Games Designer Contracts in the Midlands

Game Designer
England > Midlands

The median Game Designer daily rate in the Midlands is £418, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 157 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Games Designer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.068% 0.031% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.033% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £402 £508 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% - -
75th Percentile £434 £523 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £434 £515 £300
% change year-on-year -15.73% +71.67% -29.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Games Designer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games Designer within the Midlands 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +8 2 £418 -18.83%
Games Designer
England

Games Designer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Games Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Games Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills

Games Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe