Game Development Jobs in the South West

Games Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Game Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Game Development 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 287 252 316
Rank change year-on-year -35 +64 -
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 8 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.076% 0.047% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.049% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £38,250 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £45,625 -
90th Percentile £40,500 £46,750 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +17.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Game Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,437 6,100 8,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.87% 94.60% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 3,496 4,999
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,241
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,675 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in the South West

Game Development
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Game Development in the South West.

Salary trend for Game Development in the South West

Game Development
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the South West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon - 6 £35,000 - 1
Somerset - 2 - -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 8 (100.00%) Games
2 6 (75.00%) Aviation
2 6 (75.00%) Law
2 6 (75.00%) Military
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
1 6 (75.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Oculus
1 6 (75.00%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (25.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Clean Code
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (75.00%) Eye Tracking
1 6 (75.00%) SOLID
2 2 (25.00%) User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree