3D Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

3D Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median 3D Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 542 546
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a 3D Developer 3 1 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.003% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.003% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 102
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +38.89% -40.00%
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £53,750 £36,000
% change year-on-year +39.53% +49.31% -40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 44,049 29,556 47,666
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 91.48% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 27,551 14,399 36,952
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,966 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

3D Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3D Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

3D Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

3D Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for 3D Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for 3D Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

3D Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Midlands +14 3 £75,000 +50.00% 1
East Midlands -13 3 £75,000 +50.00% 1
3D Developer
UK

3D Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, 3D Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring 3D Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) DirectX
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL

3D Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (100.00%) DirectX
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL