Games Jobs in Glasgow

Gaming
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 45 124
Rank change year-on-year -152 +79 -38
Permanent jobs citing Games 39 92 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.98% 6.12% 0.19%
As % of the General category 1.23% 8.91% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile - £33,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -26.96% +53.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,875 £66,250
90th Percentile - £83,400 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £48,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -18.75% +20.00%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,172 1,032 982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 79.50% 68.62% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 449 370 514
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £49,893
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +10.24% +5.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Glasgow

Games
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Games in Glasgow

Games
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Glasgow over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Glasgow

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (41.03%) AWS
2 12 (30.77%) Azure
3 9 (23.08%) SaaS
4 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (12.82%) Power Platform
6 4 (10.26%) IaaS
6 4 (10.26%) PaaS
7 1 (2.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (12.82%) Power BI
1 5 (12.82%) Relational Database
2 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.56%) Big Data
3 1 (2.56%) Hadoop
General
1 27 (69.23%) Finance
1 27 (69.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 27 (69.23%) Law
1 27 (69.23%) Marketing
2 21 (53.85%) Financial Institution
3 20 (51.28%) Banking
3 20 (51.28%) Investment Banking
3 20 (51.28%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Principal Engineer
1 21 (53.85%) Principal Software Engineer
1 21 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 16 (41.03%) AWS Engineer
2 16 (41.03%) AWS Software Engineer
3 15 (38.46%) Python Engineer
3 15 (38.46%) Python Software Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Principal Modelling Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Developer
6 6 (15.38%) Architect
6 6 (15.38%) Lead
6 6 (15.38%) Lead Architect
6 6 (15.38%) Senior
6 6 (15.38%) Senior Architect
7 5 (12.82%) Backend Developer
8 4 (10.26%) Azure Data Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Power BI Developer
9 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) REST
2 1 (2.56%) Kafka
2 1 (2.56%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (53.85%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (10.26%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.56%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
1 1 (2.56%) VMS
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (79.49%) Agile
2 28 (71.79%) Artificial Intelligence
3 27 (69.23%) Machine Learning
3 27 (69.23%) Operational Stability
3 27 (69.23%) Software Engineering
4 26 (66.67%) SDLC
5 21 (53.85%) Data Science
6 20 (51.28%) Analytics
6 20 (51.28%) Asset Management
6 20 (51.28%) Business Analysis
6 20 (51.28%) Coaching
6 20 (51.28%) Computer Science
6 20 (51.28%) Data Analysis
6 20 (51.28%) Mathematics
6 20 (51.28%) Use Case
7 10 (25.64%) Financial Modelling
8 7 (17.95%) Decision-Making
8 7 (17.95%) Software Architecture
9 6 (15.38%) Architecture Governance
9 6 (15.38%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) Python
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 6 (15.38%) Java
4 5 (12.82%) C#
4 5 (12.82%) C++
4 5 (12.82%) Go
4 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.82%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Apple
2 1 (2.56%) Databricks