Animation Job Trends in the South East

Animation
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 289 338
Rank change year-on-year -35 +49 -29
Permanent jobs citing Animation 3 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.017% 0.13% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.071% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £25,800 -
25th Percentile £40,250 £29,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £35,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.57% -41.67% -9.43%
75th Percentile £42,750 £38,750 £69,375
90th Percentile - £41,000 £81,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.93% +7.50% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,243 3,747 4,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.63% 41.96% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,943 1,786 2,677
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,356 £27,757
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -8.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
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 the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Animation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Animation job vacancy trend in the South East

Animation
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Animation

Animation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
Thames Valley +1 3 £41,500 +18.57% 1
Oxfordshire -19 3 £41,500 +18.57% 1
Animation
England

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (100.00%) Moodle
1 3 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 3 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (100.00%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Content Development
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe