3ds Max Contract Job Trends

Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 621 - 581
Rank change year-on-year - - +150
Contract jobs citing 3ds Max 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.023%
As % of the Applications category 0.035% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile £305 - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £315 - £525
90th Percentile - - £530
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +77.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49.00
Median hourly rate - - £51.00
75th Percentile - - £53.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,883 2,442 3,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.31% 8.34% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,484 1,767
10th Percentile £220 £190 £161
25th Percentile £337 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £562 £539 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -9.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 239 625
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.73 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.22 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% +36.07% -45.65%
75th Percentile £33.12 £44.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £24.21 £16.06
% change year-on-year -17.74% +50.72% -48.19%

3ds Max
Job Vacancy Trend

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

3ds Max job vacancy trend in the UK

3ds Max
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

3ds Max
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

3ds Max
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

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 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 -
England - 1 £310 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £310 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £310 - 3

3ds Max
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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