Animation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Animation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 289 323 459
Rank change year-on-year +34 +136 +138
Contract jobs citing Animation 15 22 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.14% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.50% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 14
10th Percentile £200 £283 £227
25th Percentile £271 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £400 £313
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +28.00% -30.56%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £384
90th Percentile £588 £560 £460
UK median daily rate £370 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -31.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK median hourly rate £33.91 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.64% - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Animation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Animation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Animation.

Animation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Animation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Animation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Animation.

Animation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (20.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (6.67%) Chatbot
3 1 (6.67%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (6.67%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (6.67%) InDesign
3 1 (6.67%) Maya
3 1 (6.67%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) Xcode
General
1 5 (33.33%) Games
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Animator
1 5 (33.33%) Designer
2 3 (20.00%) Artworker
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) iOS Developer
3 1 (6.67%) 3D Artist
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Motion Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Motion Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (20.00%) Core Animation
2 3 (20.00%) Core Data
2 3 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (6.67%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (20.00%) Video Editing
3 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
3 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (6.67%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (13.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) User Experience
2 4 (26.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Game Development
2 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) iOS Development
3 3 (20.00%) Mobile First
4 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (13.33%) Clean Code
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (13.33%) UX Design
5 1 (6.67%) Conversational UI
5 1 (6.67%) Microinteractions
5 1 (6.67%) Storytelling
5 1 (6.67%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (20.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) Apple
3 1 (6.67%) YouTube