Games Jobs in the South East

Gaming
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 243 145
Rank change year-on-year +32 -98 +61
Permanent jobs citing Games 107 169 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.11% 0.89% 2.20%
As % of the General category 1.62% 1.64% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 49 111 98
10th Percentile - £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £70,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £26,968 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -50.97% -12.00% -3.85%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,593 10,323 8,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.46% 54.30% 62.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 6,360 4,209
10th Percentile £27,267 £25,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.51%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the South East over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in the South East

Games
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
Surrey +64 32 £40,000 -20.00% 77
Thames Valley +9 26 £69,840 +55.20% 289
Middlesex - 25 - - 2
East Sussex +35 13 £30,000 - 72
Berkshire +44 11 £56,500 +88.33% 171
Oxfordshire -1 9 £70,000 +47.37% 61
Hampshire +67 6 £47,500 +11.76% 116
Buckinghamshire +30 6 £57,500 +43.75% 57
Kent +36 4 £35,000 -33.33% 48
West Sussex +6 1 £51,500 -14.17% 44
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.67%) IIS
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.87%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.93%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.61%) AWS
1 6 (5.61%) Cloudflare
2 5 (4.67%) Azure
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (4.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.80%) SaaS
4 1 (0.93%) Canva
4 1 (0.93%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 36 (33.64%) Broadband
2 6 (5.61%) NAS
2 6 (5.61%) SAN
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.08%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.28%) MySQL
3 7 (6.54%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.67%) Power BI
5 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (19.63%) Git
2 12 (11.21%) gulp
3 11 (10.28%) webpack
4 6 (5.61%) NUnit
4 6 (5.61%) TeamCity
5 5 (4.67%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.93%) PostCSS
6 1 (0.93%) rollup.js
6 1 (0.93%) Subversion
6 1 (0.93%) Vite
General
1 23 (21.50%) Finance
2 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 18 (16.82%) Law
3 18 (16.82%) Marketing
4 14 (13.08%) Advertising
5 10 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Retail
8 2 (1.87%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.87%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.93%) Electronics
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (47.66%) Senior
2 27 (25.23%) Developer
3 12 (11.21%) Games Developer
4 11 (10.28%) Engineering Manager
4 11 (10.28%) JavaScript Developer
5 10 (9.35%) Senior Manager
6 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow Manager
7 8 (7.48%) Senior Developer
7 8 (7.48%) Senior Service Manager
8 7 (6.54%) Lead
8 7 (6.54%) Marketing Manager
9 6 (5.61%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (5.61%) Product Manager
9 6 (5.61%) Product Marketing Manager
10 5 (4.67%) .NET Developer
10 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Support
10 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 5 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
10 5 (4.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (35.51%) WebGL
2 28 (26.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 25 (23.36%) GraphQL
4 13 (12.15%) Pixi.js
5 12 (11.21%) Node.js
6 11 (10.28%) Spine.js
7 10 (9.35%) CSS
7 10 (9.35%) HTML
8 8 (7.48%) .NET
8 8 (7.48%) HTML5
9 7 (6.54%) ASP.NET
9 7 (6.54%) React
10 6 (5.61%) AngularJS
10 6 (5.61%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (5.61%) CSS3
10 6 (5.61%) Vue
11 5 (4.67%) Jest
11 5 (4.67%) RESTful
12 2 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
12 2 (1.87%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Animation
2 11 (10.28%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.28%) Video\Live Streaming
3 9 (8.41%) Product Ownership
4 7 (6.54%) Clustering
4 7 (6.54%) Online Games
5 4 (3.74%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.80%) Social Media
7 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.87%) Media Streaming
7 2 (1.87%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.87%) Replication
8 1 (0.93%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.93%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.87%) Linux
3 1 (0.93%) Android
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.10%) Artificial Intelligence
1 29 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.23%) Visual Effects
3 25 (23.36%) 3D Animation
3 25 (23.36%) Prototyping
3 25 (23.36%) Rapid Prototyping
3 25 (23.36%) Storytelling
4 16 (14.95%) Roadmaps
4 16 (14.95%) Software Engineering
5 15 (14.02%) Computer Science
6 14 (13.08%) Customer Experience
6 14 (13.08%) Validation
7 11 (10.28%) Customer Acquisition
8 10 (9.35%) CI/CD
9 9 (8.41%) Deployment Automation
9 9 (8.41%) Incident Management
9 9 (8.41%) Problem Management
9 9 (8.41%) Service Delivery
9 9 (8.41%) Software Delivery
9 9 (8.41%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 25 (23.36%) HLSL
2 24 (22.43%) JavaScript
3 20 (18.69%) TypeScript
4 10 (9.35%) C#
5 7 (6.54%) Python
6 5 (4.67%) Go
6 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.74%) SQL
8 3 (2.80%) Bash
9 2 (1.87%) PHP
10 1 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) Degree
2 9 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.61%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.87%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.93%) HNC
5 1 (0.93%) HND
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) Accessibility
1 9 (8.41%) GDPR
2 7 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Terraform
2 4 (3.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.54%) Rollbar
4 6 (5.61%) VMware
5 2 (1.87%) Adobe
5 2 (1.87%) Oracle
5 2 (1.87%) SAP
6 1 (0.93%) BT
6 1 (0.93%) Google
6 1 (0.93%) HubSpot
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