Visual Effects Contracts in London

Visual Effects (VFX)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Visual Effects skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Effects over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 488 600
Rank change year-on-year +111 +112 -142
Contract jobs citing Visual Effects 12 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.067% 0.044% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.048% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 1
10th Percentile - £233 -
25th Percentile £288 £300 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +3.75% +15.94%
75th Percentile £363 £430 -
90th Percentile £462 - -
England median daily rate £325 £325 £394
% change year-on-year - -17.46% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Visual Effects is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,769 24,761 35,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 91.14% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,293 17,773 26,130
10th Percentile £338 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 287 421
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.83 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +8.33% +11.73%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.59 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.25 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Visual Effects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in London.

Daily rate trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Effects in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in London.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
1 1 (8.33%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) 3ds Max
1 4 (33.33%) Blender
1 4 (33.33%) Maya
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (16.67%) CINEMA 4D
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) HTTP
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (8.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Designer
1 4 (33.33%) Graphic Designer
1 4 (33.33%) Maya Artist
2 2 (16.67%) 3D Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Motion Graphics Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Angular Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Graphics Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (8.33%) GraphQL
2 1 (8.33%) Jest
2 1 (8.33%) Next.js
2 1 (8.33%) Nuxt
2 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Animation
2 2 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (16.67%) Graphic Design
2 2 (16.67%) Hedge funds
3 1 (8.33%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (8.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) ITSM
1 2 (16.67%) Post-Production
1 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (16.67%) Storyboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (8.33%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (8.33%) Migration
2 1 (8.33%) SEO
2 1 (8.33%) Storytelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow