3ds Max Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 3ds Max skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - +75
Contract jobs citing 3ds Max 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - 0.005%
As % of the Applications category 0.059% - 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.78%
75th Percentile £315 - £425
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

3ds Max falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,697 1,267 2,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.35% 9.97% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 721 864
10th Percentile £203 £163 £150
25th Percentile £311 £223 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -9.97%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £500
90th Percentile £640 £575 £619
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 190 524
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.20 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.91 £24.21 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -17.74% +50.72% -48.19%
75th Percentile £30.28 £47.20 £39.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £24.22 £17.80
% change year-on-year -15.98% +36.07% -45.65%

3ds Max
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 3ds Max relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

3ds Max job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

3ds Max
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3ds Max.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3ds Max

3ds Max
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3ds Max.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3ds Max

3ds Max
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. 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
South West - 1 £310 -
3ds Max
UK

3ds Max
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alias