Animation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Animation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 508 653
Rank change year-on-year -75 +145 -18
Permanent jobs citing Animation 16 25 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.084% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.20% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 76
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,500 £24,688
25th Percentile £34,125 £42,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +35.48% -13.89%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,563
90th Percentile - £70,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £41,235
% change year-on-year -20.00% +51.57% -28.29%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,826 12,334 24,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.24% 41.65% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,710 5,341 15,508
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Animation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Animation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Animation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Animation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Animation

Animation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Animation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Animation in the UK excluding London

Animation
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 Animation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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 -18 8 £45,000 -14.29% 6
West Midlands -21 8 £45,000 -14.29% 6
North of England -43 4 £35,000 -54.84% 5
East of England - 3 £45,000 - 5
North East - 3 £35,000 -
North West +4 1 £70,000 -9.68% 5
Scotland - 1 - -
Animation
UK

Animation
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Photoshop
2 6 (37.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (31.25%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (12.50%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (6.25%) 3ds Max
6 1 (6.25%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (6.25%) Blender
6 1 (6.25%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (6.25%) Fusion 360
6 1 (6.25%) Maya
6 1 (6.25%) Siemens NX
6 1 (6.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Contentful
2 1 (6.25%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (6.25%) Vercel
2 1 (6.25%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Claude Code
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Gradle
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Plastic SCM
1 1 (6.25%) Xcode
General
1 8 (50.00%) Games
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) iGaming
3 5 (31.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Animator
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Graphic Artist
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) 2D Animator
3 2 (12.50%) Lecturer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Animator
4 1 (6.25%) Creative Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Producer
4 1 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) GreenSock GSAP
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (6.25%) Next.js
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) React Native
1 1 (6.25%) Tailwind CSS
1 1 (6.25%) TanStack
1 1 (6.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (6.25%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (6.25%) V-Ray
1 1 (6.25%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Graphic Design
1 4 (25.00%) Photography
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Educational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) e-Learning
2 1 (6.25%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) PropTech
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Social Media
2 1 (6.25%) Video Editing
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) User Experience
2 4 (25.00%) Project Management
2 4 (25.00%) Storyboarding
3 3 (18.75%) Copywriting
3 3 (18.75%) Creative Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) E-Commerce
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) SEO
3 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (12.50%) AI
4 2 (12.50%) Clean Code
4 2 (12.50%) UX Design
4 2 (12.50%) Visual Effects
5 1 (6.25%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) CAD
5 1 (6.25%) Logistics
5 1 (6.25%) OO
5 1 (6.25%) OOP
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) DoubleClick
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Siemens
2 1 (6.25%) Synthesia