Hitmarker: Only 5% of gaming industry vacancies in H1 2022 were entry level
It's really hard to start a career in the gaming industry.
Job platform Hitmarker analyzed 19,458 game industry vacancies in January-July 2022.
One-two year of work experience was required in 8.6% of vacancies.
The majority of employees prefer more experienced employers. 44.5% of vacancies asked for 2-5 years of relevant experience.
41% of vacancies were for senior employees with more than 5 years of experience.
In the UK the situation is slightly better. 5.9% of positions were entry-level. 9.4% of vacancies were for junior employees with 1-2 years of experience.
In the US everything is worse. Only 3.4% of job openings were looking for people without experience. And only 6.8% were looking for employees with little experience.
However, the situation with a career start in the gaming industry hasn’t changed. In H1 2021 the number of entry-level vacancies was the same. But have decreased the number of Junior positions (in H1 2021 there were 11% of the overall amount).