The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Animation
Rank 138 114 128
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +14
Permanent jobs citing Animation 2 41 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.081% 1.424% 0.773%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.270% 3.977% 2.396%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 21
Average salary £70,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +4.83%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
740 1031 960
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 30.11% 35.80% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 624 823 839
Average salary £41,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.35% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Animation
East of England

Animation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Animation Jobs Demand Trend

Animation
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Animation across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Animation Salary Trend

Animation
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Animation.

1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) Web Design
1 3 (60.00%) Web Development
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (20.00%) InDesign
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Game Development

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Animation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) InDesign
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
General
1 2 (40.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Web Designer
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Games Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Games Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Tools Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Web Design
1 3 (60.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
2 1 (20.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
Cambridgeshire
If you have excellent C++/C programming skills, strong architecture and planning skills, have a solid understanding of rendering, animation and IPC techniques and you would like to...
Amiqus
Salary: Competitive salary + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
The ideal candidate will be a creative and passionate Animator, with outstanding Animation skills and design abilities. You will be liaising with the Animation Lead to deliver compelling,...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £25000 to £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
A leading Cambridge games company with numerous AAA titles to their name is seeking Animators at all levels from graduate upwards.You will have:•A passion for animation...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have: - A passion for animation and computer graphics / gaming. - Experience with 3D Studio Max, Autodesk Maya, Blender or a similar package. - Strong character animation skills, particularly...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013