Games Jobs in the West Midlands

Gaming
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 158 45 163
Rank change year-on-year -113 +118 -67
Permanent jobs citing Games 101 359 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.26% 6.17% 1.77%
As % of the General category 2.27% 8.19% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 74 38 66
10th Percentile £36,250 £22,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,625 £23,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% -31.18% +14.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £69,625 £58,875 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -6.72% +21.82%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,456 4,386 4,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.40% 75.40% 63.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,052 2,225 2,978
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the West Midlands

Games
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Games in the West Midlands

Games
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the West Midlands

Games
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the West Midlands 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
Staffordshire -3 40 £52,500 +64.06% 26
Birmingham -70 34 £55,000 +69.23% 9
Solihull -15 10 £55,000 - 4
Dudley -10 4 £40,000 - 1
Warwickshire -15 4 £75,000 +25.00% 12
Worcestershire -20 3 £55,000 +57.14% 2
Shropshire - 3 £30,000 -
Coventry -14 1 £47,500 -13.64% 2
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.93%) AutoCAD
3 3 (2.97%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.98%) Maya
4 2 (1.98%) ZBrush
5 1 (0.99%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.99%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.99%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.94%) Azure
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.96%) AWS
3 4 (3.96%) SaaS
4 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.99%) Figma
4 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) Firewall
2 1 (0.99%) DHCP
2 1 (0.99%) DNS
2 1 (0.99%) SSH
2 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.99%) Power BI
3 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Git
1 4 (3.96%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.96%) JUnit
2 1 (0.99%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.99%) Bugzilla
2 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 35 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.76%) Finance
3 20 (19.80%) Manufacturing
4 19 (18.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (16.83%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (7.92%) Law
7 8 (7.92%) Marketing
8 4 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Electronics
9 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) iGaming
11 1 (0.99%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (19.80%) Developer
1 20 (19.80%) Senior
2 19 (18.81%) Project Manager
3 17 (16.83%) Analyst
4 14 (13.86%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (10.89%) Hardware Engineer
6 9 (8.91%) C++ Developer
6 9 (8.91%) Data Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Data Scientist
7 8 (7.92%) Electrical Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Product Manager
7 8 (7.92%) Senior Data Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Senior Data Scientist
8 6 (5.94%) Lead
9 4 (3.96%) Designer
9 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.96%) Senior Designer
10 3 (2.97%) Games Designer
10 3 (2.97%) Senior Games Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 6 (5.94%) React
3 5 (4.95%) HTML
3 5 (4.95%) Unreal Engine
4 4 (3.96%) CSS
4 4 (3.96%) Hibernate
4 4 (3.96%) JWT
4 4 (3.96%) Lambda Expressions
4 4 (3.96%) REST
4 4 (3.96%) RESTful
4 4 (3.96%) Spring
4 4 (3.96%) Spring Boot
4 4 (3.96%) Vue
5 3 (2.97%) .NET
6 2 (1.98%) web3js
7 1 (0.99%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.99%) CryEngine
7 1 (0.99%) Unity DI Container
7 1 (0.99%) WinForms
7 1 (0.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.81%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.89%) Operational Technology
2 11 (10.89%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.92%) Client/Server
3 8 (7.92%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (5.94%) Video\Live Streaming
5 5 (4.95%) Clustering
5 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (4.95%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.95%) Social Media
6 4 (3.96%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.97%) IoT
7 3 (2.97%) Mobile Games
7 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.98%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.98%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.98%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.98%) Web3
9 1 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.99%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.90%) Windows
2 3 (2.97%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.99%) Unix
3 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.73%) Mentoring
2 18 (17.82%) Mathematics
3 17 (16.83%) ERP
3 17 (16.83%) Project Management
3 17 (16.83%) Risk Management
3 17 (16.83%) Systems Engineering
4 16 (15.84%) Customer Requirements
5 15 (14.85%) Analytics
6 14 (13.86%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (13.86%) Statistical Modelling
7 12 (11.88%) Data Science
8 11 (10.89%) Agile
8 11 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (9.90%) Strategic Planning
10 9 (8.91%) Machine Learning
11 8 (7.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 8 (7.92%) Predictive Modelling
12 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (6.93%) Product Management
13 6 (5.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) SQL
2 12 (11.88%) Python
3 11 (10.89%) C++
4 10 (9.90%) C#
4 10 (9.90%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.95%) Java
5 5 (4.95%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.96%) C
7 1 (0.99%) Perl
7 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (24.75%) Degree
2 19 (18.81%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.93%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (4.95%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.98%) CCNA
6 2 (1.98%) CCNA CyberOps
6 2 (1.98%) CCNP
6 2 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.99%) ISEB
7 1 (0.99%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) GDPR
2 4 (3.96%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.95%) Docker
1 5 (4.95%) Hyper-V
1 5 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (18.81%) IFS
2 17 (16.83%) Workday
3 12 (11.88%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.95%) Dell
4 5 (4.95%) EqualLogic
4 5 (4.95%) NetApp
4 5 (4.95%) Nimble Storage
4 5 (4.95%) VMware
5 2 (1.98%) Cisco
5 2 (1.98%) SAP
6 1 (0.99%) Adobe