Animation Contracts in England

Animation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 488 606
Rank change year-on-year +39 +118 +99
Contract jobs citing Animation 36 54 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.15% 0.093%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 36
10th Percentile £200 £263 £244
25th Percentile £217 £286 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +14.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £380 £594 £441
90th Percentile £475 £625 £563
UK median daily rate £370 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -31.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 0
Median hourly rate £33.91 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% - -
UK median hourly rate £33.91 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.64% - -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in England

Animation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Animation in England.

Daily rate trend for Animation in England

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in England

Animation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Animation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Animation in England

Animation
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 Animation within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +42 22 £370 +13.85% 62
Midlands - 11 £243 - 10
West Midlands - 9 £200 - 8
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 2
South West +26 1 £575 +82.54% 3
Animation
UK

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (30.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (30.56%) Photoshop
3 9 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 8 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (19.44%) Adobe After Effects
5 7 (19.44%) InDesign
6 6 (16.67%) Maya
7 5 (13.89%) Final Cut Pro
7 5 (13.89%) NUKE
8 4 (11.11%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (5.56%) Blender
10 1 (2.78%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (2.78%) Camtasia
10 1 (2.78%) Chatbot
10 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
10 1 (2.78%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (52.78%) Figma
2 2 (5.56%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) Xcode
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Games
3 5 (13.89%) Automotive
4 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.33%) Marketing
4 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Retail
6 1 (2.78%) Advertising
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Designer
2 15 (41.67%) Senior
3 12 (33.33%) Senior Designer
4 6 (16.67%) Digital Designer
5 5 (13.89%) Animator
6 2 (5.56%) Graphic Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Junior
6 2 (5.56%) Junior Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Junior Digital Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Motion Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Motion Designer
7 1 (2.78%) 3D Artist
7 1 (2.78%) 3D Designer
7 1 (2.78%) Artworker
7 1 (2.78%) Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Instructional Designer
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.78%) Technical Artist
7 1 (2.78%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) CSS
1 5 (13.89%) HTML
1 5 (13.89%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (8.33%) Django
3 2 (5.56%) Framer.js
3 2 (5.56%) VML
4 1 (2.78%) Core Animation
4 1 (2.78%) Core Data
4 1 (2.78%) RESTful
4 1 (2.78%) UIKit
4 1 (2.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Motion Graphics
2 12 (33.33%) Photography
3 6 (16.67%) Video Editing
4 5 (13.89%) Graphic Design
5 4 (11.11%) Mobile App
6 3 (8.33%) Learning Management System
6 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
7 2 (5.56%) Digital Media
7 2 (5.56%) e-Learning
7 2 (5.56%) Social Media
8 1 (2.78%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
8 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.78%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) User Experience
2 9 (25.00%) UX Design
3 8 (22.22%) B2B
4 7 (19.44%) Prototyping
5 6 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (16.67%) Interaction Design
5 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.67%) Storytelling
6 5 (13.89%) Game Development
6 5 (13.89%) Typography
7 4 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.11%) Mathematics
8 2 (5.56%) B2C
8 2 (5.56%) Business Strategy
8 2 (5.56%) Competitor Analysis
8 2 (5.56%) Due Diligence
8 2 (5.56%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.56%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 2 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) C++
3 3 (8.33%) Java
3 3 (8.33%) SQL
3 3 (8.33%) Tcl
4 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (2.78%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.78%) Swift
5 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) GRC
2 1 (2.78%) GxP
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) WCAG
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Adobe
2 3 (8.33%) YouTube
3 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.78%) Perforce
4 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow