880 746 1,582
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,720 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,125 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% +22.73%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,144 60,335 88,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.14% 68.19% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 32,893 45,490
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in England

Games
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London -146 320 £65,000 -5.11% 292
North of England -119 278 £54,900 +9.80% 151
South West -22 183 £46,000 -16.36% 37
South East -90 147 £50,000 -16.67% 163
North West -142 142 £45,000 -10.00% 93
Midlands -164 129 £55,000 +57.14% 94
West Midlands -127 97 £55,000 +71.88% 66
East of England -87 82 £60,000 -20.00% 45
North East +53 70 £64,040 +34.82% 20
Yorkshire -102 66 £50,000 -9.09% 40
East Midlands -121 32 £52,500 +5.57% 29
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 87 (7.61%) Confluence
2 79 (6.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.49%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.70%) Apache Solr
6 7 (0.61%) WordPress
7 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (0.52%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.44%) CMS
8 5 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.17%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.17%) SAS
11 1 (0.087%) TYPO3
Applications
1 22 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.40%) AutoCAD
3 13 (1.14%) Maya
4 11 (0.96%) Blender
4 11 (0.96%) Photoshop
5 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.79%) Revit
7 8 (0.70%) Sketch
8 7 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.52%) ZBrush
10 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.35%) MotionBuilder
11 4 (0.35%) Simulink
11 4 (0.35%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.26%) Houdini
12 3 (0.26%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 45 (3.94%) Endur
2 6 (0.52%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.26%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 168 (14.70%) AWS
2 153 (13.39%) Azure
3 67 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (3.24%) SaaS
5 32 (2.80%) Serverless
6 27 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
7 23 (2.01%) Amazon S3
8 22 (1.92%) GitHub
9 21 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (1.75%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.49%) Figma
12 16 (1.40%) dbt
13 14 (1.22%) Amazon Kinesis
13 14 (1.22%) Google Workspace
14 13 (1.14%) Entra ID
15 10 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 10 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (0.79%) Asana
16 9 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (0.70%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.29%) Firewall
2 37 (3.24%) Wireless
3 19 (1.66%) Broadband
4 15 (1.31%) DNS
5 13 (1.14%) Internet
6 12 (1.05%) LAN
6 12 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.96%) NAS
7 11 (0.96%) VPN
8 9 (0.79%) Network Security
8 9 (0.79%) WAN
9 4 (0.35%) DHCP
10 3 (0.26%) VoIP
10 3 (0.26%) VSAN
11 2 (0.17%) 4G
11 2 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.17%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (12.25%) SQL Server
2 71 (6.21%) MySQL
3 51 (4.46%) Relational Database
4 50 (4.37%) RDBMS
4 50 (4.37%) Redis
5 33 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.84%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.75%) Power BI
9 19 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (1.66%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.49%) Tableau
11 16 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.87%) Big Data
13 9 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.79%) Looker
14 8 (0.70%) Couchbase
14 8 (0.70%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.70%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.61%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 129 (11.29%) Git
2 104 (9.10%) JIRA
3 80 (7.00%) Visual Studio
4 78 (6.82%) Bitbucket
5 59 (5.16%) Sourcetree
6 17 (1.49%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.14%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.87%) Subversion
9 8 (0.70%) gulp
10 6 (0.52%) Grunt
11 5 (0.44%) JUnit
11 5 (0.44%) webpack
11 5 (0.44%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.35%) Storybook
12 4 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.26%) rollup.js
13 3 (0.26%) Vite
General
1 285 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 136 (11.90%) Finance
3 90 (7.87%) Marketing
4 83 (7.26%) Presentation Skills
5 78 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (4.20%) Retail
8 46 (4.02%) Manufacturing
9 33 (2.89%) Legal
10 28 (2.45%) Law
11 26 (2.27%) Advertising
12 21 (1.84%) Electronics
12 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.75%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.57%) Billing
14 18 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.31%) Military
16 14 (1.22%) Public Sector
17 13 (1.14%) Banking
17 13 (1.14%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 350 (30.62%) Developer
2 236 (20.65%) Senior
3 156 (13.65%) Games Developer
4 103 (9.01%) .NET Developer
5 86 (7.52%) Lead
6 82 (7.17%) Senior Developer
7 80 (7.00%) 3D Developer
8 77 (6.74%) Unity 3D Developer
9 73 (6.39%) Project Manager
10 63 (5.51%) Analyst
11 55 (4.81%) C# Developer
12 48 (4.20%) Senior Manager
13 44 (3.85%) Senior Games Developer
13 44 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 41 (3.59%) Data Engineer
15 40 (3.50%) Architect
15 40 (3.50%) C# .NET Developer
16 35 (3.06%) Lead Developer
17 32 (2.80%) Development Manager
17 32 (2.80%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (12.95%) .NET
2 124 (10.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 88 (7.70%) HTML
4 81 (7.09%) .NET Core
5 65 (5.69%) ASP.NET
6 63 (5.51%) React
7 62 (5.42%) ASP.NET MVC
8 59 (5.16%) AngularJS
8 59 (5.16%) CSS
9 55 (4.81%) Node.js
9 55 (4.81%) Unreal Engine
10 48 (4.20%) RESTful
10 48 (4.20%) Vue
11 45 (3.94%) Entity Framework
12 43 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
12 43 (3.76%) HTML5
13 42 (3.67%) Kafka
14 32 (2.80%) .NET Framework
15 28 (2.45%) Laravel
16 26 (2.27%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.80%) Virtual Reality
2 61 (5.34%) Client/Server
3 48 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (3.94%) Swaptions
5 39 (3.41%) Algorithms
6 37 (3.24%) Online Games
7 34 (2.97%) Animation
7 34 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.27%) Social Media
9 24 (2.10%) Data Structures
9 24 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
10 22 (1.92%) Product Ownership
11 21 (1.84%) IoT
11 21 (1.84%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
12 20 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
12 20 (1.75%) Operational Technology
13 17 (1.49%) Blockchain
14 15 (1.31%) Oculus
Operating Systems
1 114 (9.97%) Windows
2 39 (3.41%) Windows Server
3 36 (3.15%) Linux
4 24 (2.10%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.66%) Android
6 13 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.14%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.70%) Unix
7 8 (0.70%) VMS
8 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.44%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (17.24%) Agile
2 187 (16.36%) Software Engineering
3 174 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (11.55%) Scrum
5 118 (10.32%) DevOps
6 115 (10.06%) Full Stack Development
7 111 (9.71%) Computer Science
8 108 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
9 106 (9.27%) Mentoring
9 106 (9.27%) Project Management
10 104 (9.10%) Design Patterns
11 96 (8.40%) Mathematics
12 93 (8.14%) Use Case
13 88 (7.70%) Roadmaps
14 86 (7.52%) Analytics
15 78 (6.82%) Decision-Making
16 77 (6.74%) MVC
16 77 (6.74%) UML
17 68 (5.95%) IT Strategy
18 65 (5.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 267 (23.36%) C#
2 177 (15.49%) SQL
3 157 (13.74%) JavaScript
4 123 (10.76%) Python
5 72 (6.30%) Java
6 68 (5.95%) TypeScript
7 48 (4.20%) VB
8 46 (4.02%) PHP
9 40 (3.50%) C++
10 25 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 17 (1.49%) C
11 17 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.31%) Bash
12 15 (1.31%) RPG
13 12 (1.05%) Go
14 8 (0.70%) Rust
15 6 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.44%) R
17 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 319 (27.91%) Degree
2 174 (15.22%) Security Cleared
3 120 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 91 (7.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (3.76%) DBS Check
6 40 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.22%) CCNA
10 13 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.05%) CCNP
12 10 (0.87%) CCNA CyberOps
12 10 (0.87%) MCP
12 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.61%) PhD
15 6 (0.52%) Chartered Engineer
15 6 (0.52%) HNC
15 6 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.85%) GDPR
2 28 (2.45%) QA
3 25 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 17 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.40%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.96%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.79%) SLA
9 8 (0.70%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 2 (0.17%) GRC
12 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.17%) ITGC
12 2 (0.17%) PMO
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.087%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.087%) IEC 62304
13 1 (0.087%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.67%) Docker
3 25 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.40%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.087%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (2.97%) Terraform
2 29 (2.54%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.79%) QRadar
5 9 (0.79%) SCCM
6 8 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.61%) WSUS
8 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.26%) Ansible
10 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.17%) Puppet
11 1 (0.087%) Grafana
11 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.087%) WMI
Vendors
1 250 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.29%) Oracle
3 45 (3.94%) OpenLink
3 45 (3.94%) Sybase
3 45 (3.94%) TIBCO
4 43 (3.76%) Apple
5 39 (3.41%) Google
6 33 (2.89%) Adobe
7 25 (2.19%) VMware
8 23 (2.01%) Cisco
9 18 (1.57%) IFS
10 16 (1.40%) Workday
11 12 (1.05%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.96%) Databricks
13 10 (0.87%) Dell
13 10 (0.87%) Draytek
13 10 (0.87%) YouTube
14 9 (0.79%) Darktrace
14 9 (0.79%) F5
15 7 (0.61%) Salesforce