The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Animation
Rank 459 515 498
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -17
Contract jobs citing Animation 54 44 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.130% 0.082% 0.130%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.482% 0.326% 0.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 48
Average daily rate £356 £300 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.44% +17.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £215 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £209 £325 £213
% change year-on-year
-35.76% +52.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 6
Average hourly rate £42.50 £16.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+165.62% -1.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.90 £14.50 £12.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.25 £27.00 £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £16.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+130.76% +1.56%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Animation
UK

Animation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Animation across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Animation Jobs Demand Trend

Animation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Animation across the England region.

England Animation Daily Rate Trend

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Animation across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Animation Daily Rate Histogram

Animation
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Animation across the England region.

England Animation Hourly Rate Trend

Animation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +52 34 £363 +57.60%
South East +15 8 - -
North West +4 4 £151 -53.69%
West Midlands +10 3 £425 -
South West - 3 - -
North East - 1 £350 -
East of England - 1 - -
Animation
UK

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Animation also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Animation.

1 37 (42.05%) JavaScript
2 32 (36.36%) CSS
3 27 (30.68%) C++
4 23 (26.14%) Photoshop
5 22 (25.00%) Games
6 19 (21.59%) HTML
7 18 (20.45%) Adobe
8 17 (19.32%) Web Development
8 17 (19.32%) Android
8 17 (19.32%) Apple iOS
9 16 (18.18%) DOM
10 15 (17.05%) .NET
10 15 (17.05%) Marketing
11 13 (14.77%) Computer Science
11 13 (14.77%) jQuery
11 13 (14.77%) ASP.NET
11 13 (14.77%) OO
11 13 (14.77%) Finance
12 12 (13.64%) Electronics
12 12 (13.64%) Objective-C
12 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
12 12 (13.64%) C
12 12 (13.64%) SharePoint 2010
12 12 (13.64%) Digital Media
13 11 (12.50%) Core Animation
14 10 (11.36%) Degree
14 10 (11.36%) HTML5
14 10 (11.36%) E-Learning
14 10 (11.36%) Adobe Illustrator
14 10 (11.36%) Xcode

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Animation also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Animation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (36.36%) CSS
2 19 (21.59%) HTML
3 16 (18.18%) DOM
4 15 (17.05%) .NET
5 13 (14.77%) jQuery
5 13 (14.77%) ASP.NET
6 11 (12.50%) Core Animation
7 10 (11.36%) HTML5
8 9 (10.23%) Ajax
8 9 (10.23%) Flash
8 9 (10.23%) UIKit
9 8 (9.091%) XML
10 7 (7.955%) dotless
10 7 (7.955%) CSS3
11 6 (6.818%) JSON
11 6 (6.818%) Cocoa
12 5 (5.682%) OpenGL
13 3 (3.409%) Web Services
13 3 (3.409%) XHTML
13 3 (3.409%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
1 12 (13.64%) SharePoint 2010
2 10 (11.36%) CMS
3 7 (7.955%) IIS
4 1 (1.136%) WordPress
4 1 (1.136%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 23 (26.14%) Photoshop
2 10 (11.36%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (11.36%) Adobe After Effects
3 8 (9.091%) Maya
4 4 (4.545%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (2.273%) 3ds Max
6 1 (1.136%) MS Office
6 1 (1.136%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 1 (1.136%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.136%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.545%) DVB
2 1 (1.136%) Wireless
2 1 (1.136%) Internet
2 1 (1.136%) NFC
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Xcode
2 5 (5.682%) Subversion
2 5 (5.682%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.409%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (2.273%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.273%) Hudson
4 2 (2.273%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.136%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.136%) Mercurial
5 1 (1.136%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (1.136%) Jasmine
General
1 22 (25.00%) Games
2 15 (17.05%) Marketing
3 13 (14.77%) Finance
4 12 (13.64%) Electronics
5 10 (11.36%) Banking
5 10 (11.36%) Retail
5 10 (11.36%) Telecoms
6 7 (7.955%) Publishing
7 4 (4.545%) Advertising
7 4 (4.545%) Automotive
8 3 (3.409%) Music
9 2 (2.273%) German Language
9 2 (2.273%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.273%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.136%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.136%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 50 (56.82%) Developer
2 15 (17.05%) Designer
3 11 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
4 10 (11.36%) iOS Developer
5 8 (9.091%) Programmer
6 7 (7.955%) JavaScript Developer
7 6 (6.818%) Android Developer
8 5 (5.682%) SharePoint Developer
8 5 (5.682%) Gameplay Programmer
8 5 (5.682%) UI Developer
9 3 (3.409%) Consultant
9 3 (3.409%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.409%) User Experience Designer
10 2 (2.273%) UI Programmer
10 2 (2.273%) Digital Project Manager
10 2 (2.273%) Mobile Developer
10 2 (2.273%) Campaign Manager
10 2 (2.273%) Graphics Developer
10 2 (2.273%) Animator
10 2 (2.273%) Technical Artist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Computer Science
2 12 (13.64%) Digital Media
3 10 (11.36%) E-Learning
4 9 (10.23%) NHS
4 9 (10.23%) IPTV
4 9 (10.23%) Mathematics
4 9 (10.23%) FMCG
5 8 (9.091%) Mobile App
6 7 (7.955%) STB
6 7 (7.955%) Physics
7 5 (5.682%) DTV
7 5 (5.682%) iPad
8 4 (4.545%) iPhone
9 3 (3.409%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (3.409%) Graphic Design
9 3 (3.409%) Learning Management System
10 2 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (2.273%) New Media
10 2 (2.273%) Social Media
10 2 (2.273%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.32%) Android
1 17 (19.32%) Apple iOS
2 4 (4.545%) Windows
3 3 (3.409%) Linux
4 2 (2.273%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (1.136%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.32%) Web Development
2 13 (14.77%) OO
3 10 (11.36%) Validation
4 9 (10.23%) SEO
4 9 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (7.955%) MVC
5 7 (7.955%) OOP
5 7 (7.955%) Project Management
6 6 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (5.682%) Regression Testing
7 5 (5.682%) Data Management
7 5 (5.682%) E-Commerce
7 5 (5.682%) Memory Management
7 5 (5.682%) Game Development
7 5 (5.682%) User Experience Design
7 5 (5.682%) Multithreading
8 4 (4.545%) TDD
8 4 (4.545%) Workflow
9 3 (3.409%) Software Engineering
9 3 (3.409%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 37 (42.05%) JavaScript
2 27 (30.68%) C++
3 12 (13.64%) Objective-C
3 12 (13.64%) C
4 9 (10.23%) Clojure
5 8 (9.091%) C#
5 8 (9.091%) Java
6 7 (7.955%) PHP
7 6 (6.818%) GLSL
7 6 (6.818%) SQL
8 5 (5.682%) Python
9 3 (3.409%) ActionScript
9 3 (3.409%) HLSL
10 2 (2.273%) ActionScript 3.0
10 2 (2.273%) Perl
11 1 (1.136%) Ruby
11 1 (1.136%) VC++
11 1 (1.136%) Assembly Language
11 1 (1.136%) Lua
11 1 (1.136%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 10 (11.36%) Degree
2 5 (5.682%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.136%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (20.45%) Adobe
2 5 (5.682%) Apple
3 2 (2.273%) Sencha
3 2 (2.273%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.136%) ATG
4 1 (1.136%) Omniture
4 1 (1.136%) Google
4 1 (1.136%) SAP
4 1 (1.136%) Sybase
4 1 (1.136%) Quark
4 1 (1.136%) IBM
4 1 (1.136%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.136%) Interwoven
4 1 (1.136%) Demandware
4 1 (1.136%) Twitter
London
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Rate: £350 - 425 Per Day
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London
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Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Rate: £0
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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People Source Consulting
Rate: £300 - £425 per day + depending on EXP
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Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
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