Animation Contracts

Animation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 657 774
Rank change year-on-year +135 +117 -146
Contract jobs citing Animation 62 40 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.072% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 31 59
10th Percentile £250 £238 £260
25th Percentile £273 £260 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £320 £510
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -37.25% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £413 £675
90th Percentile £625 £518 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £290 £300
% change year-on-year +37.93% -3.33% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 1
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 £18.00 £41.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -54.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £22.00 £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year +125.00% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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 +108 60 £363 +13.28% 61
UK excluding London +56 36 £400 +37.93% 31
Work from Home +118 24 £400 +31.15% 35
London +76 24 £325 -7.14% 29
South West +19 21 £315 -1.56% 1
South East +21 8 £600 +140.00% 8
North of England +22 6 - - 7
Yorkshire - 6 - - 2
West Midlands +18 1 £240 +130.77% 8
Midlands +17 1 £240 +130.77% 10

Animation
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) CMS
1 2 (3.23%) Moodle
2 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (29.03%) Adobe Illustrator
2 16 (25.81%) Acrobat
3 15 (24.19%) Photoshop
4 13 (20.97%) Adobe After Effects
5 7 (11.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (8.06%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (8.06%) Maya
8 4 (6.45%) InDesign
8 4 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (4.84%) 3ds Max
9 3 (4.84%) Blender
9 3 (4.84%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (4.84%) InVision
9 3 (4.84%) Sketch
10 2 (3.23%) Houdini
10 2 (3.23%) NUKE
11 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (1.61%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (1.61%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Figma
2 3 (4.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) AWS
3 1 (1.61%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) HTTP
1 1 (1.61%) SSH
1 1 (1.61%) VPN
1 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.61%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.81%) Marketing
3 12 (19.35%) Aerospace
4 8 (12.90%) Multimedia
5 7 (11.29%) Games
6 5 (8.06%) Publishing
7 4 (6.45%) Advertising
8 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.84%) Health Technology
8 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.23%) Automotive
9 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Electronics
9 2 (3.23%) Finance
9 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Retail
10 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.61%) Local Government
10 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Designer
2 12 (19.35%) Author
2 12 (19.35%) Developer
2 12 (19.35%) Technical Author
3 8 (12.90%) Technical Illustrator
4 6 (9.68%) Email Designer
5 4 (6.45%) Animator
5 4 (6.45%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Senior Designer
5 4 (6.45%) Senior UI Designer
5 4 (6.45%) UI Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Graphics Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Lead
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior UX Designer
6 3 (4.84%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (4.84%) UX Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Video Editor
7 2 (3.23%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.97%) XML
2 12 (19.35%) SGML
3 11 (17.74%) CSS
4 9 (14.52%) HTML
5 8 (12.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 6 (9.68%) Unreal Engine
7 3 (4.84%) DirectX
7 3 (4.84%) OpenGL
7 3 (4.84%) OpenGL ES
7 3 (4.84%) Vulkan
8 2 (3.23%) Framer.js
8 2 (3.23%) Node.js
8 2 (3.23%) PyQt
8 2 (3.23%) PySide
8 2 (3.23%) React
8 2 (3.23%) Redux
9 1 (1.61%) Core Data
9 1 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (1.61%) SwiftUI
9 1 (1.61%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Graphic Design
2 7 (11.29%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.68%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (9.68%) Motion Graphics
3 6 (9.68%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (8.06%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (8.06%) Digital Media
5 3 (4.84%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.84%) Mixed Reality
5 3 (4.84%) Photography
6 2 (3.23%) Video Editing
7 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.61%) Blog
7 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.61%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.61%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.61%) Interactive Media
7 1 (1.61%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Android
2 3 (4.84%) Windows
3 2 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) CAD
2 12 (19.35%) Data Management
2 12 (19.35%) Time Management
3 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.90%) User Experience
5 7 (11.29%) 3D Animation
5 7 (11.29%) Visual Effects
6 6 (9.68%) Email Marketing
7 5 (8.06%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (8.06%) Storytelling
7 5 (8.06%) Typography
8 4 (6.45%) 3D Modelling
8 4 (6.45%) Coaching
8 4 (6.45%) Computer Science
8 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.45%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (6.45%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (6.45%) UX Design
9 3 (4.84%) Web Design
9 3 (4.84%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) C#
2 5 (8.06%) C++
2 5 (8.06%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.06%) Python
3 3 (4.84%) Java
3 3 (4.84%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.23%) GLSL
4 2 (3.23%) HLSL
4 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.61%) Bash
5 1 (1.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 16 (25.81%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) Def Stans
2 4 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (46.77%) Adobe
2 6 (9.68%) dotdigital
3 2 (3.23%) Perforce
4 1 (1.61%) Apple
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.61%) SAP
4 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) Sitecore