Unreal Engine Contract Job Trends in London

Unreal Engine
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 349 362
Rank change year-on-year -51 +13 +126
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 1 9 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.006% 0.070% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.024% 0.27% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 19
10th Percentile - - £288
25th Percentile - £159 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £167 £350
Median % change year-on-year - -52.29% -10.26%
75th Percentile - £324 £528
90th Percentile - £365 £530
England median daily rate £313 £313 £350
% change year-on-year - -10.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.88
25th Percentile - - £42.81
Median hourly rate - - £46.25
75th Percentile - - £50.31
90th Percentile - - £51.63
England median hourly rate - - £42.50
% change year-on-year - - +10.39%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,112 3,365 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.80% 26.20% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,792 2,333 3,326
10th Percentile £363 £385 £378
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £706 £690
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 27
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.69 £26.76
Median hourly rate £46.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +27.06% -34.62%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £76.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in London

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unreal Engine.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unreal Engine.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (100.00%) Blender
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Texturing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk