Skillsearch Salary & Satisfaction Survey shows that work/life balance is most important factor for games workers

Games industry recruiter Skillsearch just released their 6th annual Games and Interactive Salary and Satisfaction Survey results providing a snapshot of employment trends across the global games industry.

The biggest trend in this year’s survey shows that ‘work/life balance’ has risen to be, almost exclusively, the most important factor for people in their jobs, from Juniors to Leads and across the globe. ‘Work/life balance’ replaces both ‘Salary’ and ‘Exciting Projects’ from the top spots in 2019.

The Salary & Satisfaction Survey offers amazing insights both for job hunters and recruiters. The report contains loads of juicy information around what job hunters are looking for most from their employer, the reasons people turned a job offer in 2019 and average salary information for job hunters to make sure they’re getting a good deal!

You can download and read the full report here, but we have some location based summaries below.

United Kingdom

• The average UK salary has seen some growth since 2018/19, rising a little under £1k 
• The number of people working in games who are considering a job move this year has stayed the same around 72%
• Flexible working in the UK for those working in games has risen slightly from 73% to 78%

Western Europe

• The number of people working within the games industry in Western Europe, actively job hunting in 2020 has dropped 2% since last year
• Salary is no longer one of the top three most important aspects of work in Western Europe
• Germany continues to be the highest paying country in Europe

Global

• Globally the average salary in the Games and Interactive Industry has risen £3k
• The United States is by far the best-paid continent if you work in Games and Interactive, their average senior salary over double the UK 
• Globally Flexible working across the games and interactive industry has risen 4%
• Whilst the number of people working remotely has dropped 7%

Go visit the Skillsearch website to download the report in full and find out more about specific sector job stats and other locations.

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