Visual Effects (VFX)
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 206 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +35 |
| Contract jobs citing Visual Effects | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | - | - | 0.035% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.039% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £286 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £295 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -26.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £303 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £304 |
| England median daily rate | £413 | £325 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.92% | +4.00% | -21.88% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England
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 the North of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,948 | 3,996 | 5,176 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England | 89.88% | 85.49% | 90.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,894 | 2,432 | 3,584 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £300 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £378 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £588 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 152 | 362 | 204 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.52 | £11.07 | £10.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £12.50 | £16.08 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.13 | £17.72 | £28.85 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +53.08% | -38.58% | +51.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.34 | £45.00 | £45.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.63 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.00 | £37.18 | £37.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.00% | -0.38% | +49.28% |
Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing Visual Effects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Visual Effects
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in the North of England.