Animation Job Trends in London

Animation
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 371 440
Rank change year-on-year -19 +69 +111
Permanent jobs citing Animation 15 30 57
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.075% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 43
10th Percentile - £31,300 £33,610
25th Percentile - £55,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.19% -9.57%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £59,625 £71,625 £69,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +47.06% -22.73%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,161 5,693 9,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.82% 44.65% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,214 3,284 6,784
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,695
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £136,250 £127,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Animation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Animation job vacancy trend in London

Animation
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Animation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Animation

Animation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Animation in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Animation in London

Animation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 2 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Animation
England

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) 3ds Max
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (6.67%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (6.67%) Houdini
1 1 (6.67%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Figma
1 2 (13.33%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
General
1 8 (53.33%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Advertising
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) 2D Animator
1 8 (53.33%) Animator
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Producer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior UI Developer
4 1 (6.67%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) React
2 2 (13.33%) Node.js
3 1 (6.67%) Corona SDK
3 1 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (6.67%) CSS3
3 1 (6.67%) D3.js
3 1 (6.67%) Highcharts JS
3 1 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (6.67%) HTML5
3 1 (6.67%) Next.js
3 1 (6.67%) RESTful
3 1 (6.67%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (6.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (6.67%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (6.67%) V-Ray
3 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
2 1 (6.67%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (6.67%) Video Editing
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) User Experience
2 2 (13.33%) UX Design
2 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (6.67%) Agile
3 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (6.67%) Content Management
3 1 (6.67%) CRUD
3 1 (6.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (6.67%) Infographics
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) People Management
3 1 (6.67%) Post-Production
3 1 (6.67%) Product Thinking
3 1 (6.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Typography
3 1 (6.67%) Visual Effects
3 1 (6.67%) Web Design
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe