Games Jobs with Work from Home Options

Gaming
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 205 91
Rank change year-on-year +2 -114 +48
Permanent jobs citing Games 534 704 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 1.73% 3.99%
As % of the General category 2.56% 2.63% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 365 478 1,090
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,139 £47,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £74,750 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £105,000 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% +22.73%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,849 26,740 45,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.67% 65.90% 63.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15,089 17,832 24,794
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £79,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Games trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games.

Games salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Games over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Games salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 62 (11.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.56%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.12%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (0.75%) Apache
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
7 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.75%) Blender
3 4 (0.75%) Simulink
3 4 (0.75%) Stateflow
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.56%) S-PLUS
5 2 (0.37%) Maya
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) ZBrush
6 1 (0.19%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 41 (7.68%) Endur
2 3 (0.56%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.37%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.79%) AWS
2 92 (17.23%) Azure
3 28 (5.24%) SaaS
4 27 (5.06%) Serverless
5 26 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.12%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (4.12%) GitHub
7 19 (3.56%) Amazon S3
8 16 (3.00%) Amazon Kinesis
8 16 (3.00%) dbt
9 13 (2.43%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (1.69%) Asana
10 9 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.50%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
11 8 (1.50%) GCP
12 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.94%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.94%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.81%) Wireless
2 21 (3.93%) Firewall
3 16 (3.00%) Broadband
4 14 (2.62%) DNS
5 12 (2.25%) Network Security
6 11 (2.06%) Internet
6 11 (2.06%) NAS
7 9 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.75%) LAN
9 3 (0.56%) DHCP
9 3 (0.56%) VPN
10 2 (0.37%) HTTP
10 2 (0.37%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) SMS
11 1 (0.19%) SSH
11 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (20.97%) SQL Server
2 47 (8.80%) Relational Database
3 45 (8.43%) RDBMS
4 40 (7.49%) MySQL
5 27 (5.06%) Redis
6 25 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (3.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (3.00%) NoSQL
10 14 (2.62%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.69%) Big Data
11 9 (1.69%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.50%) Couchbase
12 8 (1.50%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.31%) Data Mining
14 6 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.94%) Power BI
15 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.18%) Git
2 16 (3.00%) TeamCity
3 13 (2.43%) JIRA
4 7 (1.31%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.75%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.75%) GitLab
5 4 (0.75%) Storybook
5 4 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.19%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.19%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.19%) XCTest
8 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 88 (16.48%) Finance
3 71 (13.30%) Marketing
4 68 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.68%) Retail
7 20 (3.75%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.37%) Billing
9 17 (3.18%) Aerospace
9 17 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.81%) Electronics
11 11 (2.06%) Advertising
11 11 (2.06%) Law
12 7 (1.31%) Legal
13 5 (0.94%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.75%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.37%) Aviation
16 2 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 138 (25.84%) Developer
2 126 (23.60%) Senior
3 71 (13.30%) .NET Developer
4 57 (10.67%) Project Manager
5 44 (8.24%) Senior Manager
6 39 (7.30%) Lead
7 37 (6.93%) C# Developer
8 35 (6.55%) Software Engineer
9 34 (6.37%) Games Developer
10 32 (5.99%) Analyst
11 31 (5.81%) C# .NET Developer
12 28 (5.24%) Data Engineer
13 25 (4.68%) Full Stack Developer
14 24 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
15 23 (4.31%) Architect
15 23 (4.31%) Software Manager
16 22 (4.12%) Senior Developer
17 21 (3.93%) Development Manager
17 21 (3.93%) Software Architect
17 21 (3.93%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (17.79%) .NET
2 80 (14.98%) .NET Core
3 77 (14.42%) HTML
4 68 (12.73%) ASP.NET
4 68 (12.73%) ASP.NET MVC
5 49 (9.18%) AngularJS
6 47 (8.80%) React
7 46 (8.61%) Node.js
8 44 (8.24%) HTML5
9 42 (7.87%) CSS
10 41 (7.68%) Entity Framework
11 33 (6.18%) RESTful
12 32 (5.99%) ASP.NET Web API
13 30 (5.62%) .NET Framework
14 29 (5.43%) Vue
15 26 (4.87%) Blazor
16 23 (4.31%) CSS3
17 22 (4.12%) Kafka
18 20 (3.75%) LINQ
19 14 (2.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.49%) Client/Server
2 41 (7.68%) Swaptions
3 36 (6.74%) Online Games
4 33 (6.18%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (3.00%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.81%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.43%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (2.06%) Algorithms
11 11 (2.06%) IoT
12 10 (1.87%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.69%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.50%) Product Ownership
15 7 (1.31%) Cloud Native
15 7 (1.31%) Mobile Games
15 7 (1.31%) Virtual Reality
16 6 (1.12%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.36%) Windows
2 19 (3.56%) Linux
3 17 (3.18%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.62%) Mac OS
5 13 (2.43%) Unix
6 12 (2.25%) VMS
7 9 (1.69%) Android
8 7 (1.31%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (29.59%) Agile
2 93 (17.42%) Full Stack Development
3 82 (15.36%) Project Management
4 79 (14.79%) Mentoring
5 74 (13.86%) MVC
6 73 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (12.55%) Decision-Making
8 56 (10.49%) Analytics
8 56 (10.49%) Data Modelling
9 55 (10.30%) Creative Thinking
9 55 (10.30%) SDLC
9 55 (10.30%) Software Engineering
10 54 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 49 (9.18%) Computer Science
11 49 (9.18%) Scrum
12 48 (8.99%) Microservices
13 41 (7.68%) Business Transformation
13 41 (7.68%) TDD
14 39 (7.30%) Strategic Roadmap
15 37 (6.93%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 122 (22.85%) JavaScript
2 111 (20.79%) C#
3 93 (17.42%) SQL
4 75 (14.04%) Python
5 58 (10.86%) Java
6 48 (8.99%) TypeScript
7 41 (7.68%) VB
8 21 (3.93%) PHP
9 13 (2.43%) Go
10 12 (2.25%) Bash
11 11 (2.06%) C++
11 11 (2.06%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.87%) C
13 7 (1.31%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.75%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.37%) Scala
16 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.19%) Rust
16 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 130 (24.34%) Degree
2 78 (14.61%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.18%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (0.94%) PhD
8 5 (0.94%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.94%) PMP
9 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.37%) CCNA
11 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.37%) CSPO
11 2 (0.37%) MBA
12 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.19%) ISEB
12 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.43%) QA
2 16 (3.00%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.06%) SOC 2
4 9 (1.69%) GDPR
5 6 (1.12%) SLA
6 3 (0.56%) NIST
7 2 (0.37%) ITGC
7 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (5.43%) Docker
2 23 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (5.62%) Terraform
2 26 (4.87%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.25%) SCCM
4 12 (2.25%) WSUS
5 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.56%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.37%) Ansible
7 2 (0.37%) Argo
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 102 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.05%) Oracle
3 41 (7.68%) OpenLink
3 41 (7.68%) Sybase
3 41 (7.68%) TIBCO
4 32 (5.99%) Apple
5 27 (5.06%) Google
6 18 (3.37%) IFS
7 16 (3.00%) Workday
8 15 (2.81%) Adobe
9 11 (2.06%) Databricks
9 11 (2.06%) VMware
10 9 (1.69%) YouTube
11 8 (1.50%) Cisco
12 6 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.12%) Draytek
13 4 (0.75%) Dell
13 4 (0.75%) Logitech
13 4 (0.75%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.75%) Salesforce