HAMBURG, GERMANY, Jul 30, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) —
As the German games industry remains on a growth path and continues
to create new jobs, the most highly sought-after professionals are
game programmers, IT specialists and game artists. More than half of
all vacancies are attributable to these three occupational fields,
according to recent analysis by Games-Career.com
(www.games-career.com), Germany’s leading specialized game industry
job exchange. Even if the figures are not representative of the
overall market, they nevertheless offer some previously unpublished
insight into the job market in the game sector. In addition to
current job openings, Games-Career.com provides a comprehensive
overview of academic programs at universities and private educational
institutions. Games-Career.com is operated by Hamburg-based agency
Quinke Networks.
The following figures refer to jobs posted on Games-Career.com
between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015. These listings are compared
with job offers from the equivalent period in 2013 and 2014:
1,772 jobs published on Games-Career.com
During the specified
period, 125 companies advertised a total of 1,772 open positions — a
clear indication that the industry is continuing to create jobs.
However, the actual, and presumably higher, number of new jobs in the
industry cannot be inferred from this figure, as one job posting may
relate to several identical vacancies. Likewise, personnel
replacement in existing jobs due to natural fluctuation is not
recorded, and not every enterprise in the industry publishes open
positions on Games-Career.com. 69 percent of the jobs were advertised
by developers and publishers, 31 percent by industry-related service
providers. In the same period of 2013 and 2014, service providers
still represented a proportion of 55 percent, which also partly
explains the decline in total job offers, down from previously 2,079.
While jobs listed by foreign-based companies are included in the
stated figure, they accounted for a share of less than 5 percent.
Game programmers still in high demand – IT experts and game artists
catching up
Among the occupational categories listed on Games-Career.com, game
programmers continue to be the most sought-after. The strongest gains
were recorded in the field of IT. Specializations here include
back-end and tool developers, data analysts, administrators and
others. Increased demand was also seen for game artists. In contrast,
the game designer group (including level designers) showed losses.
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Rank Occupational category Proportion of job offers
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(1) Game programming 20% (29%)
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(8) IT services 17% ( 4%)
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(2) Game art 15% (13%)
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(4) Marketing 8% ( 8%)
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(5) Product management 8% ( 7%)
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(3) Game design 7% (11%)
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(8) Community management 6% ( 4%)
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(7) Testing / QA 5% ( 6%)
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(5) Business development 4% ( 7%)
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(10) Controlling 3% ( 2%)
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Other 7% ( 9%)
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Rounded figures. Percentages recorded for the same period of 2013 /
2014 are shown in parentheses.
The industry continues to rely on full-time jobs
Full-time
employment is the rule in the games industry. 91 percent of all
advertised jobs were full-time positions with social security
coverage, up from 88 percent in the equivalent prior-year period.
Hamburg has the most jobs, North Rhine-Westphalia the most job
seekers
Up north is where career opportunities abound. 64 percent of
all job offers on Games-Career.com were placed by companies based in
the Hamburg region, followed by Bavaria (10 percent) and Berlin (8
percent). In the equivalent period of the previous year, Berlin was
still ahead of Bavaria. As expected, most Games-Career.com users are
from the federal state with the largest population, North
Rhine-Westphalia (23 percent), followed by Hamburg (14 percent),
Bavaria (13 percent) and Berlin (12 percent). In relation to the
country’s population distribution, interest in game industry jobs in
Hamburg and Berlin is clearly above-average, given that the city
states represent only 2 percent (Hamburg) and 4 percent (Berlin) of
Germany’s total population.
Interest in Games-Career.com continues to grow
Interest in
Games-Career.com and in game industry jobs remains on the rise. In
the period examined, the portal recorded an average of approximately
55,000 visits per month. As Germany’s premier resource for game
industry jobs, Games-Career.com also provides a comprehensive
overview of academic programs offered by universities and private
educational institutions (www.games-career.com/Education/). Vibrant
communities on Facebook and Twitter are an additional benefit.
About Games-Career.com – www.games-career.com
Games-Career.com is a
job portal specifically tailored to the needs of the games industry.
The portal is offered in German, English and Spanish language
versions. Companies can publish job listings efficiently and
cost-effectively, and benefit from additional offers to enhance their
profile and visibility while competing for new talent. Job requests
by individuals are published free of charge. Likewise, educational
and institutions may sign up and present their training/ academic
programs free of charge. Games-Career.com is a service provided by
Hamburg-based agency Quinke Networks since August 2011. Additional
information is available on (www.facebook.com/gamescareer) and
Twitter (www.twitter.com/gamescareer).
About Quinke Networks – www.quinke.com
Quinke Networks is Germany’s
leading service agency for the games industry. Quinke Networks
provides single-source public relations and marketing services,
business development consulting and recruitment support to games
companies and related enterprises establishing or expanding their
business. The Hamburg-based, owner-operated agency currently has 7
staff members and was established by Dipl.-Ing. Achim Quinke in
Hamburg in 2001.
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Contact Quinke Networks Achim Quinke Bei den Muhren 70 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49/40/43 09 39 49 aq@quinke.com www.quinke.com
SOURCE: Games-Career.com
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