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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 19 March 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
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank530476753
Rank change year-on-year
Down-54Up+277
Matching permanent IT job ads148198217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.172 %0.233 %0.106 %
As % of the General category0.334 %0.477 %0.210 %
Salaries quoted132169187
Average salary£31,500£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.070 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£100,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
4434241481103576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK51.61 %48.91 %50.75 %
Salaries quoted360643365383727
Average salary£49,725£44,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.01 %-2.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£73,000£70,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %

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 19 March 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 19 March 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
EnglandDown-32146£31,500-3.07 %
LondonDown-5366£43,250+1.76 %
South EastUp+1542£31,500-3.07 %
City of LondonDown-7021£47,500-52.50 %
West MidlandsUp+4016£21,000-
BirminghamUp+3316£21,000-12.50 %
OxfordshireDown-313£36,500+21.66 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-13£31,500-
North WestUp+1610£29,750+23.95 %
HampshireUp+358£25,500-
East of EnglandDown-68£28,750-17.85 %
BeaconsfieldNew entry-8£31,500-
ManchesterUp+27£30,000+25.00 %
SuffolkNew entry-7£30,000-
BerkshireUp+66£32,500-7.14 %
SouthamptonUp+25£25,000-1.96 %
OxfordNo change05£40,000+23.07 %
TwickenhamNew entry-5£31,500-
BuckinghamNew entry-5£35,000-
FarehamNew entry-3£31,500-
CheshireUp+92£28,500-40.00 %
East MidlandsUp+52£24,500+8.88 %
ScotlandDown-52£29,250-2.50 %
MaidenheadDown-82£35,000-
EdinburghDown-142£29,250-6.40 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-2£24,500-
KentNew entry-2£35,000-
ReadingNew entry-2£31,500-
NorthamptonNew entry-2£24,500-
BristolUp+131£26,000+6.12 %

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1243 (65.15 %)Flash
2164 (43.97 %)ActionScript
3162 (43.43 %)Games
4158 (42.36 %)Photoshop
5138 (37.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
6111 (29.76 %)HTML
7108 (28.95 %)XML
8100 (26.81 %)CSS
996 (25.74 %)ActionScript 3.0
1088 (23.59 %)JavaScript
1184 (22.52 %)Adobe
1275 (20.11 %)ActionScript 2.0
1372 (19.30 %)Marketing
1465 (17.43 %)OO
1558 (15.55 %)Adobe Flex
1647 (12.60 %)OOP
1744 (11.80 %)Multimedia
1840 (10.72 %)Internet
1840 (10.72 %)C++
1939 (10.46 %)Degree
2032 (8.579 %)Web Development
2130 (8.043 %)C
2130 (8.043 %)Dreamweaver
2229 (7.775 %)3ds Max
2229 (7.775 %)RIA
2327 (7.239 %)Graphic Design
2327 (7.239 %).NET
2426 (6.971 %)PHP
2426 (6.971 %)Microsoft
2525 (6.702 %)Finance

