Animation Contract Job Trends in London

Animation
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 359 377
Rank change year-on-year -93 +18 +27
Contract jobs citing Animation 13 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.064% 0.074% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 14
10th Percentile £336 £333 £202
25th Percentile £374 £372 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £444 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +36.54% -10.34%
75th Percentile £445 £509 £418
90th Percentile - £549 £600
England median daily rate £420 £352 £325
% change year-on-year +19.40% +8.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £50.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -32.02% -37.50% +88.24%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,744 5,194 5,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.10% 38.55% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,895 3,359 3,610
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £450 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 124 70
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.24 £23.80
Median hourly rate £34.62 £26.64 £32.06
Median % change year-on-year +29.94% -16.91% +18.74%
75th Percentile £58.13 £45.80 £53.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.92 £71.31
England median hourly rate £36.75 £30.93 £57.35
% change year-on-year +18.82% -46.07% +25.16%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Animation job vacancy trend in London

Animation
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Animation

Animation
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Animation

Animation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Central London - 1 £323 - 1
Animation
England

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (7.69%) InDesign
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Figma
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) ChatGPT
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Advertising
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Designer
2 4 (30.77%) Creative Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Interaction Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Interaction Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Motion Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Motion Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Designer
5 1 (7.69%) e-Learning Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 2 (15.38%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
3 1 (7.69%) Graphic Design
3 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
3 1 (7.69%) Midjourney
3 1 (7.69%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Iconography
1 4 (30.77%) Storytelling
2 3 (23.08%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 3 (23.08%) Interaction Design
2 3 (23.08%) Microinteractions
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Product Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) AI
4 1 (7.69%) B2C
4 1 (7.69%) Brand Management
4 1 (7.69%) CRM
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe