A spreadsheet set up to encourage greater pay transparency in the UK gaming industry publishes the average salaries of workers in different roles and sectors. The work was led by Sally Blake from indie studio Silent Games, Gemma Cooper, Communications Manager at Media Molecule, and Chris Filip, Project Manager at Creative England.
As of this writing, the spreadsheet has collected nearly 1,300 entries from industry professionals and used the data to calculate the average annual salary for nearly 50 different positions across seven skill levels: interns, entry-level employees, mid-level employees, senior employees, and leaders, supervisors and executive directors.
For example, the table shows that the average salary (annual salary) is £26,000 for junior game designers, £44,000 for senior-level and £87,000 for directors level.
According to the data, the lowest-paid positions of all are QA, with junior staff paying an average of £21,000, senior staff paying an average of £27,000 and leaders paying an average of £35,000. Jobs in audio design, 3D art and journalism also had lower average salaries.
Meanwhile, the highest-paying jobs are online programming, with interns earning an average of £30,000, senior staff earning an average of £70,000 and leadership positions averaging around £90,000. Other high-paying jobs include business development, data analytics and production.
“We’ve created a new salary spreadsheet with the goal of making wage differentials accessible and clearly visible across disciplines, locations, and experience levels,” Black told GI.biz, in an interview formerly conducted by Weather Factory’s Lottie Warren. Bevin-led projects agree. “Pay transparency is something the industry is getting used to, and hopefully resources like this will help give employees a very basic baseline or discussion point.”
“While it won’t address long-term wage disparities or the problems that come with it, we hope this community-led initiative can serve as a useful tool to help foster healthy discussions around wages. Spreadsheets have contributed a lot, as well as our Thanks for the suggestions for improvement.”
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