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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 339 373
Rank change year-on-year - +34 +96
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 0 11 23
As % of all contract jobs in London - 0.088% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.33% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 16
10th Percentile - £159 £267
25th Percentile - £196 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £316 £332
Median % change year-on-year - -4.84% -5.13%
75th Percentile - £434 £375
90th Percentile - £436 £432
England median daily rate £313 £316 £325
% change year-on-year -1.11% -2.77% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £37.45
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £42.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £50.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +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 4,343 3,310 4,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.81% 26.41% 26.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 2,314 3,469
10th Percentile £380 £378 £375
25th Percentile £450 £429 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £674 £713 £700
90th Percentile £786 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 29
10th Percentile £23.98 £32.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £34.01 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +5.29% -36.57%
75th Percentile £73.50 £58.13 £61.43
90th Percentile £93.13 £87.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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