Games Jobs in the North of England

Gaming
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. 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 164 55 94
Rank change year-on-year -109 +39 +27
Permanent jobs citing Games 295 903 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.47% 5.75% 3.44%
As % of the General category 2.75% 8.36% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 244 105 415
10th Percentile £24,196 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £41,250 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £69,041 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,300 £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +18.18%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,726 10,806 11,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 53.42% 68.77% 58.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,653 4,981 6,130
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,609 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,573 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +3.15% +7.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the North of England.

Salary trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Games in the North of England

Games
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the North of England 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
North West -141 146 £47,500 -5.00% 58
North East +50 79 £64,000 +34.74% 10
Yorkshire -80 70 £50,000 -16.67% 33
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.71%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
3 3 (1.02%) WordPress
4 2 (0.68%) CMS
4 2 (0.68%) IIS
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.68%) InDesign
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.34%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.07%) AWS
2 57 (19.32%) Azure
3 21 (7.12%) AWS Lambda
3 21 (7.12%) Serverless
4 18 (6.10%) Amazon S3
5 16 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.42%) SaaS
6 13 (4.41%) Amazon Kinesis
6 13 (4.41%) dbt
7 12 (4.07%) GitHub
8 9 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (2.71%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 7 (2.37%) Figma
11 5 (1.69%) AWS CodePipeline
11 5 (1.69%) DigitalOcean
11 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.36%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.02%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.37%) Firewall
2 5 (1.69%) Broadband
3 4 (1.36%) SAN
4 3 (1.02%) DNS
4 3 (1.02%) LAN
4 3 (1.02%) Network Security
4 3 (1.02%) WAN
5 2 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.19%) MySQL
2 31 (10.51%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.12%) Redis
4 18 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.71%) Couchbase
6 8 (2.71%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.03%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.36%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.36%) Power BI
10 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.02%) OLTP
11 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.68%) QlikView
11 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (4.41%) Git
2 12 (4.07%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.37%) JIRA
4 6 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) XCTest
General
1 96 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.81%) Retail
3 18 (6.10%) Billing
3 18 (6.10%) Finance
4 14 (4.75%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.07%) Legal
6 11 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.39%) Marketing
8 7 (2.37%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.03%) Local Government
10 5 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.02%) Automotive
11 3 (1.02%) Banking
11 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.02%) Publishing
12 2 (0.68%) Esports
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Military
13 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 113 (38.31%) Developer
2 49 (16.61%) .NET Developer
3 38 (12.88%) Games Developer
4 37 (12.54%) C# Developer
5 36 (12.20%) Senior
6 31 (10.51%) C# .NET Developer
7 28 (9.49%) Lead
8 22 (7.46%) AWS Engineer
8 22 (7.46%) Full Stack Developer
9 19 (6.44%) PHP Developer
9 19 (6.44%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.75%) Lead Developer
11 13 (4.41%) AWS Data Engineer
11 13 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 13 (4.41%) Full Stack PHP Developer
11 13 (4.41%) Team Leader
12 12 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (3.73%) Analyst
13 11 (3.73%) Lead C# Developer
13 11 (3.73%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (22.71%) .NET
2 38 (12.88%) AngularJS
3 35 (11.86%) Node.js
3 35 (11.86%) RESTful
4 33 (11.19%) HTML
5 30 (10.17%) .NET Core
6 29 (9.83%) ASP.NET Web API
6 29 (9.83%) Vue
7 26 (8.81%) ASP.NET
8 24 (8.14%) ASP.NET MVC
9 22 (7.46%) React
10 18 (6.10%) .NET Framework
10 18 (6.10%) CSS
11 17 (5.76%) Entity Framework
12 13 (4.41%) RabbitMQ
13 12 (4.07%) Laravel
13 12 (4.07%) Unreal Engine
14 11 (3.73%) jQuery
14 11 (3.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 10 (3.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.24%) Client/Server
2 34 (11.53%) Online Games
3 14 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.73%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.73%) Social Media
5 10 (3.39%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.71%) Blockchain
6 8 (2.71%) IoT
6 8 (2.71%) Web3
7 7 (2.37%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.37%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.69%) Life Science
9 4 (1.36%) Animation
9 4 (1.36%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.36%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.02%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.68%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.80%) Windows
2 8 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.37%) Linux
4 6 (2.03%) Android
4 6 (2.03%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.02%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) VMS
6 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (21.69%) Agile
2 53 (17.97%) Full Stack Development
3 50 (16.95%) Computer Science
4 49 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (12.54%) Customer Service
6 35 (11.86%) Mentoring
6 35 (11.86%) MVC
7 33 (11.19%) Coaching
8 31 (10.51%) User Experience
9 28 (9.49%) Scrum
9 28 (9.49%) Software Engineering
10 25 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (7.46%) Customer Experience
11 22 (7.46%) DevOps
11 22 (7.46%) Multithreading
11 22 (7.46%) Project Management
12 20 (6.78%) Mathematics
13 18 (6.10%) Value Proposition
14 17 (5.76%) ETL
15 16 (5.42%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.47%) C#
2 83 (28.14%) JavaScript
3 60 (20.34%) SQL
4 31 (10.51%) TypeScript
5 24 (8.14%) Python
6 23 (7.80%) PHP
7 11 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.36%) ABAP
9 4 (1.36%) C++
10 3 (1.02%) Java
11 2 (0.68%) Go
11 2 (0.68%) VB
11 2 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.34%) Bash
12 1 (0.34%) C
12 1 (0.34%) RPG
12 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (22.71%) Degree
2 25 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (6.44%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.39%) CCNA
4 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.71%) CCNA CyberOps
6 8 (2.71%) CCNP
7 6 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.69%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.69%) MCP
8 5 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.69%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.36%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.02%) OSCP
11 2 (0.68%) CEH
11 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.68%) MCSE
11 2 (0.68%) SSCP
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.05%) GDPR
3 7 (2.37%) QA
4 5 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (9.15%) Docker
2 8 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (7.46%) Terraform
2 8 (2.71%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.02%) Ansible
4 3 (1.02%) SCCM
4 3 (1.02%) WSUS
5 2 (0.68%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.39%) Cisco
3 5 (1.69%) Aruba
3 5 (1.69%) Dell
3 5 (1.69%) Freshdesk
3 5 (1.69%) SonicWALL
3 5 (1.69%) Veeam
4 4 (1.36%) SAP
5 3 (1.02%) Adobe
5 3 (1.02%) Apple
5 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.68%) Citrix
6 2 (0.68%) Instagram
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle
6 2 (0.68%) SYSPRO
6 2 (0.68%) Twitter
6 2 (0.68%) VMware
7 1 (0.34%) Cadence
7 1 (0.34%) Google
7 1 (0.34%) YouTube