The first table below looks at the demand for Blender skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blender over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blender
Rank 860 898 880
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -18
Permanent jobs citing Blender 2 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.001% 0.001%
As % of the Applications category 0.012% 0.006% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Average salary £33,750 £26,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.35% -24.28%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 - £35,000
All Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16513 16187 17142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.28% 13.41% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13576 13984 14579
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 £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%

Blender
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blender Jobs Demand Trend

Blender
Salary Trend

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

Blender Salary Trend

Blender
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blender over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Blender Salary Histogram

Blender
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blender within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +26 2 £33,750 +27.35%
London +52 1 £40,000 +50.94%
East Midlands - 1 £27,500 -
Leicestershire - 1 £27,500 -

Blender
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Blender 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 Blender.

1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) Maya
2 4 (66.67%) 3ds Max
3 3 (50.00%) Flash
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (50.00%) DoubleClick
3 3 (50.00%) Animation
3 3 (50.00%) ActionScript
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe
3 3 (50.00%) CINEMA 4D
3 3 (50.00%) ActionScript 3.0
3 3 (50.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 3 (50.00%) Social Media
4 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (33.33%) Android
4 2 (33.33%) Games
4 2 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 1 (16.67%) Physics
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Subversion
5 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
5 1 (16.67%) Streaming Video
5 1 (16.67%) Xcode
5 1 (16.67%) Objective-C

Blender
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Blender 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 Blender. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) Flash
2 1 (16.67%) OpenGL
2 1 (16.67%) DirectX
2 1 (16.67%) OGRE
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) Maya
2 4 (66.67%) 3ds Max
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (50.00%) CINEMA 4D
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (16.67%) Xcode
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Flash Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Photoshop Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Flash Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Games Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Animation
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Streaming Video
3 1 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) ActionScript
1 3 (50.00%) ActionScript 3.0
1 3 (50.00%) ActionScript 2.0
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) DoubleClick
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe