Animator Contracts in England

Animator
UK > England

The median Animator daily rate in England is £315, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 534 611
Rank change year-on-year +21 +77 +162
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Animator 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.003% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.003% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £235 - £240
25th Percentile £257 £230 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £240 £275
Median % change year-on-year +31.35% -12.73% -
75th Percentile £324 £250 £344
90th Percentile - - £363
UK median daily rate £315 £240 £275
% change year-on-year +31.35% -12.73% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,399 30,895 41,164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 92.97% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,391 19,993 28,989
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,376 1,702 1,329
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -43.76% +2.60% +68.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.12 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.71% +70.37%

Animator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Animator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Animator in England

Animator
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Animator job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Animator job vacancies in England

Animator
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Animator job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Animator job vacancies in England

Animator
DemandTrendContract 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 Animator within the England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands -9 3 £316 +31.67% 1
London - 3 £315 -
East Midlands - 2 £316 -
West Midlands -8 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £240 - 4
Animator
UK

Animator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, Animator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Animator in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Animation
2 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
2 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Game Development
2 4 (57.14%) Games
2 4 (57.14%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (57.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Storyboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (28.57%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (14.29%) 3D Animation
4 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Blender
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Microinteractions

Animator Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (14.29%) Blender
2 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Veeva
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) Framer.js
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Animation
2 2 (28.57%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Game Development
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Storyboarding
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Animation
3 1 (14.29%) Infographics
3 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
3 1 (14.29%) Microinteractions
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java