Animation Contracts 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 363 430
Rank change year-on-year +14 +67 +138
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Animation 10 20 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.075% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.37% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 18
10th Percentile £336 £202 £252
25th Percentile £380 £266 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £313 £338
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% -7.41% -38.64%
75th Percentile £488 £418 £430
90th Percentile £540 £600 £524
England median daily rate £360 £320 £338
% change year-on-year +12.42% -5.19% -25.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,091 5,456 8,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.08% 33.61% 35.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,333 3,742 5,885
10th Percentile £333 £338 £356
25th Percentile £438 £456 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £713 £750 £733
90th Percentile £825 £863 £835
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 78 79
10th Percentile £15.84 £17.25 £17.29
25th Percentile £23.21 £22.00 £22.62
Median hourly rate £27.25 £31.31 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.97% -10.54% +12.90%
75th Percentile £46.15 £53.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £65.06 £71.25 £76.50
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.82
% change year-on-year -35.90% +9.12% +76.23%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Animation 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
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in London

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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (20.00%) Final Cut Pro
1 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (10.00%) Camtasia
2 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (10.00%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Games
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Motion Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Animator
3 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Artworker
3 1 (10.00%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Motion Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Artist
3 1 (10.00%) UI Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (20.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) LangChain
3 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
3 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
3 1 (10.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) Social Media
2 2 (20.00%) Video Editing
3 1 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (10.00%) Learning Management System
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Conversational UI
2 2 (20.00%) Game Development
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Conversational AI
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Deadline-Driven
3 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (10.00%) Instructional Design
3 1 (10.00%) Microinteractions
3 1 (10.00%) Natural Language Understanding
3 1 (10.00%) Order Management
3 1 (10.00%) Post-Production
3 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (10.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (10.00%) UX Research
3 1 (10.00%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (10.00%) Perforce
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) YouTube