3D Artist Job Trends

3D Artist
UK

The median 3D Artist salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 - 746
Rank change year-on-year - - +409
Permanent jobs requiring a 3D Artist 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 43,926 66,553 53,917
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.92% 95.33% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,797 38,156 41,676
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.50% -4.76% -

3D Artist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

3D Artist job vacancy trend in the UK

3D Artist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for 3D Artist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for 3D Artist job vacancies in the UK

3D Artist
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Artist within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 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
England - 2 £55,000 - 3
Work from Home - 1 - - 2
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2
London - 1 £55,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

3D Artist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, 3D Artist 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 featuring 3D Artist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Maya
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (50.00%) Blender
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Hub
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Texturing
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Effects
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) V-Ray

3D Artist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Maya
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) Blender
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Hub
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (50.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Texturing
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Effects
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Autodesk