3D Developer
UK

The median 3D Developer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 987 1184
Rank change year-on-year +210 +197 -294
Permanent jobs requiring a 3D Developer 117 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.002% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 117 2 3
10th Percentile £27,500 £44,250 -
25th Percentile £31,500 £46,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +62.96%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £58,750 £71,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +62.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

3D Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 3D Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3D Developer in the UK

3D Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3D Developer.

Salary trend for 3D Developer in the UK

3D Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3D Developer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 3D Developer in the UK

3D Developer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
UK excluding London - 116 £38,000 - 3
England +215 107 £36,000 -31.43% 2
South West - 88 £36,000 -
Work from Home - 23 £62,500 - 3
East Midlands - 11 £50,000 - 1
Midlands - 11 £50,000 - 2
Scotland - 9 £75,000 - 1
North of England - 5 £57,500 -
Yorkshire - 5 £57,500 -
South East - 3 £50,000 -

3D Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 3D Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring 3D Developer in the job title.

1 99 (84.62%) C#
2 97 (82.91%) Virtual Reality
3 91 (77.78%) Games
3 91 (77.78%) Software Engineering
4 88 (75.21%) JIRA
4 88 (75.21%) Use Case
4 88 (75.21%) SC Cleared
4 88 (75.21%) Security Cleared
4 88 (75.21%) Git
4 88 (75.21%) Degree
4 88 (75.21%) Scrum
4 88 (75.21%) Visual Studio
4 88 (75.21%) UML
4 88 (75.21%) Microsoft
4 88 (75.21%) Confluence
4 88 (75.21%) Bitbucket
4 88 (75.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 88 (75.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 88 (75.21%) Design Patterns
4 88 (75.21%) Presentation Skills
5 59 (50.43%) Sourcetree
5 59 (50.43%) DevOps
6 29 (24.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 15 (12.82%) React
8 14 (11.97%) WebGL
8 14 (11.97%) Data Visualisation
8 14 (11.97%) Visualisation
8 14 (11.97%) CAD
9 11 (9.40%) .NET
9 11 (9.40%) JavaScript

3D Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 88 (75.21%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.69%) GitHub
2 3 (2.56%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.27%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 88 (75.21%) Bitbucket
1 88 (75.21%) Git
1 88 (75.21%) JIRA
1 88 (75.21%) Visual Studio
2 59 (50.43%) Sourcetree
General
1 91 (77.78%) Games
2 88 (75.21%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (7.69%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (75.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 15 (12.82%) React
3 14 (11.97%) WebGL
4 11 (9.40%) .NET
5 9 (7.69%) CSS
5 9 (7.69%) Node.js
6 8 (6.84%) ASP.NET
6 8 (6.84%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (4.27%) deck.gl
7 5 (4.27%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.56%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.56%) DirectX
8 3 (2.56%) OpenGL
9 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.85%) Babylonjs
9 1 (0.85%) Express.js
9 1 (0.85%) Three.js
Miscellaneous
1 97 (82.91%) Virtual Reality
2 9 (7.69%) 3D Graphics
2 9 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
2 9 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.27%) Animation
4 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 88 (75.21%) Design Patterns
2 88 (75.21%) Scrum
2 88 (75.21%) UML
2 88 (75.21%) Use Case
3 59 (50.43%) DevOps
4 14 (11.97%) CAD
4 14 (11.97%) Data Visualisation
4 14 (11.97%) Visualisation
5 9 (7.69%) Open Source
6 7 (5.98%) Mathematics
7 6 (5.13%) Physics
8 5 (4.27%) 3D Programming
8 5 (4.27%) 3D Rendering
8 5 (4.27%) Digital Twin
8 5 (4.27%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (4.27%) Texturing
9 3 (2.56%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (0.85%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 99 (84.62%) C#
2 11 (9.40%) JavaScript
3 10 (8.55%) TypeScript
4 6 (5.13%) SQL
5 3 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (75.21%) BPSS Clearance
1 88 (75.21%) Degree
1 88 (75.21%) SC Cleared
1 88 (75.21%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (24.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 88 (75.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.27%) Mapbox
3 1 (0.85%) DevExpress