The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 23 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Animation
Rank 239 220 226
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +6
Permanent jobs citing Animation 10 16 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.140% 0.225% 0.157%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.506% 0.838% 0.624%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 11
Average salary £26,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.46% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-13.84% +4.83%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1975 1910 1764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.64% 26.84% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1665 1587 1529
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Animation
England

Animation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Animation Salary Trend

Animation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Merseyside - 9 £26,500 -
Manchester -23 1 £32,500 -
Animation
England

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 18 (100.00%) Games
2 16 (88.89%) Game Development
3 15 (83.33%) CSS3
3 15 (83.33%) cocos2d
3 15 (83.33%) HTML5
3 15 (83.33%) Apple iOS
3 15 (83.33%) Objective-C
3 15 (83.33%) Android
3 15 (83.33%) C
3 15 (83.33%) C++
3 15 (83.33%) HTML
3 15 (83.33%) JavaScript
3 15 (83.33%) PHP
3 15 (83.33%) ASP
3 15 (83.33%) CSS
3 15 (83.33%) XHTML
3 15 (83.33%) Apple
4 2 (11.11%) CGI
4 2 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) JIRA
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) Maya
5 1 (5.556%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.556%) System Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Time Management
5 1 (5.556%) Adobe
5 1 (5.556%) ISEB

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 15 (83.33%) CSS3
1 15 (83.33%) cocos2d
1 15 (83.33%) HTML5
1 15 (83.33%) HTML
1 15 (83.33%) ASP
1 15 (83.33%) CSS
1 15 (83.33%) XHTML
2 2 (11.11%) CGI
3 1 (5.556%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Maya
1 1 (5.556%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.556%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 18 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Games Developer
1 15 (83.33%) Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Software Tester
2 2 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (5.556%) Graphic Artist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Apple iOS
1 15 (83.33%) Android
2 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Game Development
2 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
3 1 (5.556%) System Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) Objective-C
1 15 (83.33%) C
1 15 (83.33%) C++
1 15 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 15 (83.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Apple
2 1 (5.556%) Adobe
2 1 (5.556%) Autodesk
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