Animation Jobs in Manchester

Animation
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 211 226
Rank change year-on-year +56 +15 +14
Permanent jobs citing Animation 4 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.17% 0.18% 0.022%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.56% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £28,750 -
25th Percentile £73,750 £31,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% -20.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £81,250 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - £52,500 -
North West median annual salary £77,500 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +106.67% -25.00% +42.86%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,082 1,966 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 46.34% 32.80% 45.13%
Number of salaries quoted 565 1,267 1,022
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £37,275
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,000 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +7.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,859 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,250 £82,500 £84,456
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in Manchester

Animation
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Animation in Manchester.

Salary trend for Animation in Manchester

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (25.00%) Blender
1 1 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (25.00%) InDesign
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) Miro
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Vercel
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Product Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Product Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
1 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Microinteractions
2 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 2 (50.00%) Psychology
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) User Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe