Skillset Blog

Reports from Develop recently have suggested that salaries in the games industry are on the rise, which points to a number of potential trends which will impact on skills.

According to their calculations:

the average salaries for artists, designers and producers have risen in the past 12 months - with some senior level producer and designer roles now commanding up to £10,000 per annum more than they did a year ago.

They also report increases in entry level salaries across the board.

This all sounds good for the games workforce, but it can easily be seen as an indicator that positions are becoming harder to fill in the UK. If recruitment is a driver of salaries in general - and companies are having to offer more money to acquire the services of appropriately skilled employees it’s an indicator of a skills shortage in those areas. With experienced talent in demand, experienced games developers are evidently holding out for the best offer.

This has many implications - particularly with the UK becoming an comparatively expensive place to make games - but for skills it supports Skillset’s research indicating a shortage of high level staff and high level skills - our next job is to establish what to do to combat this shortage.

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