Motion Graphics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Motion Graphics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Motion Graphics in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Motion Graphics over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 380 418
Rank change year-on-year +14 +38 +102
Contract jobs citing Motion Graphics 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.011% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.096% 0.038% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £225 £387
Median % change year-on-year +155.56% -41.86% +3.20%
75th Percentile £588 £238 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £363 £225 £424
% change year-on-year +61.11% -46.87% -0.35%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Motion Graphics 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 5,216 5,306 6,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.18% 28.96% 31.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,070 3,172 4,574
10th Percentile £230 £219 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 501 304
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.15 £16.51
25th Percentile £17.80 £17.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.67 £45.00 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.08% +4.05% +101.16%
75th Percentile £62.63 £70.00 £65.19
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £78.83
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -34.44% +15.38% +47.17%

Motion Graphics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Motion Graphics in the UK excluding London

Motion Graphics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Motion Graphics in the UK excluding London

Motion Graphics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Motion Graphics in the UK excluding London

Motion Graphics
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 Motion Graphics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
North of England - 2 - - 6
Midlands - 1 - - 10
South West - 1 £575 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - - 9
East of England - 1 - - 1
Motion Graphics
UK

Motion Graphics
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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (80.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (40.00%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (40.00%) InDesign
4 1 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (20.00%) Blender
4 1 (20.00%) Final Cut Pro
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Artworker
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Artworker
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Graphic Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Animator
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Motion Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Motion Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Framer.js
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Animation
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Microinteractions
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (20.00%) Typography
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Instagram
2 1 (20.00%) TikTok
2 1 (20.00%) YouTube