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 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
1243 (65.15 %)Flash
2111 (29.76 %)HTML
3108 (28.95 %)XML
4100 (26.81 %)CSS
558 (15.55 %)Adobe Flex
627 (7.239 %).NET
724 (6.434 %)XHTML
818 (4.826 %)ASP
915 (4.021 %)WPF
915 (4.021 %)Silverlight
1013 (3.485 %)ASP.NET
1110 (2.681 %)Adobe AIR
128 (2.145 %)OpenGL
137 (1.877 %)AJAX
137 (1.877 %)Cocoa
137 (1.877 %)jQuery
137 (1.877 %)Web Services
146 (1.609 %)DHTML
146 (1.609 %)Core Animation
155 (1.340 %)iPhone SDK
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (1.877 %)CMS
23 (0.804 %)Flash Media Server
23 (0.804 %)WordPress
32 (0.536 %)Umbraco
32 (0.536 %)EPiServer
41 (0.268 %)Drupal
41 (0.268 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1158 (42.36 %)Photoshop
2138 (37.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
329 (7.775 %)3ds Max
416 (4.290 %)ZBrush
514 (3.753 %)Fireworks
611 (2.949 %)MATLAB
79 (2.413 %)Adobe After Effects
88 (2.145 %)InDesign
88 (2.145 %)Maya
97 (1.877 %)MS Visio
105 (1.340 %)MS Excel
105 (1.340 %)Adobe Premiere
114 (1.072 %)MS Office
114 (1.072 %)ImageReady
123 (0.804 %)Acrobat
132 (0.536 %)FreeHand
141 (0.268 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.268 %)MS PowerPoint
141 (0.268 %)GIMP
141 (0.268 %)LightWave 3D
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.268 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
140 (10.72 %)Internet
28 (2.145 %)Intranet
37 (1.877 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (1.340 %)MySQL
15 (1.340 %)SQL Server
23 (0.804 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
130 (8.043 %)Dreamweaver
211 (2.949 %)Expression Blend
310 (2.681 %)Expression Studio
44 (1.072 %)Eclipse
53 (0.804 %)Flash Builder
53 (0.804 %)Ant
53 (0.804 %)Subversion
62 (0.536 %)Xcode
71 (0.268 %)NUnit
71 (0.268 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.268 %)Maven
71 (0.268 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.268 %)Expression Web
71 (0.268 %)Flex Builder
71 (0.268 %)Git (software)
71 (0.268 %)Mercurial
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1162 (43.43 %)Games
272 (19.30 %)Marketing
344 (11.80 %)Multimedia
427 (7.239 %)Graphic Design
525 (6.702 %)Finance
624 (6.434 %)Flash Games
723 (6.166 %)Electronics
822 (5.898 %)3D Graphics
919 (5.094 %)Interactive Media
1013 (3.485 %)Online Games
1112 (3.217 %)Health
129 (2.413 %)Advertising
138 (2.145 %)Education
147 (1.877 %)Retail
156 (1.609 %)Pensions
165 (1.340 %)Publishing
174 (1.072 %)Video Editing
182 (0.536 %)Automotive
191 (0.268 %)Pharmaceutical
191 (0.268 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1206 (55.23 %)Developer
2102 (27.35 %)Designer
396 (25.74 %)Flash Developer
442 (11.26 %)ActionScript Developer
541 (10.99 %)Web Developer
632 (8.579 %)Web Designer
721 (5.630 %)Senior Developer
820 (5.362 %)Front-End Developer
918 (4.826 %)Flash Designer
1017 (4.558 %)Animator
1116 (4.290 %)Graphic Designer
1116 (4.290 %)Junior
1214 (3.753 %)Junior Developer
1214 (3.753 %)Flex Developer
1313 (3.485 %)Junior ActionScript Developer
1411 (2.949 %)Lead Developer
1411 (2.949 %)Senior Front-End Developer
1411 (2.949 %)User Experience Designer
1411 (2.949 %)Senior Designer
1510 (2.681 %)C++ Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (7.775 %)RIA
214 (3.753 %)E-Learning
312 (3.217 %)iPhone
411 (2.949 %)W3C
510 (2.681 %)Web 2.0
510 (2.681 %)Social Network
68 (2.145 %)Mathematics
77 (1.877 %)Computer Science
86 (1.609 %)Physics
86 (1.609 %)Open Source
94 (1.072 %)Streaming Video
94 (1.072 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
103 (0.804 %)Tandem
103 (0.804 %)Client/Server
112 (0.536 %)Artificial Intelligence
112 (0.536 %)Visualisation
112 (0.536 %)Spanish Language
121 (0.268 %)Wiki
121 (0.268 %)Blog
121 (0.268 %)Dependency Injection
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (4.826 %)Mac OS X
214 (3.753 %)Windows
311 (2.949 %)UNIX
44 (1.072 %)Android
52 (0.536 %)Embedded Linux
52 (0.536 %)Linux
61 (0.268 %)Windows XP
61 (0.268 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.268 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.268 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
165 (17.43 %)OO
247 (12.60 %)OOP
332 (8.579 %)Web Development
424 (6.434 %)B2B
520 (5.362 %)Web Design
614 (3.753 %)Agile Software Development
712 (3.217 %)Project Management
810 (2.681 %)Online Marketing
99 (2.413 %)Information Architecture
99 (2.413 %)E-Commerce
107 (1.877 %)Content Management
116 (1.609 %)Digital Marketing
116 (1.609 %)Time Management
116 (1.609 %)Email Marketing
116 (1.609 %)CRM
116 (1.609 %)MVC
116 (1.609 %)Project Planning
116 (1.609 %)3D Modelling
125 (1.340 %)SEO
125 (1.340 %)Product Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1164 (43.97 %)ActionScript
296 (25.74 %)ActionScript 3.0
388 (23.59 %)JavaScript
475 (20.11 %)ActionScript 2.0
540 (10.72 %)C++
630 (8.043 %)C
726 (6.971 %)PHP
824 (6.434 %)Lua
918 (4.826 %)Python
1012 (3.217 %)C#
1111 (2.949 %)Shell Script
1210 (2.681 %)XAML
138 (2.145 %)Objective-C
147 (1.877 %)Java
155 (1.340 %)VB.NET
163 (0.804 %)SQL
171 (0.268 %)T-SQL
171 (0.268 %)DataFlex
171 (0.268 %)PHP5
171 (0.268 %)PHP4
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (10.46 %)Degree
22 (0.536 %)PhD
22 (0.536 %)ISEB
22 (0.536 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.145 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
184 (22.52 %)Adobe
226 (6.971 %)Microsoft
322 (5.898 %)Apple
49 (2.413 %)DoubleClick
56 (1.609 %)Macromedia
64 (1.072 %)Perforce
64 (1.072 %)Omniture
72 (0.536 %)Oracle
81 (0.268 %)BEA
81 (0.268 %)Quark
81 (0.268 %)Google
81 (0.268 %)Zend