The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 343 395 398
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +3
Contract jobs citing Animation 34 20 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.157% 0.074% 0.142%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.473% 0.231% 0.374%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 35
Average daily rate £363 £230 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.60% -24.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £166 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £336 £492
UK excluding London average daily rate £209 £325 £213
% change year-on-year
-35.76% +52.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
Average hourly rate £42.50 £13.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+214.81% -18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £13.50 £15.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £13.50 £16.90
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7191 8651 11771
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.20% 32.11% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4968 5870 7935
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 209 196
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.49 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.40 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Animation
England

Animation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
City of London +14 3 £300 +30.43%
Twickenham - 1 - -
Animation
England

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 28 (50.91%) JavaScript
2 22 (40.00%) CSS
3 15 (27.27%) Photoshop
3 15 (27.27%) C++
4 14 (25.45%) HTML
4 14 (25.45%) Adobe
4 14 (25.45%) Web Development
4 14 (25.45%) Android
4 14 (25.45%) Apple iOS
5 13 (23.64%) DOM
6 11 (20.00%) jQuery
7 10 (18.18%) Marketing
8 9 (16.36%) CMS
8 9 (16.36%) Objective-C
8 9 (16.36%) Ajax
8 9 (16.36%) OO
8 9 (16.36%) SEO
8 9 (16.36%) Finance
9 8 (14.55%) .NET
9 8 (14.55%) Core Animation
9 8 (14.55%) HTML5
9 8 (14.55%) Digital Media
10 7 (12.73%) dotless
10 7 (12.73%) Mobile App
10 7 (12.73%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (12.73%) IIS
10 7 (12.73%) Flash
10 7 (12.73%) ASP.NET
10 7 (12.73%) SharePoint
10 7 (12.73%) Banking

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 22 (40.00%) CSS
2 14 (25.45%) HTML
3 13 (23.64%) DOM
4 11 (20.00%) jQuery
5 9 (16.36%) Ajax
6 8 (14.55%) .NET
6 8 (14.55%) Core Animation
6 8 (14.55%) HTML5
7 7 (12.73%) dotless
7 7 (12.73%) Flash
7 7 (12.73%) ASP.NET
8 6 (10.91%) XML
8 6 (10.91%) CSS3
8 6 (10.91%) UIKit
9 5 (9.091%) JSON
10 4 (7.273%) Cocoa
11 3 (5.455%) Web Services
11 3 (5.455%) XHTML
12 2 (3.636%) SOAP
12 2 (3.636%) WebGL
Application Platforms
1 9 (16.36%) CMS
2 7 (12.73%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (12.73%) IIS
2 7 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.818%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (1.818%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (27.27%) Photoshop
2 7 (12.73%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (10.91%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (7.273%) Maya
5 3 (5.455%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (3.636%) 3ds Max
7 1 (1.818%) ZBrush
7 1 (1.818%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.818%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.818%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.455%) DVB
2 1 (1.818%) NFC
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Xcode
2 3 (5.455%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (5.455%) Subversion
3 2 (3.636%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.636%) Hudson
3 2 (3.636%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.818%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (1.818%) Mercurial
General
1 10 (18.18%) Marketing
2 9 (16.36%) Finance
3 7 (12.73%) Banking
3 7 (12.73%) Retail
4 6 (10.91%) Games
4 6 (10.91%) Electronics
4 6 (10.91%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.455%) Automotive
6 2 (3.636%) Music
6 2 (3.636%) Multimedia
6 2 (3.636%) Advertising
7 1 (1.818%) Publishing
7 1 (1.818%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.818%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 34 (61.82%) Developer
2 12 (21.82%) Designer
3 7 (12.73%) iOS Developer
3 7 (12.73%) Front-End Developer
4 6 (10.91%) Android Developer
5 4 (7.273%) JavaScript Developer
5 4 (7.273%) UI Developer
6 3 (5.455%) User Experience Designer
6 3 (5.455%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.636%) Flash Designer
7 2 (3.636%) Digital Project Manager
7 2 (3.636%) Graphic Designer
7 2 (3.636%) Web Developer
7 2 (3.636%) Account Manager
7 2 (3.636%) Campaign Manager
8 1 (1.818%) UI Programmer
8 1 (1.818%) Gameplay Programmer
8 1 (1.818%) Gameplay Developer
8 1 (1.818%) Visual Designer
8 1 (1.818%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Digital Media
2 7 (12.73%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.73%) E-Learning
2 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
3 6 (10.91%) FMCG
3 6 (10.91%) IPTV
3 6 (10.91%) NHS
4 5 (9.091%) iPad
4 5 (9.091%) STB
5 4 (7.273%) iPhone
5 4 (7.273%) DTV
6 3 (5.455%) Learning Management System
6 3 (5.455%) Physics
7 2 (3.636%) Graphic Design
7 2 (3.636%) Photography
7 2 (3.636%) Video Editing
7 2 (3.636%) Mathematics
7 2 (3.636%) Blackberry
7 2 (3.636%) Video on Demand
7 2 (3.636%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Android
1 14 (25.45%) Apple iOS
2 3 (5.455%) Windows
3 2 (3.636%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.818%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Web Development
2 9 (16.36%) OO
2 9 (16.36%) SEO
3 7 (12.73%) Validation
4 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (10.91%) OOP
5 5 (9.091%) MVC
5 5 (9.091%) E-Commerce
5 5 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (9.091%) Multithreading
6 4 (7.273%) Workflow
6 4 (7.273%) Memory Management
7 3 (5.455%) TDD
7 3 (5.455%) Software Engineering
8 2 (3.636%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (3.636%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (3.636%) Project Management
8 2 (3.636%) BDD
8 2 (3.636%) Mobile Application Development
9 1 (1.818%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.91%) JavaScript
2 15 (27.27%) C++
3 9 (16.36%) Objective-C
4 6 (10.91%) C
4 6 (10.91%) Clojure
5 4 (7.273%) Java
6 3 (5.455%) Python
7 2 (3.636%) C#
7 2 (3.636%) PHP
7 2 (3.636%) ActionScript
7 2 (3.636%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (1.818%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (1.818%) Scala
8 1 (1.818%) SQL
8 1 (1.818%) Perl
8 1 (1.818%) Ruby
8 1 (1.818%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (5.455%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.818%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (25.45%) Adobe
2 3 (5.455%) Apple
3 2 (3.636%) Sencha
4 1 (1.818%) Demandware
4 1 (1.818%) Quark
4 1 (1.818%) IBM
4 1 (1.818%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.818%) Interwoven
4 1 (1.818%) SAP
4 1 (1.818%) ATG
4 1 (1.818%) Omniture
4 1 (1.818%) Google
London
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Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £350 - 425 Per Day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
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Volt
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The successful candidate must have strong animation experience (motion graphics, flash, After Effects). Ideally you will have worked on projects for household names and experience working in an...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £0
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Front End Developer | Javascript | HTML 5 | Video On Demand / VOD. Successful Consumer electronics organisation are currently looking to recruit a Senior Front End Developer with Strong HTML 5...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £300 - £425 per day + depending on EXP
Posted: 22 May 2013