Animation Jobs in the Midlands

Animation
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 303 299
Rank change year-on-year +59 -4 +20
Permanent jobs citing Animation 10 12 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.099% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.30% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £20,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £22,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -12.14% -10.26%
75th Percentile £47,500 £37,125 £37,500
90th Percentile - £43,375 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £41,235 £57,500
% change year-on-year +51.57% -28.29% +15.00%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,361 3,964 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.44% 32.78% 43.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 2,646 1,463
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.10% +12.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the Midlands

Animation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Animation in the Midlands

Animation
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +61 7 - - 8
East Midlands +31 3 £45,000 +50.00% 3
Animation
England

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
1 3 (30.00%) Sketch
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (10.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Broadband
General
1 5 (50.00%) Games
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) iGaming
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Designer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior
2 3 (30.00%) Junior Designer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior UI/UX Designer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior UX Designer
2 3 (30.00%) UI Designer
2 3 (30.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 3 (30.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Producer
3 1 (10.00%) Games Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) GraphQL
1 4 (40.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (40.00%) WebGL
2 3 (30.00%) CSS
2 3 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Video Editing
2 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (10.00%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (10.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) 3D Animation
1 5 (50.00%) Visual Effects
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 3 (30.00%) Design Thinking
3 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (30.00%) Usability Testing
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
3 3 (30.00%) User Research
3 3 (30.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (30.00%) UX Design
3 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (10.00%) Post-Production
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Sony