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 26 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 353 367
Rank change year-on-year -69 +14 +78
Contract jobs citing Animation 16 15 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.080% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.30% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 12
10th Percentile £336 £308 -
25th Percentile £374 £360 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £370 £313
Median % change year-on-year +12.84% +18.40% -10.71%
75th Percentile £445 £430 £389
90th Percentile - £496 £583
England median daily rate £415 £370 £320
% change year-on-year +12.16% +15.63% -1.54%

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 7,378 5,068 5,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.90% 37.10% 34.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,629 3,336 3,959
10th Percentile £356 £337 £325
25th Percentile £450 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £738
90th Percentile £793 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 114 99
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £29.07 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +26.42% -3.61% -13.83%
75th Percentile £60.38 £45.75 £55.50
90th Percentile £85.13 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +34.22% -27.22% +9.70%

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 26 July 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 -
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 3 (18.75%) CMS
1 3 (18.75%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
2 4 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (6.25%) InDesign
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) ChatGPT
1 1 (6.25%) Figma
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Wearables
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Designer
3 5 (31.25%) Creative Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Motion Designer
5 3 (18.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (18.75%) Senior
5 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Creative Technologist
6 1 (6.25%) Digital Designer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Creative Technologist
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Technologist
6 1 (6.25%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) WebGL
2 3 (18.75%) Framer.js
2 3 (18.75%) GreenSock GSAP
2 3 (18.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) IoT
2 3 (18.75%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Graphic Design
3 1 (6.25%) Media Streaming
3 1 (6.25%) Midjourney
3 1 (6.25%) Social Media
3 1 (6.25%) Video Editing
3 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 5 (31.25%) Visual Effects
3 4 (25.00%) AI
3 4 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 4 (25.00%) Interaction Design
4 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
4 3 (18.75%) Machine Learning
5 2 (12.50%) Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Infographics
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Product Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 1 (6.25%) CRM
6 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce
6 1 (6.25%) Performance Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.25%) Time Management
6 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) GLSL
2 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Sony