Animation Contract Job Trends in the South East

Animation
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 174 202
Rank change year-on-year +10 +28 +60
Contract jobs citing Animation 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.070% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £271
25th Percentile - £575 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £600 £363
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +65.52% +11.54%
75th Percentile - £625 £428
90th Percentile - - £464
England median daily rate £388 £325 £383
% change year-on-year +19.23% -15.03% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.05 - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 - £42.50
% change year-on-year - - +22.20%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,132 1,291 1,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.26% 30.12% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 738 1,179
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £358 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 75 107
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.04 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.63 £23.79
Median hourly rate £27.25 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.45% - +132.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £75.00 £67.09
90th Percentile £69.91 £75.16 £77.70
England median hourly rate £29.50 £53.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -44.60% +15.31% +79.62%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Animation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Animation job vacancy trend in the South East

Animation
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation

Animation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation

Animation
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Hampshire - 3 - - 1
Berkshire +15 1 £240 - 2
Thames Valley 0 1 £240 - 6
Animation
England

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (75.00%) 3ds Max
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Veeva
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 3D Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Animator
2 1 (25.00%) Video Editor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (75.00%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Storyboarding
2 3 (75.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Instructional Design
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Animation
3 1 (25.00%) Infographics
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
1 3 (75.00%) Autodesk