Animation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Animation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 363 456
Rank change year-on-year +39 +93 +49
Contract jobs citing Animation 12 36 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.17% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.59% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £200 £303 £161
25th Percentile £208 £349 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £279 £500 £290
Median % change year-on-year -44.15% +72.41% -9.02%
75th Percentile £324 £625 £305
90th Percentile £456 - £362
UK median daily rate £370 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -31.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 0
Median hourly rate £33.91 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% - -
UK median hourly rate £33.91 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.64% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Animation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Animation in the UK excluding London

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in the UK excluding London

Animation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Animation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Animation in the UK excluding London

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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 Animation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands - 11 £243 - 10
West Midlands - 9 £200 - 8
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 2
South West +26 1 £575 +82.54% 6
Animation
UK

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Maya
2 5 (41.67%) NUKE
3 3 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (8.33%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (8.33%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (8.33%) Photoshop
4 1 (8.33%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
General
1 6 (50.00%) Games
2 5 (41.67%) Automotive
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Designer
1 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Animator
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Designer
3 1 (8.33%) 3D Artist
3 1 (8.33%) Junior
3 1 (8.33%) Junior Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Junior Digital Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Motion Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Motion Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
1 3 (25.00%) Django
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (16.67%) Graphic Design
2 2 (16.67%) Photography
3 1 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Media
3 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (8.33%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) Video Editing
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Game Development
2 2 (16.67%) Interaction Design
2 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Typography
2 2 (16.67%) User Experience
2 2 (16.67%) UX Design
2 2 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) C++
2 3 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Tcl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) YouTube