3D Graphics Job Trends

3D Graphics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited 3D Graphics over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 685 659
Rank change year-on-year +59 -26 +338
Permanent jobs citing 3D Graphics 23 26 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.049% 0.097%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 36
10th Percentile £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £98,750
Median % change year-on-year - -24.05% +64.58%
75th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £101,875
90th Percentile £106,750 £89,500 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +20.83% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

3D Graphics 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,616 19,935 20,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.19% 37.19% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,355 9,359 14,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

3D Graphics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 3D Graphics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

3D Graphics job vacancy trend in the UK

3D Graphics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 3D Graphics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 3D Graphics

3D Graphics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3D Graphics over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for 3D Graphics in the UK

3D Graphics
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 Graphics within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +58 23 £75,000 +3.45% 33
UK excluding London +37 22 £75,000 +3.45% 30
Midlands +26 6 £75,000 +50.00% 3
South East +25 6 £92,500 +27.59% 13
East Midlands -7 6 £75,000 +50.00% 1
Work from Home +58 5 £40,000 -50.00% 33
East of England +27 5 £40,000 -60.00% 7
North of England +11 5 - - 3
North West - 5 - - 1
London +61 1 £47,500 - 6

3D Graphics
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 6 (26.09%) Photoshop
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Google Play
1 2 (8.70%) TestFlight
2 1 (4.35%) Canva
2 1 (4.35%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) Jenkins
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Android Studio
2 2 (8.70%) CMake
2 2 (8.70%) TestRail
2 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.70%) Xcode
General
1 9 (39.13%) Games
2 5 (21.74%) Retail
3 3 (13.04%) Advertising
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Publishing
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) C# Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Designer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior
2 6 (26.09%) Senior C# Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Developer
3 5 (21.74%) 3D Designer
4 3 (13.04%) 3D Developer
4 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Android Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Applications Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Scientist
5 2 (8.70%) Image Processing Scientist
5 2 (8.70%) iOS Android Developer
5 2 (8.70%) iOS Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Scientific Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) OpenGL
2 8 (34.78%) .NET
3 6 (26.09%) .NET Core
3 6 (26.09%) DirectX
4 5 (21.74%) Qt
4 5 (21.74%) Vulkan
5 2 (8.70%) Google Maps API
5 2 (8.70%) Keras
5 2 (8.70%) OpenSceneGraph
5 2 (8.70%) QML
5 2 (8.70%) Qt Quick
5 2 (8.70%) TensorFlow
6 1 (4.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Algorithms
2 7 (30.43%) Graphic Design
3 3 (13.04%) CUDA
3 3 (13.04%) Mobile App
4 2 (8.70%) Life Science
5 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (4.35%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (4.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Android
3 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Software Engineering
2 11 (47.83%) CAD
2 11 (47.83%) Physics
3 9 (39.13%) Mathematics
4 7 (30.43%) Agile
5 6 (26.09%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
6 5 (21.74%) Machine Learning
7 3 (13.04%) Mathematical Modelling
7 3 (13.04%) Multithreading
7 3 (13.04%) Software Architecture
7 3 (13.04%) Validation
8 2 (8.70%) AI
8 2 (8.70%) Android Development
8 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
8 2 (8.70%) Image Processing
8 2 (8.70%) iOS Development
8 2 (8.70%) Neural Network
8 2 (8.70%) Parallel Programming
8 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) C++
2 7 (30.43%) C#
3 6 (26.09%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) T-SQL
4 5 (21.74%) C
4 5 (21.74%) Python
5 4 (17.39%) Bash
5 4 (17.39%) Java
6 3 (13.04%) GLSL
7 2 (8.70%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) PhD
3 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Adobe
1 2 (8.70%) Apple
1 2 (8.70%) ESRI
1 2 (8.70%) Google
1 2 (8.70%) Mapbox
1 2 (8.70%) Xamarin
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Vectorworks