Games Jobs in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in London. 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 231 103 76
Rank change year-on-year -128 -27 +39
Permanent jobs citing Games 319 1,014 3,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.29% 3.25% 5.22%
As % of the General category 1.93% 4.75% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 233 329 727
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £90,625
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +18.18%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,537 21,348 51,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 66.74% 68.39% 69.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11,503 15,104 23,027
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Games in London

Games
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London 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
Central London +30 54 £50,000 -26.74% 44
West London -50 12 £77,500 +29.17% 29
South London -72 5 £65,000 +30.00% 5
Games
England

Games
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 43 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (1.88%) AutoCAD
1 6 (1.88%) Revit
2 5 (1.57%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (1.25%) Blender
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.63%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.63%) Sketch
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (11.91%) Endur
2 4 (1.25%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.05%) AWS
2 28 (8.78%) Azure
3 16 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.70%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.39%) Google Workspace
6 9 (2.82%) Asana
7 7 (2.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 7 (2.19%) GitHub
7 7 (2.19%) Serverless
8 6 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.88%) SaaS
9 5 (1.57%) GCP
9 5 (1.57%) Vercel
9 5 (1.57%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.94%) PaaS
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.63%) CloudFront
11 2 (0.63%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.39%) Firewall
2 13 (4.08%) DNS
3 12 (3.76%) Wireless
4 11 (3.45%) Broadband
4 11 (3.45%) NAS
5 6 (1.88%) LAN
5 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.25%) WAN
7 3 (0.94%) Network Security
8 2 (0.63%) BGP
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.63%) DHCP
8 2 (0.63%) HTTP
8 2 (0.63%) MPLS
8 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.31%) Internet
9 1 (0.31%) SMS
9 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (20.06%) SQL Server
2 43 (13.48%) RDBMS
2 43 (13.48%) Relational Database
3 32 (10.03%) MySQL
4 28 (8.78%) Redis
5 15 (4.70%) Power BI
6 14 (4.39%) Tableau
7 11 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (3.13%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.82%) Big Data
9 9 (2.82%) Looker
10 6 (1.88%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.25%) QlikView
13 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.13%) Git
2 4 (1.25%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.25%) Storybook
3 3 (0.94%) Grunt
3 3 (0.94%) gulp
3 3 (0.94%) webpack
4 2 (0.63%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) JUnit
5 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.75%) Marketing
3 36 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.21%) Finance
5 21 (6.58%) Advertising
6 14 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.45%) Legal
7 11 (3.45%) Retail
8 9 (2.82%) iGaming
9 6 (1.88%) Law
10 5 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Banking
12 3 (0.94%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.63%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.63%) Police
14 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 81 (25.39%) Senior
2 79 (24.76%) Developer
3 34 (10.66%) Games Developer
4 33 (10.34%) .NET Developer
5 29 (9.09%) Lead
6 25 (7.84%) Senior Developer
6 25 (7.84%) Senior Manager
7 23 (7.21%) Development Manager
8 20 (6.27%) Endur Manager
8 20 (6.27%) OpenLink Manager
8 20 (6.27%) Software Development Manager
8 20 (6.27%) Software Manager
9 19 (5.96%) Lead Developer
10 18 (5.64%) Architect
10 18 (5.64%) Senior Development Manager
11 16 (5.02%) Graduate
12 15 (4.70%) Consultant
12 15 (4.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 15 (4.70%) Software Architect
12 15 (4.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.91%) .NET
2 36 (11.29%) Kafka
3 22 (6.90%) Unreal Engine
4 19 (5.96%) React
5 17 (5.33%) HTML
6 13 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 13 (4.08%) HTML5
7 12 (3.76%) ASP.NET
7 12 (3.76%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (3.45%) RESTful
9 10 (3.13%) CSS
10 9 (2.82%) Next.js
10 9 (2.82%) Node.js
10 9 (2.82%) Tailwind CSS
10 9 (2.82%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 8 (2.51%) JSON
12 7 (2.19%) ASP.NET Web API
12 7 (2.19%) CSS3
12 7 (2.19%) Entity Framework
12 7 (2.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.91%) Swaptions
2 19 (5.96%) Algorithms
2 19 (5.96%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.45%) Augmented Reality
5 9 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.82%) e-Learning
5 9 (2.82%) Virtual Reality
5 9 (2.82%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.51%) Animation
6 8 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.51%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.51%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.51%) SCADA
7 7 (2.19%) Mobile Games
7 7 (2.19%) Online Gambling
7 7 (2.19%) Social Media
8 6 (1.88%) HoloLens
8 6 (1.88%) HTC Vive
8 6 (1.88%) Oculus
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.09%) Windows
2 16 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.70%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.13%) Linux
5 7 (2.19%) Android
6 3 (0.94%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (19.12%) Roadmaps
2 53 (16.61%) IT Strategy
2 53 (16.61%) Technology Strategy
3 49 (15.36%) Agile
3 49 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (14.73%) Software Engineering
5 46 (14.42%) Strategic Roadmap
6 43 (13.48%) SDLC
7 39 (12.23%) Analytics
7 39 (12.23%) Data Modelling
8 38 (11.91%) Business Transformation
8 38 (11.91%) Creative Thinking
9 34 (10.66%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
10 33 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (10.34%) SOLID
11 32 (10.03%) Data Science
12 28 (8.78%) Mentoring
13 24 (7.52%) Microservices
14 23 (7.21%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.30%) SQL
2 44 (13.79%) Java
3 41 (12.85%) Python
4 39 (12.23%) C#
5 38 (11.91%) VB
6 23 (7.21%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.39%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.08%) Go
9 12 (3.76%) Bash
9 12 (3.76%) C++
10 8 (2.51%) C
11 4 (1.25%) R
12 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 64 (20.06%) Degree
2 26 (8.15%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.08%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.25%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.63%) CCIE
6 2 (0.63%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 2 (0.63%) CCNP
6 2 (0.63%) CCSA
6 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.63%) CSPO
6 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.45%) SOC 2
4 7 (2.19%) GDPR
5 6 (1.88%) QA
6 3 (0.94%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) ITGC
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.88%) Docker
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.76%) Kubernetes
1 12 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (2.51%) QRadar
2 8 (2.51%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) Grafana
3 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.31%) Puppet
3 1 (0.31%) SCCM
3 1 (0.31%) WMI
3 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.54%) Oracle
3 38 (11.91%) OpenLink
3 38 (11.91%) Sybase
3 38 (11.91%) TIBCO
4 28 (8.78%) Apple
5 22 (6.90%) Google
6 20 (6.27%) Adobe
7 11 (3.45%) VMware
8 8 (2.51%) Darktrace
9 7 (2.19%) YouTube
10 6 (1.88%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.88%) Databricks
11 5 (1.57%) Instagram
12 4 (1.25%) Logitech
12 4 (1.25%) NVIDIA
13 3 (0.94%) BT
13 3 (0.94%) Cisco
14 2 (0.63%) CheckPoint
14 2 (0.63%) Siebel