Animation Jobs in the North West

Animation
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 266 293
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +19
Permanent jobs citing Animation 7 31 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.093% 0.27% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.89% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 1 31 1
10th Percentile - £27,000 -
25th Percentile £73,750 £34,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +106.67% -25.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £81,250 £41,375 £52,500
90th Percentile - £50,000 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +56.25% -30.43% +4.55%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,495 3,501 3,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.21% 30.53% 43.39%
Number of salaries quoted 882 2,304 1,476
10th Percentile £27,550 £26,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,114 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £84,056
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the North West

Animation
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Animation in the North West

Animation
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Manchester +59 4 £77,500 +93.75% 23
Cheshire +9 2 - - 8
Cumbria - 1 - -
Animation
England

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (14.29%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (14.29%) Blender
1 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
1 2 (28.57%) Miro
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Broadband
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Product Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) GraphQL
1 3 (42.86%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (42.86%) WebGL
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
1 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
1 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Storytelling
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) 3D Animation
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
3 3 (42.86%) Rapid Prototyping
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Visual Effects
4 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) Microinteractions
4 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
4 2 (28.57%) Psychology
4 2 (28.57%) User Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
4 2 (28.57%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) HLSL
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe