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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 365 467
Rank change year-on-year -7 +102 +128
Contract jobs citing Visual Effects 3 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.068% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.076% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 3
10th Percentile £339 £514 £336
25th Percentile £348 £570 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £615 £430
Median % change year-on-year -39.23% +43.02% -33.85%
75th Percentile £408 £630 -
90th Percentile £422 - -
England median daily rate £374 £615 £387
% change year-on-year -39.23% +58.91% -11.54%

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 12,568 14,469 21,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.18% 88.87% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,414 10,214 15,860
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 195 231
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.15 £18.63
25th Percentile £24.50 £22.00 £24.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £35.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% -12.35% +12.50%
75th Percentile £49.63 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +61.35%

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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Producer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Post-Production
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Content Development
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Order Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling