Visual Effects Job Trends in London

Visual Effects (VFX)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Visual Effects skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 439 437
Rank change year-on-year +55 -2 +247
Permanent jobs citing Visual Effects 3 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.022% 0.037% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.039% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £42,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £75,313
90th Percentile - - £82,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year +15.79% -28.30% +20.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,041 15,210 16,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.58% 93.91% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,741 8,729 13,372
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £121,250 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Visual Effects job vacancy trend in London

Visual Effects
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Effects.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Effects

Visual Effects
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (66.67%) Blender
1 2 (66.67%) Maya
2 1 (33.33%) 3ds Max
2 1 (33.33%) Houdini
2 1 (33.33%) NUKE
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 3D Artist
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (33.33%) Corona SDK
2 1 (33.33%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python