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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 361 426
Rank change year-on-year -58 +65 +45
Permanent jobs citing Animation 9 26 42
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.037% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.47% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 25
10th Percentile £41,374 £33,163 £37,550
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £54,813 £70,938 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,875 £74,250 £84,600
England median annual salary £41,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.95% -4.55% -8.33%

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 8,258 5,552 8,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.26% 46.14% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,932 3,242 5,088
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £141,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

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 28 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Animation in London

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 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Figma
2 2 (22.22%) ChatGPT
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Contentful
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (11.11%) Vercel
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Claude Code
1 1 (11.11%) Gradle
1 1 (11.11%) Xcode
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (22.22%) 2D Animator
3 2 (22.22%) Animator
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Producer
4 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (11.11%) Motion Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (11.11%) Next.js
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) React Native
1 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
1 1 (11.11%) TanStack
1 1 (11.11%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Graphic Design
1 2 (22.22%) Midjourney
1 2 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (11.11%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) AI
2 3 (33.33%) Typography
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) CRM
3 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
3 2 (22.22%) Infographics
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) UX Design
3 2 (22.22%) Web Design
4 1 (11.11%) A/B Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) People Management
4 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 1 (11.11%) Push Notifications
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Adobe