Visual Effects (VFX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Visual Effects skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Effects over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 959 1179
Rank change year-on-year +83 +220 -317
Permanent jobs citing Visual Effects 18 34 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.032% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.034% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 15 30 11
10th Percentile £30,300 £35,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £43,125 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% -2.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £82,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,250 £55,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +48.65% -26.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Visual Effects is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visual Effects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Effects in the UK

Visual Effects
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects.

Salary trend for Visual Effects in the UK

Visual Effects
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Effects over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Effects in the UK

Visual Effects
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Effects within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +104 18 £50,000 -20.00% 23
UK excluding London -1 12 £41,250 -25.00% 10
London +125 6 £50,000 -20.00% 15
South East +29 4 £35,000 -47.17% 5
East of England - 4 £95,000 -
Work from Home +70 2 £42,500 -30.61% 12
North of England +45 2 £30,000 -40.00% 2
West Midlands +28 2 £39,500 - 1
Midlands +8 2 £39,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -

Visual Effects
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 4 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Maya
2 6 (33.33%) ZBrush
3 4 (22.22%) Blender
3 4 (22.22%) MotionBuilder
4 2 (11.11%) 3ds Max
4 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 13 (72.22%) Games
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Multimedia
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Art Director
1 4 (22.22%) Product Specialist
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Designer
3 2 (11.11%) 3D Designer
4 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Graphics Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Animation
1 7 (38.89%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Photography
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Social Media
3 1 (5.56%) Video Editing
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Game Development
1 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 3 (16.67%) 3D Modelling
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Use Case
3 2 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (5.56%) Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.56%) Iconography
4 1 (5.56%) Infographics
4 1 (5.56%) Logistics
4 1 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (5.56%) Project Management
4 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience
4 1 (5.56%) UX Design
4 1 (5.56%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C++
1 4 (22.22%) Python
1 4 (22.22%) RPG
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) C
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Apple
1 4 (22.22%) Atlassian
1 4 (22.22%) Autodesk
1 4 (22.22%) NVIDIA
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft