Animation Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Animation
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 95 103
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Animation 10 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.55% 0.085% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 0.23% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £240 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - -
South East median daily rate £400 £240 £600
% change year-on-year +66.67% -60.00% +65.52%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Animation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 636 443 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.18% 37.67% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 276 253
10th Percentile £316 £290 £268
25th Percentile £400 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +7.06%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £692
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 17 26
10th Percentile £16.01 £32.05 £19.06
25th Percentile £29.23 £42.50 £31.06
Median hourly rate £68.22 £58.00 £45.06
Median % change year-on-year +17.61% +28.71% -30.32%
75th Percentile £85.13 £87.25 £60.95
90th Percentile £100.00 £88.87 £69.93
South East median hourly rate £38.49 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.44% -42.37% +4.27%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Animation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Animation job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Animation
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Animation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Animation

Animation
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Animation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Animation

Animation
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -21 6 £400 +66.67% 5
Bracknell - 4 - -
Animation
South East

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
General
1 8 (80.00%) Games
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Graphic Design
1 8 (80.00%) Interactive Media
1 8 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (20.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Content Development
2 2 (20.00%) Storyboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe