3ds Max Contract Job Trends in England

Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring 3ds Max skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 - 532
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Contract jobs citing 3ds Max 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.024%
As % of the Applications category 0.039% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile £305 - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £315 - £525
90th Percentile - - £530
UK median daily rate £310 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Software Application Skills
England

3ds Max falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,557 2,100 2,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.54% 8.61% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 1,256 1,523
10th Percentile £220 £194 £160
25th Percentile £340 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £538
90th Percentile £656 £650 £652
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 217 576
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.20 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +39.16% -47.88%
75th Percentile £31.31 £46.30 £38.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £76.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £24.22 £17.80
% change year-on-year -15.98% +36.07% -45.65%

3ds Max
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 3ds Max relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

3ds Max job vacancy trend in England

3ds Max
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3ds Max.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3ds Max

3ds Max
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3ds Max.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3ds Max

3ds Max
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the England region over the 6 months to 14 April 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
South West - 1 £310 -
3ds Max
UK

3ds Max
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alias