Game Development Contracts in London

Games Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Game Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 390 476 596
Rank change year-on-year +86 +120 -99
Contract jobs citing Game Development 10 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.057% 0.024% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.026% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 2
10th Percentile £261 £233 £210
25th Percentile £263 £272 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 £333
Median % change year-on-year - -9.77% +2.31%
75th Percentile £346 - £433
90th Percentile £477 £388 £481
England median daily rate £275 £300 £350
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% -0.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Daily rate trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Game Development in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Game Development in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Hourly rate trend for Game Development in London

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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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (10.00%) Blender
1 1 (10.00%) Maya
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) dbt
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) QA Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Games Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (20.00%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (10.00%) Flask
3 1 (10.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Mobile Games
2 2 (20.00%) Animation
2 2 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Data Science
1 3 (30.00%) Physics
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) User Research
2 2 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (10.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Experimental Design
3 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (10.00%) Monetization
3 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC
3 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) Rust
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Databricks