Animation Contracts in the Midlands

Animation
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 134 159
Rank change year-on-year +31 +25 +44
Contract jobs citing Animation 14 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.71% 0.037% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.21% 0.12% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £200 £230 £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £240 £104
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +130.77% -
75th Percentile £324 £250 £106
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £316 £363 £350
% change year-on-year -12.83% +3.57% -29.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.91 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 633 817 1,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.95% 30.36% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 529 711
10th Percentile £200 £213 £263
25th Percentile £375 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £740 £700
England median daily rate £535 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -2.73% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 60 45
10th Percentile £13.81 £10.42 £17.11
25th Percentile £14.45 £13.68 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -30.91% +61.76%
75th Percentile £32.84 £28.88 £52.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.49
% change year-on-year -3.54% +52.15% -15.15%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the Midlands

Animation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Animation in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Animation in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Animation in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Animation in the Midlands

Animation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Animation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Animation in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +24 12 £200 -16.67% 55
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 40
Animation
England

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (71.43%) Maya
2 7 (50.00%) NUKE
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (7.14%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Figma
General
1 10 (71.43%) Games
2 9 (64.29%) Automotive
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
4 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Animator
2 2 (14.29%) Designer
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Designer
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) 3D Artist
3 1 (7.14%) Junior
3 1 (7.14%) Junior Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Junior Digital Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) CSS
1 7 (50.00%) Django
1 7 (50.00%) HTML
2 4 (28.57%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (14.29%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (14.29%) Photography
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Game Development
2 2 (14.29%) Interaction Design
2 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 2 (14.29%) Storytelling
2 2 (14.29%) User Experience
2 2 (14.29%) UX Design
2 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
2 2 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C++
1 7 (50.00%) Java
1 7 (50.00%) Python
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Adobe
2 2 (14.29%) Autodesk
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft