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WHO EARNS WHAT?
ART Lead Artist: £38,636 p.a. Artist: £26,707 p.a. Junior Artist: £18,055 p.a.
CODING Lead Programmer: £44,868 p.a. Programmer: £34,166 p.a. Junior Programmer: £20,000 p.a.
AUDIO Lead Audio: £42,000 p.a. Entry level audio role: Starting at £19,318 p.a.
PRODUCTION Lead Producer: £52,941 p.a. Producer: £36,563 p.a. Producer (External/Publisher-employed): Junior: £27,500 p.a. Senior: £41,875 p.a.
DESIGN Lead Designer: £36,848 p.a. Designer: £25,300 p.a. Junior Designer: £19,772 p.a.
QA Senior QA Manager (3+ years exp): £24,286 p.a. QA & Testing Exec (client side): £18,676 p.a. QA Basic: £15,200 p.a.
MANAGEMENT HR Exec (senior): £36,000 p.a. Middleware: £40,313 p.a. Biz Dev: £55,000 p.a. CTO: £55,357 p.a. Creative Director: £60,455 p.a. Studio Director: £65,500 p.a. MD/CEO: £88,750 p.a.
28 | FEBRUARY 2012 UK GAMES TRADE
The other 400 or so respondents of our salary survey predominantly hailed from the UK trade, answering as readers of sister magazine MCV. Here’s the results for salaries in non-games development roles, for reference and comparison:
GAMES RETAIL Store Manager: £19,722 p.a. (UP 13% YOY - 2011: £17,500 p.a.) Shopfloor Staff: £13,571 p.a. (UP 4% YOY – 2011: £13,000 p.a.)
SERVICES
Distribution Executive: £33,333 p.a. (DOWN 13.5% YOY - 2011: £38,570 p.a.) Creative & Promotional Services: £33,000 p.a. (DOWN 1.5% YOY - 2011: £34,285 p.a.) QA & Testing Exec: £18,676 p.a. (DOWN 11% YOY - 2011: £20,830 p.a.)
PR Senior PR Exec: £36,500 (NO CHANGE YOY – 2011: £36,429 p.a.) PR Executive: £27,500 (UP 10% – 2011: £25,000 p.a.) Junior PR: £18,333 (DOWN 15% – 2011: £21,500 p.a.)
PUBLISHING Senior Management: £71,429 p.a. (NO CHANGE YOY – 2011: £71,563 p.a.) Marketing Director: £60,000 p.a. (New data for 2012) Marketing Manager: £40,714 p.a. (UP 9% YOY – 2011: £37,188 p.a.) Product Manager: £28,958 p.a. (DOWN 2.5% - 2011: £29,643 p.a.) Sales Manager: £38,281 p.a. (DOWN 7.5% - 2011: £41,364 p.a.) Senior External Development: £53,750 p.a. (NO CHANGE YOY – 2011: £53,750)
GAMES MEDIA Editor: £25,000 (New data for 2012) Section Editor: £20,000 (DOWN 17% YOY - 2011: £24,166 p.a.) Staff Writer: £17,065 (DOWN 4.5% YOY - 2011: £17,885 p.a.)
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