Unity (Game Engine) Contracts

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Unity (Game Engine) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 671 823
Rank change year-on-year +121 +152 -193
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 29 23 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.040% 0.045%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 25
10th Percentile £208 £253 £203
25th Percentile £249 £350 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £575
90th Percentile £606 £530 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £375 £275
% change year-on-year +60.00% +36.36% -21.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £38.05 - £42.31
25th Percentile £40.75 - £42.97
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £45.63
75th Percentile £52.06 - £47.97
90th Percentile £68.83 - £48.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Unity (Game Engine) is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,906 13,255 23,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.94% 23.15% 26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 9,676 17,493
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 144 238
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £22.35
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.71
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.25 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine).

Daily rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine).

Hourly rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +120 24 £320 -14.79% 48
London +108 18 £300 -14.29% 14
Work from Home +103 8 £300 -21.05% 42
UK excluding London +51 6 £600 +60.00% 37
South East - 4 £600 - 11
West Midlands +21 1 - - 10
Midlands +18 1 - - 12
East of England - 1 £300 - 2

Unity (Game Engine)
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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Maya
2 1 (3.45%) 3ds Max
2 1 (3.45%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.45%) Blender
2 1 (3.45%) Houdini
2 1 (3.45%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) VTune
General
1 23 (79.31%) Games
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Designer
3 5 (17.24%) Games Designer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Writer
5 3 (10.34%) Graphics Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Python Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Designer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Games Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Android Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) C++ Android Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) UX Designer
7 1 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) C++/C# Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Writer
7 1 (3.45%) Graphics Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Artist
7 1 (3.45%) UI Designer
7 1 (3.45%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (48.28%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (13.79%) DirectX
2 4 (13.79%) OpenGL
2 4 (13.79%) Vulkan
3 3 (10.34%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (3.45%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.45%) JSON
4 1 (3.45%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Augmented Reality
2 8 (27.59%) Animation
3 7 (24.14%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (10.34%) Algorithms
4 3 (10.34%) Mixed Reality
4 3 (10.34%) Mobile Games
5 2 (6.90%) Social Media
6 1 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (3.45%) HoloLens
6 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (3.45%) Oculus
6 1 (3.45%) Ray Tracing
6 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) User Experience
2 6 (20.69%) Android Development
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.24%) Game Development
3 5 (17.24%) UX Design
4 4 (13.79%) Web Development
5 3 (10.34%) Linear Algebra
5 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.34%) Project Management
5 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
5 3 (10.34%) Psychology
6 2 (6.90%) 3D Modelling
6 2 (6.90%) Computer Vision
6 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
6 2 (6.90%) Mathematics
6 2 (6.90%) Physics
6 2 (6.90%) User Research
7 1 (3.45%) Software Architecture
7 1 (3.45%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C#
2 6 (20.69%) C++
3 3 (10.34%) GLSL
3 3 (10.34%) HLSL
3 3 (10.34%) Python
4 2 (6.90%) Java
4 2 (6.90%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.45%) C
5 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) NVIDIA
1 1 (3.45%) Perforce