Visual Effects Contracts in London

Visual Effects (VFX)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Visual Effects skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visual Effects over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 379 481
Rank change year-on-year +35 +102 +115
Contract jobs citing Visual Effects 9 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.072% 0.067% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.076% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile £383 - £233
25th Percentile £395 £288 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £325 £415
Median % change year-on-year +31.08% -21.69% +3.75%
75th Percentile £445 £363 £430
90th Percentile £448 £462 -
England median daily rate £426 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +31.08% - -17.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Visual Effects falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in London.

Daily rate trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in London.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Effects in London

Visual Effects
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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) FileMaker
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Field Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Field Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Mac Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (55.56%) Mac OS X
3 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (55.56%) Storage Management
1 5 (55.56%) Time Management
2 4 (44.44%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Post-Production
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Apple
1 1 (11.11%) Aspera
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft