Games Jobs in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. 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 233 87 78
Rank change year-on-year -146 -9 +39
Permanent jobs citing Games 320 1,223 3,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.35% 3.63% 4.93%
As % of the General category 1.99% 5.28% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 230 357 703
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -2.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £90,625
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,080 23,174 48,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.99% 68.71% 68.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 16,046 22,705
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Games in London

Games
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London 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
Central London +49 57 £50,000 -16.67% 28
West London -60 14 £77,500 +29.17% 16
South London -70 5 £65,000 +30.00% 4
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 50 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.69%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) SAS
3 2 (0.63%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.50%) AutoCAD
1 8 (2.50%) Revit
2 6 (1.88%) Adobe After Effects
2 6 (1.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (1.25%) Blender
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.94%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.63%) Sketch
5 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 45 (14.06%) Endur
2 6 (1.88%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.31%) AWS
2 29 (9.06%) Azure
3 17 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.69%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.38%) Google Workspace
6 9 (2.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 9 (2.81%) Asana
7 8 (2.50%) GitHub
8 7 (2.19%) SaaS
8 7 (2.19%) Serverless
9 6 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.56%) GCP
10 5 (1.56%) Vercel
10 5 (1.56%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.94%) PaaS
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.63%) CloudFront
12 2 (0.63%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.69%) Firewall
2 14 (4.38%) DNS
3 12 (3.75%) Wireless
4 11 (3.44%) Broadband
4 11 (3.44%) NAS
5 7 (2.19%) LAN
6 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.56%) WAN
8 3 (0.94%) DHCP
8 3 (0.94%) Network Security
9 2 (0.63%) BGP
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.63%) HTTP
9 2 (0.63%) Internet
9 2 (0.63%) MPLS
9 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.31%) SMS
10 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 47 (14.69%) RDBMS
2 47 (14.69%) Relational Database
3 33 (10.31%) MySQL
4 27 (8.44%) Redis
5 16 (5.00%) Tableau
6 15 (4.69%) Power BI
7 12 (3.75%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.13%) Big Data
9 9 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.81%) Looker
10 8 (2.50%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.25%) QlikView
14 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Git
2 4 (1.25%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.25%) Grunt
2 4 (1.25%) gulp
2 4 (1.25%) Storybook
2 4 (1.25%) webpack
3 3 (0.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) JUnit
4 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (21.56%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.63%) Marketing
3 37 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.75%) Finance
5 21 (6.56%) Advertising
6 15 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.06%) Legal
8 12 (3.75%) iGaming
8 12 (3.75%) Retail
9 6 (1.88%) Law
10 5 (1.56%) Banking
10 5 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Back Office
12 3 (0.94%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.63%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 84 (26.25%) Senior
2 73 (22.81%) Developer
3 33 (10.31%) Games Developer
4 32 (10.00%) .NET Developer
5 30 (9.38%) Lead
6 27 (8.44%) Development Manager
6 27 (8.44%) Senior Manager
7 24 (7.50%) Endur Manager
7 24 (7.50%) OpenLink Manager
7 24 (7.50%) Software Development Manager
7 24 (7.50%) Software Manager
8 23 (7.19%) Senior Developer
9 21 (6.56%) Architect
10 20 (6.25%) Senior Development Manager
11 19 (5.94%) Lead Developer
12 17 (5.31%) Endur Architect
12 17 (5.31%) OpenLink Architect
12 17 (5.31%) Software Architect
13 16 (5.00%) Software Engineer
14 15 (4.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.56%) Kafka
2 36 (11.25%) .NET
3 20 (6.25%) Unreal Engine
4 19 (5.94%) React
5 18 (5.63%) HTML
6 13 (4.06%) HTML5
7 12 (3.75%) .NET Core
7 12 (3.75%) ASP.NET
7 12 (3.75%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (3.44%) CSS
9 10 (3.13%) Node.js
10 9 (2.81%) Next.js
10 9 (2.81%) Tailwind CSS
10 9 (2.81%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 8 (2.50%) RESTful
11 8 (2.50%) V-Ray
12 7 (2.19%) Blazor
12 7 (2.19%) CSS3
12 7 (2.19%) Entity Framework
12 7 (2.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.06%) Swaptions
2 21 (6.56%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (5.94%) Algorithms
4 15 (4.69%) Augmented Reality
5 13 (4.06%) Virtual Reality
6 12 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.75%) Virtual Team
7 11 (3.44%) e-Learning
8 9 (2.81%) Animation
9 8 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.50%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.50%) HoloLens
9 8 (2.50%) HTC Vive
9 8 (2.50%) Oculus
9 8 (2.50%) Online Gambling
9 8 (2.50%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.50%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.50%) SCADA
9 8 (2.50%) Social Media
10 7 (2.19%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.00%) Windows
2 17 (5.31%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.69%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.13%) Linux
5 8 (2.50%) Android
6 3 (0.94%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.63%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.25%) Roadmaps
2 61 (19.06%) IT Strategy
2 61 (19.06%) Technology Strategy
3 54 (16.88%) Agile
4 52 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (15.94%) SDLC
6 50 (15.63%) Strategic Roadmap
7 49 (15.31%) Software Engineering
8 45 (14.06%) Business Transformation
8 45 (14.06%) Creative Thinking
9 44 (13.75%) Data Modelling
10 40 (12.50%) Analytics
11 38 (11.88%) Workshop Facilitation
12 37 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (11.56%) Data Science
13 36 (11.25%) Computer Science
14 33 (10.31%) Mentoring
15 32 (10.00%) SOLID
16 25 (7.81%) Microservices
17 24 (7.50%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (16.56%) SQL
2 51 (15.94%) Java
3 45 (14.06%) VB
4 42 (13.13%) Python
5 37 (11.56%) C#
6 23 (7.19%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.38%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.75%) Bash
9 10 (3.13%) C++
9 10 (3.13%) Go
10 8 (2.50%) C
11 4 (1.25%) R
12 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.63%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 69 (21.56%) Degree
2 25 (7.81%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.06%) DBS Check
4 5 (1.56%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.94%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.94%) PhD
6 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.63%) CCIE
7 2 (0.63%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 2 (0.63%) CCNP
7 2 (0.63%) CCSA
7 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.63%) CSPO
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.44%) SOC 2
4 9 (2.81%) GDPR
5 7 (2.19%) QA
6 4 (1.25%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) ITGC
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.94%) Docker
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.06%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (3.13%) Terraform
4 8 (2.50%) QRadar
5 1 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) Puppet
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
5 1 (0.31%) WMI
5 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.69%) Oracle
3 45 (14.06%) OpenLink
3 45 (14.06%) Sybase
3 45 (14.06%) TIBCO
4 29 (9.06%) Apple
5 23 (7.19%) Google
6 22 (6.88%) Adobe
7 11 (3.44%) VMware
8 9 (2.81%) YouTube
9 8 (2.50%) Autodesk
9 8 (2.50%) Darktrace
9 8 (2.50%) Databricks
10 5 (1.56%) Instagram
11 4 (1.25%) Logitech
11 4 (1.25%) NVIDIA
12 3 (0.94%) BT
12 3 (0.94%) Cisco
13 2 (0.63%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.63%) SolarWinds