Game Development Jobs in London

Games Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Game Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Game Development over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 461 706
Rank change year-on-year +39 +245 -16
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 37 8 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.041% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.044% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 19
10th Percentile - £41,850 -
25th Percentile - £49,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £63,000 - £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -20.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,223 18,232 50,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.19% 93.66% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,326 14,590 31,870
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - -0.83% +0.83%

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
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) npm
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (18.92%) MongoDB
1 7 (18.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (43.24%) GitLab
2 13 (35.14%) Maven
3 10 (27.03%) Git
4 5 (13.51%) webpack
General
1 37 (100.00%) Games
2 19 (51.35%) iGaming
2 19 (51.35%) Publishing
3 5 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Lead
2 7 (18.92%) Backend Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Java Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Technical Leader
3 5 (13.51%) Architect
3 5 (13.51%) Games Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Technical Architect
4 4 (10.81%) Technical Director
5 3 (8.11%) Graphics Programmer
5 3 (8.11%) Programmer
5 3 (8.11%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) Spring
2 11 (29.73%) Unreal Engine
3 7 (18.92%) REST
3 7 (18.92%) WebSockets
4 6 (16.22%) RESTful
4 6 (16.22%) Spring Boot
4 6 (16.22%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 5 (13.51%) AngularJS
5 5 (13.51%) Jest
5 5 (13.51%) Pixi.js
5 5 (13.51%) React
6 4 (10.81%) Node.js
7 3 (8.11%) DirectX
7 3 (8.11%) OpenGL
7 3 (8.11%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (8.11%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 25 (67.57%) Mobile Games
2 19 (51.35%) Sports Betting
3 13 (35.14%) Online Games
4 8 (21.62%) Product Ownership
5 4 (10.81%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Agile
2 13 (35.14%) Containerisation
2 13 (35.14%) Performance Testing
3 11 (29.73%) Kanban
4 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (27.03%) TDD
5 8 (21.62%) Roadmaps
6 7 (18.92%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (18.92%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (18.92%) Microservices
6 7 (18.92%) User Experience
6 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
7 6 (16.22%) API Development
7 6 (16.22%) Mentoring
7 6 (16.22%) Process Improvement
7 6 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
8 5 (13.51%) Web Development
9 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
9 4 (10.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) Java
2 11 (29.73%) C++
3 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
3 9 (24.32%) TypeScript
4 3 (8.11%) C#
4 3 (8.11%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
System Software
1 13 (35.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Kubernetes
2 7 (18.92%) Grafana
2 7 (18.92%) Kibana