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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 332 430
Rank change year-on-year +23 +98 +190
Contract jobs citing Visual Effects 1 3 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.023% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.026% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £352 £293
25th Percentile £333 £448 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £615 £356
Median % change year-on-year -45.53% +72.75% -11.00%
75th Percentile £338 £623 £440
90th Percentile - - £536
UK median daily rate £374 £615 £409
% change year-on-year -39.23% +50.55% -6.63%

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 9,364 11,486 20,026
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.77% 87.24% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,276 7,716 14,091
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -2.33% -1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 402 481
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.52 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.77 £30.56 £25.95
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.20 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.03 £75.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +60.38%

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

Visual Effects
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Producer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Production
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling