Games Jobs in Manchester

Gaming
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited 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 129 31 115
Rank change year-on-year -98 +84 -2
Permanent jobs citing Games 95 384 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.59% 8.54% 2.94%
As % of the General category 2.95% 13.00% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 84 31 103
10th Percentile £24,196 £22,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,625 £43,125 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -25.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65,938 £63,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £76,875 £73,750 £95,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +26.32%

All General Skills
Manchester

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,220 2,954 3,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 53.85% 65.70% 59.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,239 1,472 1,996
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,748
% change year-on-year -9.52% +3.45% +6.84%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Manchester

Games
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Manchester.

Salary trend for Games in Manchester

Games
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Manchester

Games
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Manchester region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oldham -8 3 - - 2
Stockport -18 1 £65,000 - 2
Games
North West

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (8.42%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.05%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.05%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.84%) AWS
2 13 (13.68%) Azure
3 8 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.16%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 1 (1.05%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (4.21%) MySQL
4 3 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.16%) OLTP
5 2 (2.11%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.11%) QlikView
5 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.05%) GIS
6 1 (1.05%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.05%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.21%) Git
2 4 (4.21%) JIRA
3 2 (2.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Billing
2 18 (18.95%) Retail
3 5 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.21%) Legal
5 3 (3.16%) Banking
6 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.11%) Marketing
7 1 (1.05%) Esports
7 1 (1.05%) iGaming
7 1 (1.05%) Law
7 1 (1.05%) Local Government
7 1 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (42.11%) Developer
2 18 (18.95%) PHP Developer
3 17 (17.89%) Full Stack Developer
4 16 (16.84%) Senior
5 12 (12.63%) .NET Developer
5 12 (12.63%) Full Stack PHP Developer
6 8 (8.42%) Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Lead
7 6 (6.32%) Games Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Graduate
7 6 (6.32%) Lead Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Full Stack Developer
8 5 (5.26%) Full Stack .NET Developer
8 5 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Graduate Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Junior
9 4 (4.21%) Junior .NET Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Junior Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.05%) .NET
2 18 (18.95%) HTML
3 15 (15.79%) .NET Framework
4 14 (14.74%) Node.js
5 13 (13.68%) AngularJS
5 13 (13.68%) React
6 12 (12.63%) .NET Core
6 12 (12.63%) Entity Framework
6 12 (12.63%) Vue
7 11 (11.58%) RabbitMQ
8 10 (10.53%) Electron
8 10 (10.53%) JSON
9 8 (8.42%) CSS
9 8 (8.42%) jQuery
9 8 (8.42%) Laravel
9 8 (8.42%) SignalR
9 8 (8.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 6 (6.32%) ASP.NET
10 6 (6.32%) Nuxt
11 4 (4.21%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.32%) Social Media
2 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.16%) Legacy Code
3 3 (3.16%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (3.16%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (2.11%) Blockchain
4 2 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.11%) IoT
4 2 (2.11%) Web3
5 1 (1.05%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.05%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.05%) Hackathon
5 1 (1.05%) Replication
5 1 (1.05%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.42%) Windows
2 4 (4.21%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) Unix
3 1 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) Computer Science
1 22 (23.16%) Full Stack Development
2 21 (22.11%) Agile
3 18 (18.95%) Customer Experience
3 18 (18.95%) Customer Service
3 18 (18.95%) Value Proposition
4 17 (17.89%) Scrum
5 15 (15.79%) User Experience
6 12 (12.63%) MVC
7 11 (11.58%) Mathematics
7 11 (11.58%) SEO
8 10 (10.53%) Open Source
9 9 (9.47%) DevOps
9 9 (9.47%) Kanban
9 9 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (8.42%) Software Engineering
11 7 (7.37%) Code Quality
12 6 (6.32%) Innovative Thinking
12 6 (6.32%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (37.89%) JavaScript
2 22 (23.16%) C#
3 18 (18.95%) PHP
4 14 (14.74%) SQL
5 13 (13.68%) TypeScript
6 7 (7.37%) Python
7 4 (4.21%) C++
8 2 (2.11%) Go
8 2 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.11%) VB
8 2 (2.11%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.05%) Bash
9 1 (1.05%) C
9 1 (1.05%) Java
9 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (29.47%) Degree
2 18 (18.95%) DBS Check
3 17 (17.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.26%) CCNA
4 5 (5.26%) CCNA CyberOps
4 5 (5.26%) CCNP
4 5 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.05%) CISSP
6 1 (1.05%) GCFA
6 1 (1.05%) GCFE
6 1 (1.05%) GCIH
6 1 (1.05%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.21%) QA
System Software
1 12 (12.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) Ansible
1 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.05%) SCCM
1 1 (1.05%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.26%) Cisco
3 2 (2.11%) SYSPRO
4 1 (1.05%) Adobe
4 1 (1.05%) Apple
4 1 (1.05%) Google
4 1 (1.05%) YouTube