3D Designer Job Trends

3D Designer
UK

The median 3D Designer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 674 883
Rank change year-on-year -60 +209 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a 3D Designer 7 1 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.002% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.003% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 14
10th Percentile £40,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £45,000 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -4.76% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £59,688
90th Percentile - - £110,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 - £31,250

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 86,325 39,559 100,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.42% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 58,991 22,376 72,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

3D Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

3D Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

3D Designer
Salary Trend

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

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

3D Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3D Designer over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for 3D Designer in the UK

3D Designer
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 Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -57 5 £32,500 -35.00%
London -39 4 - -
Work from Home +10 2 £75,000 +50.00% 2
UK excluding London - 1 £32,500 -
North of England - 1 £32,500 -
North West - 1 £32,500 -

3D Designer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, 3D Designer 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 Designer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Building Information Modelling
1 4 (57.14%) Revit
2 3 (42.86%) Blender
2 3 (42.86%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 2 (28.57%) React
3 2 (28.57%) WebGL
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (14.29%) InDesign
4 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design

3D Designer 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 4 (57.14%) Revit
2 3 (42.86%) Blender
2 3 (42.86%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
3 1 (14.29%) InDesign
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) React
1 2 (28.57%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
1 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe