3D Graphics Contracts

3D Graphics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3D Graphics 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 517 562 717
Rank change year-on-year +45 +155 +132
Contract jobs citing 3D Graphics 3 20 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.046% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.030% 0.15% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile £326 £293 -
25th Percentile £328 £488 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -37.55% +7.32% +86.36%
75th Percentile £366 £800 £519
90th Percentile £371 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £675 -
% change year-on-year -48.15% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Generic Skills
UK

3D 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,944 13,250 19,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.97% 30.42% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,345 8,502 13,668
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 912 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%

3D Graphics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3D Graphics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3D Graphics in the UK

3D Graphics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3D Graphics.

Daily rate trend for 3D Graphics in the UK

3D Graphics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3D Graphics.

Hourly rate trend for 3D Graphics in the UK

3D Graphics
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Graphics within the UK 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
England +42 3 £344 -37.55% 38
Work from Home +38 2 £344 -37.55% 15
London +35 2 £337 +12.33% 13
UK excluding London +50 1 £350 -48.15% 26
East Midlands - 1 £350 - 6
Midlands - 1 £350 - 9

3D Graphics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
1 1 (33.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Qt Creator
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Graphics Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Qt Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) DirectX
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) ONNX
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) QML
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
1 1 (33.33%) Qt Quick
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (33.33%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Rendering
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Platform Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft