The first table below looks at the demand for 3ds Max skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3ds Max over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Applications category.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX)
Rank 842 879 840
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -39
Permanent jobs citing 3ds Max 22 21 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.020% 0.017% 0.025%
As % of the Applications category 0.132% 0.128% 0.178%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 25
Average salary £27,750 £26,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.71% -11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £16,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,800 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £25,875 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-13.04% -13.75%
All Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16631 16429 16815
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.29% 13.39% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13689 14189 14311
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%

3ds Max
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

3ds Max Jobs Demand Trend

3ds Max
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the UK.

3ds Max Salary Trend

3ds Max
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3ds Max over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

3ds Max Salary Histogram

3ds Max
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +33 20 £27,750 -5.93%
South East +10 7 £28,000 +20.43%
London +45 5 £37,500 -21.05%
City of London +24 5 £37,500 +41.50%
East Midlands +5 4 £22,500 +36.36%
North West -5 4 £50,000 +50.37%
Merseyside - 4 £50,000 -
Surrey - 4 £29,750 -
Liverpool - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands -8 3 £22,500 -30.23%
Coventry - 3 £22,500 -
Northamptonshire - 3 £22,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £22,500 -
Northampton - 3 £22,500 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £22,500 -
Scotland -1 2 - -
South West - 2 £20,750 -
Dundee - 2 - -
Leicestershire -6 1 £27,500 +66.66%
East of England - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Devon - 1 £20,750 -
Guildford - 1 £28,000 -
Bath - 1 - -

3ds Max
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 3ds Max 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 3ds Max.

1 42 (65.63%) Photoshop
2 34 (53.13%) Flash
3 33 (51.56%) Maya
4 31 (48.44%) Games
5 28 (43.75%) 3D Graphics
6 26 (40.63%) Adobe
7 25 (39.06%) Adobe Illustrator
8 24 (37.50%) CINEMA 4D
9 22 (34.38%) Animation
9 22 (34.38%) ActionScript
10 20 (31.25%) 3D Modelling
11 16 (25.00%) Degree
12 15 (23.44%) C++
12 15 (23.44%) Motion Graphics
13 14 (21.88%) Adobe After Effects
14 13 (20.31%) Multimedia
15 11 (17.19%) Java
16 10 (15.63%) C#
16 10 (15.63%) Marketing
16 10 (15.63%) Graphic Design
17 9 (14.06%) .NET
18 8 (12.50%) OpenGL
18 8 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
18 8 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
19 7 (10.94%) Mobile Games
19 7 (10.94%) CAD
19 7 (10.94%) OO
19 7 (10.94%) Mobile App
20 6 (9.375%) Game Development
20 6 (9.375%) HTML5

3ds Max
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 3ds Max 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 3ds Max. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (53.13%) Flash
2 9 (14.06%) .NET
3 8 (12.50%) OpenGL
4 6 (9.375%) HTML5
4 6 (9.375%) HTML
4 6 (9.375%) DirectX
5 5 (7.813%) XML
6 3 (4.688%) CGI
6 3 (4.688%) XSLT
7 2 (3.125%) OpenCV
7 2 (3.125%) ASP
7 2 (3.125%) CSS
7 2 (3.125%) XNA
8 1 (1.563%) V-Ray
8 1 (1.563%) OGRE
8 1 (1.563%) OpenCL
8 1 (1.563%) Direct3D
Applications
1 42 (65.63%) Photoshop
2 33 (51.56%) Maya
3 25 (39.06%) Adobe Illustrator
4 24 (37.50%) CINEMA 4D
5 14 (21.88%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (9.375%) AutoCAD
6 6 (9.375%) InDesign
7 5 (7.813%) ZBrush
8 4 (6.250%) Blender
8 4 (6.250%) Acrobat
8 4 (6.250%) FreeHand
9 3 (4.688%) QuarkXPress
10 2 (3.125%) GIMP
10 2 (3.125%) Vectorworks
11 1 (1.563%) Revit
11 1 (1.563%) MicroStation
11 1 (1.563%) MS Office
11 1 (1.563%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.250%) Internet
2 1 (1.563%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.563%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (48.44%) Games
2 13 (20.31%) Multimedia
3 10 (15.63%) Marketing
4 3 (4.688%) Publishing
5 2 (3.125%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.125%) Finance
5 2 (3.125%) Retail
5 2 (3.125%) Music
6 1 (1.563%) Banking
6 1 (1.563%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 27 (42.19%) Developer
2 24 (37.50%) Designer
3 9 (14.06%) Flash Developer
4 7 (10.94%) Flash Designer
4 7 (10.94%) Photoshop Designer
4 7 (10.94%) Senior Developer
5 6 (9.375%) Flash ActionScript Developer
6 5 (7.813%) Animator
6 5 (7.813%) Games Developer
6 5 (7.813%) 3D Animator
7 4 (6.250%) Digital Designer
7 4 (6.250%) Design Engineer
7 4 (6.250%) CAD Designer
7 4 (6.250%) Senior Games Developer
8 3 (4.688%) C++ Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Interactive Designer
8 3 (4.688%) Graphics Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Senior Graphics Developer
9 2 (3.125%) 3D Artist
9 2 (3.125%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (43.75%) 3D Graphics
2 22 (34.38%) Animation
3 15 (23.44%) Motion Graphics
4 10 (15.63%) Graphic Design
5 8 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
6 7 (10.94%) Mobile Games
6 7 (10.94%) Mobile App
7 5 (7.813%) Video Editing
7 5 (7.813%) Streaming Video
8 4 (6.250%) Open Source
8 4 (6.250%) Social Media
8 4 (6.250%) Physics
8 4 (6.250%) Computer Science
9 3 (4.688%) E-Learning
9 3 (4.688%) Digital Media
9 3 (4.688%) New Media
10 2 (3.125%) Visualisation
10 2 (3.125%) Copywriting
10 2 (3.125%) SCORM
11 1 (1.563%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.688%) Windows
1 3 (4.688%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.125%) Android
3 1 (1.563%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (1.563%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.563%) Windows CE
3 1 (1.563%) Linux
3 1 (1.563%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) 3D Modelling
2 8 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (10.94%) CAD
3 7 (10.94%) OO
4 6 (9.375%) Game Development
5 4 (6.250%) CAE
6 3 (4.688%) Asset Management
7 2 (3.125%) Time Management
7 2 (3.125%) B2B
7 2 (3.125%) Project Management
8 1 (1.563%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.563%) Web Development
8 1 (1.563%) Business Development
8 1 (1.563%) Document Management
8 1 (1.563%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.563%) Multithreading
8 1 (1.563%) Product Marketing
8 1 (1.563%) Web Usability
8 1 (1.563%) Change Management
8 1 (1.563%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.38%) ActionScript
2 15 (23.44%) C++
3 11 (17.19%) Java
4 10 (15.63%) C#
5 6 (9.375%) C
6 5 (7.813%) ActionScript 3.0
7 4 (6.250%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (6.250%) Python
7 4 (6.250%) Groovy
7 4 (6.250%) Ruby
8 3 (4.688%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.688%) PHP
9 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.563%) VC++
10 1 (1.563%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) MCSE
2 1 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.563%) HNC
2 1 (1.563%) HND
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 26 (40.63%) Adobe
2 6 (9.375%) SolidWorks
3 3 (4.688%) DoubleClick
4 2 (3.125%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.563%) Altiris
5 1 (1.563%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.563%) Symantec
5 1 (1.563%) Symbian
London
Meticulous attention to detail Strong organisational abilities Positive `can-do` attitude You must have a strong Creative and Design Background using Illustrator and Photoshop, 3DSMax and Motion Graphics.
Creative Personnel
Salary: £35000 to £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
This renowned agency is seeking a seasoned designer with strong Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, 3D studio Max (or any 3D Programme) and a love of typography and...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
You will have vast knowledge in post production and video editing using After Effects, Premier, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and a knowledge of Final cut and 3d software...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The successful person will be an experienced Viz designer with 3 or more years' experience in broadcast graphic design... Experience of working with XSLT and XML manipulation. Photoshop...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over Internet (via HTML5 or Flash)... Knowledge of 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
4+ years Unity 3.x experience on commercial or open source projects 4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013