Mobile Games Contracts

Mobile Game
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile Games in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile Games 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 576 696 838
Rank change year-on-year +120 +142 -128
Contract jobs citing Mobile Games 8 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.002% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.061% 0.005% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £282 - £493
25th Percentile £296 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.45%
75th Percentile £411 - £638
90th Percentile £540 - £645
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Mobile Games falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

Mobile Games
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Games in the UK

Mobile Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mobile Games.

Daily rate trend for Mobile Games in the UK

Mobile Games
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile Games over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile Games in the UK

Mobile Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mobile Games.

Hourly rate trend for Mobile Games in the UK

Mobile Games
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Games within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 8 £320 - 7
London - 8 £320 - 1
Work from Home +119 4 £310 - 15

Mobile Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
General
1 8 (100.00%) Games
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) QA Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Games Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Games Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (12.50%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Animation
2 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Game Development
2 4 (50.00%) Data Science
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 3 (37.50%) User Research
3 3 (37.50%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Physics
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Design Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Interaction Design
5 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
5 1 (12.50%) Qualitative Research
5 1 (12.50%) Software Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Accessibility