Visual Effects Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Visual Effects (VFX)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Visual Effects skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visual Effects over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 334 459
Rank change year-on-year - +125 +158
Contract jobs citing Visual Effects 0 12 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.079% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.090% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 8
10th Percentile - - £224
25th Percentile - £288 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £325 £295
Median % change year-on-year - +10.17% -26.25%
75th Percentile - £363 £350
90th Percentile - - £451
UK median daily rate £426 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +31.08% - -18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Visual Effects falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,390 22,975
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.90% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 8,954 16,256
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 577 528
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.19 £25.00 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.02 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.38 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Visual Effects
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Visual Effects trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Visual Effects
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Visual Effects daily rate for jobs with a WFH option