Animation Jobs in the City of London

Animation
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 172 220
Rank change year-on-year +37 +48 +57
Permanent jobs citing Animation 4 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.20% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.52% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £44,375 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £85,625 £64,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% - +8.11%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Animation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 804 1,159 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.10% 34.64% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 602 881 1,535
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,397
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £103,750 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the City of London

Animation
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Animation in the City of London.

Salary trend for Animation in the City of London

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (25.00%) Blender
1 1 (25.00%) Houdini
1 1 (25.00%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (50.00%) WebGL
2 1 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) 3D Animation
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Effects
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
3 1 (25.00%) Image Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Texturing
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) HLSL
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Perforce