3D Designer
UK

The median 3D Designer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 967 1228
Rank change year-on-year +89 +261 -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3D Designer 18 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.003% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 4
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,400 £43,500
25th Percentile £34,063 £39,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £44,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -45.00% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £56,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,450 £62,200 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,250 - £40,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

3D Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 3D Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3D Designer in the UK

3D Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3D Designer.

Salary trend for 3D Designer in the UK

3D Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3D Designer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 3D Designer in the UK

3D Designer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +126 16 £46,250 +5.11% 4
London +138 8 £57,500 +36.90% 3
UK excluding London - 8 £31,250 - 1
East of England - 4 - -
Work from Home - 3 £110,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £30,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £32,500 -
Midlands - 1 £32,500 -
South East - 1 £47,500 -

3D Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 3D Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring 3D Designer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Adobe
2 7 (38.89%) 3D Modelling
3 6 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
3 6 (33.33%) Retail
3 6 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (33.33%) Marketing
4 5 (27.78%) Animation
4 5 (27.78%) CINEMA 4D
4 5 (27.78%) 3ds Max
4 5 (27.78%) Adobe Premiere
4 5 (27.78%) Visualisation
4 5 (27.78%) Motion Graphics
4 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) 3D Animation
5 4 (22.22%) 3D Visualisation
5 4 (22.22%) FMCG
5 4 (22.22%) Graphic Design
5 4 (22.22%) SketchUp
6 3 (16.67%) Vectorworks
6 3 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (16.67%) Photoshop
6 3 (16.67%) AutoCAD
6 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (11.11%) Three.js
7 2 (11.11%) Babylonjs
7 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 2 (11.11%) React
7 2 (11.11%) Fintech
7 2 (11.11%) Prototyping

3D Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
1 6 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (27.78%) 3ds Max
2 5 (27.78%) Adobe Premiere
2 5 (27.78%) CINEMA 4D
3 4 (22.22%) SketchUp
4 3 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (16.67%) AutoCAD
4 3 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 2 (11.11%) ZBrush
6 1 (5.56%) Blender
General
1 6 (33.33%) Marketing
1 6 (33.33%) Retail
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Babylonjs
1 2 (11.11%) React
1 2 (11.11%) Three.js
2 1 (5.56%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (27.78%) Animation
2 5 (27.78%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (22.22%) FMCG
3 4 (22.22%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.56%) Social Media
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) 3D Modelling
2 5 (27.78%) Visualisation
3 4 (22.22%) 3D Animation
3 4 (22.22%) 3D Visualisation
4 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Fintech
5 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.11%) Prototyping
5 2 (11.11%) Visual Effects
6 1 (5.56%) CAD
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Storytelling
6 1 (5.56%) Time Management
6 1 (5.56%) User Experience
6 1 (5.56%) User Research
6 1 (5.56%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Adobe
2 3 (16.67%) Vectorworks
3 2 (11.11%) Autodesk
4 1 (5.56%) Monzo
4 1 (5.56%) Revolut