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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 598 721
Rank change year-on-year +108 +123 -147
Contract jobs citing Animation 60 38 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.081% 0.094%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 31 54
10th Percentile £246 £238 £254
25th Percentile £270 £260 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £320 £503
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% -36.41% +18.41%
75th Percentile £590 £413 £686
90th Percentile £625 £518 £700
UK median daily rate £400 £320 £510
% change year-on-year +25.00% -37.25% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 1
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - £41.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £20.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +125.00% -54.29% -2.78%

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 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

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 21 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Animation in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 21 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 24 £325 -7.14% 17
South West +19 21 £315 -1.56%
South East +21 8 £600 +140.00% 8
North of England +22 6 - - 3
Yorkshire - 6 - - 1
West Midlands +18 1 £240 +130.77% 3
Midlands +17 1 £240 +130.77% 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 2 (3.33%) CMS
2 1 (1.67%) Moodle
2 1 (1.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (30.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 16 (26.67%) Acrobat
3 14 (23.33%) Photoshop
4 13 (21.67%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (8.33%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (8.33%) Maya
7 4 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (5.00%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (5.00%) InDesign
8 3 (5.00%) InVision
8 3 (5.00%) Sketch
9 2 (3.33%) 3ds Max
9 2 (3.33%) Blender
9 2 (3.33%) NUKE
10 1 (1.67%) AutoCAD
10 1 (1.67%) Houdini
10 1 (1.67%) PTC Creo
10 1 (1.67%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) Figma
2 2 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
3 1 (1.67%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) HTTP
1 1 (1.67%) SSH
1 1 (1.67%) VPN
1 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.67%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.67%) Marketing
3 12 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 8 (13.33%) Multimedia
5 7 (11.67%) Games
6 4 (6.67%) Advertising
6 4 (6.67%) Publishing
7 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.00%) Health Technology
7 3 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.33%) Automotive
8 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.33%) Electronics
8 2 (3.33%) Finance
8 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.33%) Retail
9 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.67%) Local Government
9 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (28.33%) Designer
2 12 (20.00%) Author
2 12 (20.00%) Technical Author
3 10 (16.67%) Developer
4 8 (13.33%) Technical Illustrator
5 6 (10.00%) Email Designer
6 4 (6.67%) Animator
6 4 (6.67%) Senior
6 4 (6.67%) Senior Designer
6 4 (6.67%) Senior UI Designer
6 4 (6.67%) UI Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Graphics Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Lead
7 3 (5.00%) Lead Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (5.00%) UI/UX Designer
7 3 (5.00%) UX Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Video Editor
8 2 (3.33%) Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.00%) SGML
1 12 (20.00%) XML
2 10 (16.67%) CSS
3 8 (13.33%) HTML
3 8 (13.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 5 (8.33%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (5.00%) DirectX
5 3 (5.00%) OpenGL
5 3 (5.00%) OpenGL ES
5 3 (5.00%) Vulkan
6 2 (3.33%) Framer.js
6 2 (3.33%) Node.js
6 2 (3.33%) PyQt
6 2 (3.33%) PySide
6 2 (3.33%) React
6 2 (3.33%) Redux
7 1 (1.67%) Core Data
7 1 (1.67%) Sass
7 1 (1.67%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.67%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Graphic Design
2 7 (11.67%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (10.00%) Motion Graphics
3 6 (10.00%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (8.33%) Digital Media
5 4 (6.67%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (5.00%) Algorithms
6 3 (5.00%) Mixed Reality
7 2 (3.33%) Photography
7 2 (3.33%) Video Editing
8 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.67%) Blog
8 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.67%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.67%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Android
2 3 (5.00%) Windows
3 2 (3.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) CAD
2 12 (20.00%) Data Management
2 12 (20.00%) Time Management
3 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (13.33%) User Experience
5 7 (11.67%) Visual Effects
6 6 (10.00%) 3D Animation
6 6 (10.00%) Email Marketing
7 5 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (8.33%) Storytelling
7 5 (8.33%) Typography
8 4 (6.67%) Coaching
8 4 (6.67%) Computer Science
8 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.67%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (6.67%) UX Design
9 3 (5.00%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (5.00%) B2C
9 3 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.33%) C#
1 5 (8.33%) C++
2 4 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.67%) Python
3 3 (5.00%) Java
3 3 (5.00%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.33%) GLSL
4 2 (3.33%) HLSL
4 2 (3.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.67%) Bash
5 1 (1.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 16 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) Def Stans
2 4 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) QA
3 1 (1.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 28 (46.67%) Adobe
2 6 (10.00%) dotdigital
3 1 (1.67%) Apple
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Perforce
3 1 (1.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.67%) SAP
3 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.67%) Sitecore