Animation Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 216 231 240
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +9
Contract jobs citing Animation 8 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.103% 0.079% 0.125%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.512% 0.418% 0.666%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £209 £325 £213
% change year-on-year
-35.76% +52.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £16.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+134.37% -54.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £16.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+130.76% +1.56%
Search 4 Animation jobs in the South East
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Animation Daily Rate Trend

Animation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East 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
Surrey - 4 - -
Buckinghamshire +5 2 - -
Berkshire +15 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 - -
Animation
England

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (78.57%) Games
2 9 (64.29%) C++
3 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Game Development
4 4 (28.57%) GLSL
4 4 (28.57%) C
5 3 (21.43%) OpenGL
5 3 (21.43%) Linux
5 3 (21.43%) Java
5 3 (21.43%) Photoshop
5 3 (21.43%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (21.43%) Electronics
5 3 (21.43%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (21.43%) OpenGL ES
5 3 (21.43%) Android
5 3 (21.43%) Qt
5 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 3 (21.43%) Maya
6 2 (14.29%) Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Physics
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
6 2 (14.29%) CSS
6 2 (14.29%) Autodesk
6 2 (14.29%) E-Learning
7 1 (7.143%) DirectX
7 1 (7.143%) Flash
7 1 (7.143%) Python

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (21.43%) OpenGL
1 3 (21.43%) OpenGL ES
1 3 (21.43%) Qt
2 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (7.143%) DirectX
3 1 (7.143%) Flash
3 1 (7.143%) DOM
3 1 (7.143%) HTML5
3 1 (7.143%) PyQt
3 1 (7.143%) jQuery
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Photoshop
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (21.43%) Maya
General
1 11 (78.57%) Games
2 3 (21.43%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.143%) Finance
4 1 (7.143%) Advertising
4 1 (7.143%) Publishing
4 1 (7.143%) Banking
4 1 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (7.143%) Music
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Programmer
2 4 (28.57%) Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Gameplay Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) C++ Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Graduate
5 1 (7.143%) Games Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (7.143%) C++ Games Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Graphics Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Animator
5 1 (7.143%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
2 3 (21.43%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Physics
3 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
3 2 (14.29%) E-Learning
4 1 (7.143%) NHS
4 1 (7.143%) Mobile Games
4 1 (7.143%) New Media
4 1 (7.143%) Open Source
4 1 (7.143%) Graphic Design
4 1 (7.143%) FMCG
4 1 (7.143%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Game Development
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) Validation
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.143%) Analytics
4 1 (7.143%) Interactive Advertising
4 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.143%) Web Development
4 1 (7.143%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C++
2 4 (28.57%) GLSL
2 4 (28.57%) C
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 1 (7.143%) Python
4 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) ActionScript
4 1 (7.143%) HLSL
4 1 (7.143%) Clojure
4 1 (7.143%) Lua
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Autodesk
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