Games Jobs in the UK excluding London

Gaming
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 79 176
Rank change year-on-year -129 +97 +1
Permanent jobs citing Games 967 2,389 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.27% 4.24% 2.18%
As % of the General category 2.28% 6.24% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 737 348 941
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,125 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +18.18%

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 42,388 38,255 45,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.48% 67.83% 61.01%
Number of salaries quoted 27,068 18,142 24,652
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England -100 291 £55,000 +3.29% 97
South West -16 171 £50,000 -9.09% 31
South East -75 155 £50,000 -16.67% 140
North West -130 146 £45,000 -10.00% 59
Midlands -144 136 £55,000 +57.14% 86
West Midlands -113 101 £55,000 +71.88% 61
East of England -80 86 £60,000 -14.29% 46
Scotland -159 80 £52,500 +7.69% 13
North East +46 75 £64,000 +42.22% 14
Yorkshire -79 70 £50,000 -16.67% 26
Wales -6 48 £50,000 - 12
East Midlands -95 35 £58,750 +6.82% 27
Northern Ireland +4 3 £70,000 - 6
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 77 (7.96%) Confluence
2 29 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.83%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.52%) CMS
7 5 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.52%) WordPress
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.31%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.10%) TYPO3
Applications
1 20 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.34%) Maya
4 9 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.83%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.72%) Blender
7 6 (0.62%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.62%) Sketch
7 6 (0.62%) ZBrush
8 4 (0.41%) MotionBuilder
8 4 (0.41%) Simulink
8 4 (0.41%) Stateflow
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.31%) Houdini
9 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.31%) S-PLUS
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.21%) InDesign
11 1 (0.10%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Magento
2 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 170 (17.58%) Azure
2 153 (15.82%) AWS
3 61 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.03%) SaaS
5 26 (2.69%) Entra ID
6 25 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
6 25 (2.59%) Serverless
7 21 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 19 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
9 18 (1.86%) GCP
10 16 (1.65%) dbt
11 15 (1.55%) Figma
12 14 (1.45%) GitHub
13 13 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
13 13 (1.34%) Power Platform
14 11 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (0.83%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
16 8 (0.83%) Cloudflare
17 5 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.52%) Firewall
2 26 (2.69%) Wireless
3 14 (1.45%) Internet
4 10 (1.03%) Network Security
5 9 (0.93%) VPN
6 8 (0.83%) Broadband
6 8 (0.83%) LAN
6 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.72%) WAN
8 4 (0.41%) DNS
9 3 (0.31%) VSAN
10 2 (0.21%) 4G
10 2 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.21%) SAN
10 2 (0.21%) xDSL
11 1 (0.10%) BGP
11 1 (0.10%) DHCP
11 1 (0.10%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.10%) SSH
11 1 (0.10%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.27%) SQL Server
2 43 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (4.24%) MySQL
4 23 (2.38%) Redis
5 21 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (1.34%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.34%) Power BI
9 12 (1.24%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.03%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.93%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.83%) Couchbase
12 8 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.72%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.41%) Data Lake
16 3 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 125 (12.93%) Git
2 92 (9.51%) JIRA
3 72 (7.45%) Visual Studio
4 69 (7.14%) Bitbucket
5 59 (6.10%) Sourcetree
6 24 (2.48%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.65%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.24%) Selenium
9 10 (1.03%) Subversion
10 5 (0.52%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.41%) gulp
11 4 (0.41%) JUnit
11 4 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.31%) GitLab
12 3 (0.31%) PostCSS
12 3 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.31%) rollup.js
12 3 (0.31%) Vite
13 2 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 230 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.51%) Finance
3 90 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 90 (9.31%) Presentation Skills
4 52 (5.38%) Manufacturing
5 51 (5.27%) Marketing
6 47 (4.86%) Law
7 39 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (3.83%) Retail
9 31 (3.21%) Banking
10 26 (2.69%) Financial Institution
11 24 (2.48%) Electronics
12 20 (2.07%) Aerospace
12 20 (2.07%) Investment Banking
12 20 (2.07%) Legal
13 18 (1.86%) Billing
14 17 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (1.45%) Military
17 13 (1.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 327 (33.82%) Developer
2 174 (17.99%) Senior
3 132 (13.65%) Games Developer
4 86 (8.89%) .NET Developer
5 71 (7.34%) 3D Developer
6 68 (7.03%) Unity 3D Developer
7 67 (6.93%) Project Manager
8 65 (6.72%) Senior Developer
9 64 (6.62%) C# Developer
10 63 (6.51%) Lead
11 53 (5.48%) Software Engineer
12 52 (5.38%) Analyst
13 49 (5.07%) C# .NET Developer
14 38 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
15 34 (3.52%) Full Stack Developer
16 32 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
17 31 (3.21%) Data Engineer
17 31 (3.21%) Senior Games Developer
18 28 (2.90%) Architect
19 26 (2.69%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (13.24%) .NET
2 107 (11.07%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 79 (8.17%) AngularJS
4 78 (8.07%) HTML
5 75 (7.76%) .NET Core
6 62 (6.41%) React
7 59 (6.10%) ASP.NET
8 55 (5.69%) ASP.NET MVC
9 54 (5.58%) RESTful
10 53 (5.48%) Vue
11 51 (5.27%) ASP.NET Web API
12 47 (4.86%) CSS
13 46 (4.76%) Node.js
14 38 (3.93%) Entity Framework
14 38 (3.93%) HTML5
15 37 (3.83%) Unreal Engine
16 31 (3.21%) .NET Framework
17 30 (3.10%) Laravel
18 23 (2.38%) REST
19 20 (2.07%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.31%) Virtual Reality
2 57 (5.89%) Client/Server
3 46 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (3.93%) Online Games
5 33 (3.41%) IoT
6 29 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.79%) Blockchain
8 25 (2.59%) Animation
9 21 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 20 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 20 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.07%) Web3
11 19 (1.96%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.65%) Social Media
13 15 (1.55%) Driving Licence
13 15 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.55%) Operational Technology
14 14 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (9.00%) Windows
2 23 (2.38%) Linux
3 21 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.14%) Unix
6 10 (1.03%) Android
6 10 (1.03%) VMS
7 9 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.31%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.21%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (20.06%) Agile
2 162 (16.75%) Software Engineering
3 144 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (12.62%) DevOps
5 120 (12.41%) Full Stack Development
6 118 (12.20%) Scrum
7 107 (11.07%) Computer Science
8 104 (10.75%) Use Case
9 102 (10.55%) Mathematics
10 96 (9.93%) Design Patterns
11 85 (8.79%) Project Management
12 81 (8.38%) Mentoring
13 76 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
14 71 (7.34%) Artificial Intelligence
15 70 (7.24%) MVC
16 68 (7.03%) Decision-Making
16 68 (7.03%) UML
17 65 (6.72%) Analytics
18 60 (6.20%) Coaching
19 58 (6.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 243 (25.13%) C#
2 180 (18.61%) JavaScript
3 143 (14.79%) SQL
4 124 (12.82%) Python
5 71 (7.34%) TypeScript
6 50 (5.17%) PHP
7 40 (4.14%) C++
8 39 (4.03%) Java
9 24 (2.48%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) RPG
12 9 (0.93%) C
12 9 (0.93%) Rust
13 7 (0.72%) Go
14 6 (0.62%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.52%) Groovy
16 3 (0.31%) Bash
16 3 (0.31%) VB
17 2 (0.21%) ABAP
17 2 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 258 (26.68%) Degree
2 167 (17.27%) Security Cleared
3 111 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 80 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 45 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.69%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.34%) CCNA
7 13 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.03%) CCNA CyberOps
8 10 (1.03%) CCNP
8 10 (1.03%) MCP
8 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.83%) A+ Certification
10 8 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.72%) Chartered Engineer
11 7 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.62%) ISEB
12 6 (0.62%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.45%) GDPR
2 42 (4.34%) QA
3 16 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.24%) ISO 9001
5 11 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.52%) SLA
8 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.21%) GRC
9 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.10%) COSHH
10 1 (0.10%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.10%) NCSC
10 1 (0.10%) NIST
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (6.20%) Docker
2 39 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.65%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.48%) Terraform
3 23 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.24%) SCCM
5 10 (1.03%) WSUS
6 8 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.31%) Ansible
8 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) QRadar
9 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 221 (22.85%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.07%) Cisco
3 19 (1.96%) IFS
4 18 (1.86%) Apple
5 17 (1.76%) Workday
6 16 (1.65%) Google
7 14 (1.45%) VMware
8 13 (1.34%) Oracle
9 11 (1.14%) Adobe
10 10 (1.03%) Dell
10 10 (1.03%) Draytek
11 7 (0.72%) F5
11 7 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.62%) SAP
13 5 (0.52%) Aruba
13 5 (0.52%) EqualLogic
13 5 (0.52%) NetApp
13 5 (0.52%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.52%) Sophos
13 5 (0.52%) WatchGuard