Visual Effects Jobs in the UK excluding London

Visual Effects (VFX)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Visual Effects skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Effects over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 742 847
Rank change year-on-year -7 +105 -175
Permanent jobs citing Visual Effects 12 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.015% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.016% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 2
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £30,938 £46,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £55,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +48.65% -26.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £68,438 £39,750
90th Percentile - £76,500 £40,200
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.37% +11.36% -3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,266 57,626 66,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.13% 95.63% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41,003 29,573 41,244
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Effects in the UK excluding London

Visual Effects
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Visual Effects in the UK excluding London

Visual Effects
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Effects in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Effects in the UK excluding London

Visual Effects
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Effects within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +22 4 £35,000 -47.17% 6
East of England - 4 £95,000 -
North of England +45 2 £30,000 -40.00% 1
West Midlands +18 2 £39,500 - 3
Midlands +3 2 £39,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -
Visual Effects
UK

Visual Effects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Maya
2 6 (50.00%) ZBrush
3 4 (33.33%) Blender
3 4 (33.33%) MotionBuilder
4 2 (16.67%) 3ds Max
4 2 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Games
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Art Director
1 4 (33.33%) Product Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Designer
3 2 (16.67%) 3D Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Creative Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Animation
1 5 (41.67%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (8.33%) Photography
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Game Development
1 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.33%) Iconography
4 1 (8.33%) Infographics
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (8.33%) Server Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience
4 1 (8.33%) UX Design
4 1 (8.33%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) RPG
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Atlassian
1 4 (33.33%) Autodesk
2 3 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft