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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkAnimation
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank484501770
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+269
Matching permanent IT job ads185247185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.235 %0.244 %0.092 %
As % of the General category0.462 %0.498 %0.182 %
Salaries quoted166196155
Average salary£34,000£32,000£29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+10.34 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,250£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£38,450
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£30,000£27,500
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %+9.090 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
4007249639101790
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK50.89 %49.11 %50.37 %
Salaries quoted326614129381674
Average salary£47,500£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.660 %-

Animation
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Animation within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Animation Demand Trend

Animation
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Animation within the UK.

Animation Salary Trend

Animation
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Animation over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Animation Salary Histogram

Animation
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+39184£34,000+6.25 %
LondonUp+381£40,000-
South EastUp+4443£34,500+15.00 %
North WestUp+5924£30,000+17.64 %
City of LondonUp+522£43,250-8.94 %
BerkshireUp+3921£31,500-
ManchesterUp+4420£30,000+36.36 %
OxfordshireUp+716£36,250+31.81 %
BirminghamUp+3211£21,000-50.58 %
West MidlandsUp+2811£21,000-33.33 %
MaidenheadNew entry-11£23,000-
South WestUp+2310£37,500+17.18 %
OxfordDown-410£35,500+42.00 %
East of EnglandUp+299£32,500+4.00 %
GloucestershireNew entry-9£37,500-
ReadingNew entry-8£32,500-
StroudNew entry-6£37,500-
SuffolkNew entry-4£30,000-
CheshireUp+103£29,500-26.25 %
North EastUp+22£32,500+18.18 %
CambridgeshireNo change02£35,000-12.50 %
CambridgeDown-12£35,000-19.54 %
Tyne and WearDown-32£32,500+18.18 %
FelthamNew entry-2£32,000-
BuckinghamNew entry-2£35,000-
WindsorNew entry-2£37,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£35,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-2£45,000-
Home CountiesNew entry-2£47,500-
HampshireUp+311£31,500+31.25 %

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1246 (64.57 %)Flash
2156 (40.94 %)Games
3146 (38.32 %)ActionScript
4142 (37.27 %)Photoshop
5124 (32.55 %)XML
6123 (32.28 %)Adobe Illustrator
7110 (28.87 %)HTML
8103 (27.03 %)CSS
987 (22.83 %)ActionScript 3.0
1083 (21.78 %)JavaScript
1083 (21.78 %)Adobe
1168 (17.85 %)Marketing
1262 (16.27 %)ActionScript 2.0
1358 (15.22 %)Adobe Flex
1456 (14.70 %)OO
1456 (14.70 %)C++
1555 (14.44 %)Multimedia
1654 (14.17 %)Internet
1750 (13.12 %)Web Development
1843 (11.29 %)RIA
1843 (11.29 %)OOP
1940 (10.50 %)Microsoft
2033 (8.661 %)C
2130 (7.874 %)3D Graphics
2130 (7.874 %)3ds Max
2130 (7.874 %)Web Design
2228 (7.349 %)XAML
2228 (7.349 %)Expression Blend
2326 (6.824 %)XHTML
2425 (6.562 %)PHP

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1246 (64.57 %)Flash
2124 (32.55 %)XML
3110 (28.87 %)HTML
4103 (27.03 %)CSS
558 (15.22 %)Adobe Flex
626 (6.824 %)XHTML
725 (6.562 %).NET
819 (4.987 %)ASP
915 (3.937 %)WPF
1014 (3.675 %)Silverlight
1113 (3.412 %)OpenGL
1212 (3.150 %)ASP.NET
138 (2.100 %)DirectX
138 (2.100 %)AJAX
138 (2.100 %)Adobe AIR
147 (1.837 %)jQuery
147 (1.837 %)Web Services
147 (1.837 %)Cocoa
147 (1.837 %)iPhone SDK
156 (1.575 %)Core Animation
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (1.837 %)CMS
23 (0.787 %)Flash Media Server
31 (0.262 %)Drupal
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1142 (37.27 %)Photoshop
2123 (32.28 %)Adobe Illustrator
330 (7.874 %)3ds Max
411 (2.887 %)ZBrush
510 (2.625 %)Fireworks
69 (2.362 %)MS Visio
77 (1.837 %)Maya
86 (1.575 %)MS Excel
95 (1.312 %)Adobe After Effects
95 (1.312 %)InDesign
104 (1.050 %)MATLAB
104 (1.050 %)MS Office
104 (1.050 %)ImageReady
104 (1.050 %)Adobe Premiere
113 (0.787 %)Acrobat
122 (0.525 %)FreeHand
131 (0.262 %)Shockwave
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
154 (14.17 %)Internet
29 (2.362 %)Intranet
38 (2.100 %)FTP
41 (0.262 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (1.837 %)MySQL
24 (1.050 %)SQL Server
32 (0.525 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (7.349 %)Expression Blend
224 (6.299 %)Dreamweaver
39 (2.362 %)Expression Studio
45 (1.312 %)Subversion
54 (1.050 %)Eclipse
63 (0.787 %)Ant
63 (0.787 %)Flash Builder
72 (0.525 %)Xcode
81 (0.262 %)Flex Builder
81 (0.262 %)Firebug
81 (0.262 %)Maven
81 (0.262 %)NUnit
81 (0.262 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.262 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.262 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.262 %)Mercurial
81 (0.262 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1156 (40.94 %)Games
268 (17.85 %)Marketing
355 (14.44 %)Multimedia
430 (7.874 %)3D Graphics
524 (6.299 %)Graphic Design
623 (6.037 %)Electronics
722 (5.774 %)Flash Games
818 (4.724 %)Finance
914 (3.675 %)Advertising
1013 (3.412 %)Online Games
1112 (3.150 %)Health
127 (1.837 %)Pensions
127 (1.837 %)Retail
135 (1.312 %)Interactive Media
144 (1.050 %)Publishing
144 (1.050 %)Video Editing
153 (0.787 %)Education
162 (0.525 %)Automotive
162 (0.525 %)Telecoms
171 (0.262 %)Online Betting
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1194 (50.92 %)Developer
2118 (30.97 %)Designer
386 (22.57 %)Flash Developer
441 (10.76 %)Web Designer
534 (8.924 %)Web Developer
633 (8.661 %)ActionScript Developer
724 (6.299 %)Senior Developer
820 (5.249 %)Senior Designer
919 (4.987 %)Front-End Developer
1017 (4.462 %)Junior
1017 (4.462 %)Animator
1017 (4.462 %)Graphic Designer
1116 (4.199 %)Photoshop Designer
1214 (3.675 %)Junior Developer
1313 (3.412 %)Junior ActionScript Developer
1313 (3.412 %)Games Developer
1313 (3.412 %)C++ Developer
1412 (3.150 %)Flash Designer
1412 (3.150 %)Flex Developer
1511 (2.887 %)Senior Front-End Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
143 (11.29 %)RIA
214 (3.675 %)iPhone
310 (2.625 %)Social Network
310 (2.625 %)Mathematics
310 (2.625 %)Physics
48 (2.100 %)W3C
48 (2.100 %)Artificial Intelligence
56 (1.575 %)Open Source
65 (1.312 %)Visualisation
74 (1.050 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
74 (1.050 %)Web 2.0
83 (0.787 %)Tandem
92 (0.525 %)E-Learning
92 (0.525 %)Client/Server
92 (0.525 %)Spanish Language
92 (0.525 %)Psychology
101 (0.262 %)Computer Science
101 (0.262 %)Dutch Language
101 (0.262 %)French Language
101 (0.262 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (4.724 %)Mac OS X
210 (2.625 %)Windows
34 (1.050 %)UNIX
34 (1.050 %)Android
42 (0.525 %)Linux
42 (0.525 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (14.70 %)OO
250 (13.12 %)Web Development
343 (11.29 %)OOP
430 (7.874 %)Web Design
524 (6.299 %)B2B
612 (3.150 %)E-Commerce
612 (3.150 %)3D Modelling
711 (2.887 %)Agile Software Development
711 (2.887 %)Project Management
89 (2.362 %)Email Marketing
89 (2.362 %)OOD
98 (2.100 %)Information Architecture
107 (1.837 %)Time Management
107 (1.837 %)Digital Marketing
107 (1.837 %)Content Management
107 (1.837 %)CRM
107 (1.837 %)Online Marketing
115 (1.312 %)Project Planning
115 (1.312 %)Competitor Analysis
124 (1.050 %)Product Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1146 (38.32 %)ActionScript
287 (22.83 %)ActionScript 3.0
383 (21.78 %)JavaScript
462 (16.27 %)ActionScript 2.0
556 (14.70 %)C++
633 (8.661 %)C
728 (7.349 %)XAML
825 (6.562 %)PHP
923 (6.037 %)Lua
1015 (3.937 %)C#
1112 (3.150 %)Python
129 (2.362 %)Objective-C
137 (1.837 %)Java
144 (1.050 %)Shell Script
151 (0.262 %)PHP5
151 (0.262 %)PHP4
151 (0.262 %)DataFlex
151 (0.262 %)SQL
151 (0.262 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (5.249 %)Degree
22 (0.525 %)ISEB
22 (0.525 %)ISTQB
31 (0.262 %)NVQ Level 3
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.837 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
183 (21.78 %)Adobe
240 (10.50 %)Microsoft
324 (6.299 %)Apple
46 (1.575 %)Autodesk
46 (1.575 %)Macromedia
46 (1.575 %)DoubleClick
54 (1.050 %)Omniture
63 (0.787 %)Perforce
72 (0.525 %)Oracle