Games Jobs in South Wales

Gaming
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 69 104
Rank change year-on-year -6 +35 -22
Permanent jobs citing Games 34 42 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.02% 3.54% 1.21%
As % of the General category 3.97% 5.36% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 33 3 8
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £25,313 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,625 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +95.12% -35.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £27,344 £45,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £28,188 £58,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -28.57% +40.00%

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 856 783 915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 50.83% 65.91% 58.50%
Number of salaries quoted 594 359 534
10th Percentile £26,159 £26,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,860 £44,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% -10.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £79,345
Wales median annual salary £42,860 £44,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.69% -6.32% +11.76%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in South Wales

Games
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Games in South Wales

Games
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in South Wales

Games
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
Cardiff +28 32 £52,500 +90.91% 6
Bridgend -31 1 - - 2
Newport - 1 £41,200 -
Games
Wales

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (73.53%) Azure
2 11 (32.35%) AWS
2 11 (32.35%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Git
1 11 (32.35%) Jenkins
1 11 (32.35%) Selenium
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.94%) Police
3 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Developer
2 13 (38.24%) .NET Developer
2 13 (38.24%) C# .NET Developer
2 13 (38.24%) C# Developer
2 13 (38.24%) Games Developer
3 11 (32.35%) Java Developer
4 8 (23.53%) Senior
5 5 (14.71%) Full Stack Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Blockchain Developer
8 1 (2.94%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (70.59%) AngularJS
2 13 (38.24%) .NET
2 13 (38.24%) ASP.NET Web API
2 13 (38.24%) RESTful
3 11 (32.35%) React
3 11 (32.35%) REST
3 11 (32.35%) Spring
3 11 (32.35%) Spring Boot
4 5 (14.71%) .NET Core
4 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
4 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (14.71%) HTML
4 5 (14.71%) HTML5
4 5 (14.71%) Laravel
4 5 (14.71%) LINQ
4 5 (14.71%) Symfony
4 5 (14.71%) Vue
5 2 (5.88%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Blockchain
2 2 (5.88%) IoT
2 2 (5.88%) Web3
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Unix
1 1 (2.94%) VMS
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Full Stack Development
2 13 (38.24%) Multithreading
3 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (32.35%) Asset Management
4 11 (32.35%) Containerisation
4 11 (32.35%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (32.35%) Fintech
4 11 (32.35%) Integration Testing
4 11 (32.35%) Roadmaps
4 11 (32.35%) Test Automation
5 9 (26.47%) Agile
6 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (14.71%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
6 5 (14.71%) Microservices
6 5 (14.71%) MVC
7 2 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (2.94%) Lean Six Sigma
8 1 (2.94%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.94%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (2.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) JavaScript
2 13 (38.24%) C#
3 11 (32.35%) Java
3 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 11 (32.35%) TypeScript
4 5 (14.71%) PHP
5 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
1 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Apple
3 1 (2.94%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.94%) UiPath