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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 535 552
Rank change year-on-year +48 +17 +121
Permanent jobs citing Animation 22 31 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.086% 0.061%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 19
10th Percentile £23,500 £35,150 £31,400
25th Percentile £25,000 £41,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -9.38% +8.24%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £96,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 13,649 12,311 11,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.19% 34.27% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,315 5,294 8,462
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,543
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
South East +41 9 £25,000 - 21
North of England +2 7 £42,500 -2.30% 12
West Midlands +18 4 £57,500 +36.90% 3
Midlands +15 4 £57,500 +36.90% 9
North East - 3 £42,500 - 3
North West +18 2 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire -19 2 - - 7
East of England +25 1 £47,500 - 15
South West +12 1 - - 9
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 3 (13.64%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (27.27%) Adobe Premiere
2 5 (22.73%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (22.73%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (22.73%) InDesign
3 2 (9.09%) Adobe XD
3 2 (9.09%) DaVinci Resolve
3 2 (9.09%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (9.09%) Photoshop
3 2 (9.09%) Sketch
4 1 (4.55%) 3ds Max
4 1 (4.55%) Blender
4 1 (4.55%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (4.55%) Fusion 360
4 1 (4.55%) GIMP
4 1 (4.55%) Maya
4 1 (4.55%) Siemens NX
4 1 (4.55%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Figma
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon Cognito
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon S3
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (13.64%) Canva
2 3 (13.64%) SaaS
2 3 (13.64%) Serverless
3 1 (4.55%) Google Ads
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
1 3 (13.64%) MLflow
2 2 (9.09%) Cypress.io
General
1 9 (40.91%) Marketing
2 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.64%) Multimedia
3 2 (9.09%) Advertising
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Billing
4 1 (4.55%) Games
4 1 (4.55%) iGaming
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Designer
2 3 (13.64%) Animator
2 3 (13.64%) Content Designer
2 3 (13.64%) Digital Executive
2 3 (13.64%) e-Learning Designer
2 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Digital Designer
3 2 (9.09%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing Executive
4 1 (4.55%) Product Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) CSS
2 4 (18.18%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (13.64%) Framer.js
3 3 (13.64%) HTML
3 3 (13.64%) PyTorch
4 2 (9.09%) Jest
4 2 (9.09%) Next.js
4 2 (9.09%) React
5 1 (4.55%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Video Editing
2 5 (22.73%) Graphic Design
2 5 (22.73%) Social Media
3 3 (13.64%) Digital Media
3 3 (13.64%) Digital Signage
3 3 (13.64%) e-Learning
3 3 (13.64%) Learning Management System
3 3 (13.64%) Life Science
3 3 (13.64%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (13.64%) Robotics
3 3 (13.64%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (9.09%) Photography
4 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.55%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (4.55%) Blog
5 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 1 (4.55%) Podcast
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Android
2 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) User Experience
2 7 (31.82%) Storytelling
3 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
3 5 (22.73%) Storyboarding
4 4 (18.18%) Copywriting
4 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 3 (13.64%) AI
5 3 (13.64%) B2B
5 3 (13.64%) Business Development
5 3 (13.64%) Content Development
5 3 (13.64%) Content Management
5 3 (13.64%) Creative Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Data Acquisition
5 3 (13.64%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (13.64%) Instructional Design
5 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (13.64%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C++
1 3 (13.64%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Ansible
1 3 (13.64%) Kubeflow
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Adobe
2 2 (9.09%) Instagram
2 2 (9.09%) TikTok
2 2 (9.09%) YouTube
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Siemens