3ds Max Job Trends

Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring 3ds Max skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 641 748 693
Rank change year-on-year +107 -55 +369
Permanent jobs citing 3ds Max 22 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.009% 0.032%
As % of the Applications category 0.32% 0.097% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 17
10th Percentile - £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +23.53% -43.33%
75th Percentile £36,250 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £49,250 £90,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -23.53% +13.33% -53.13%

All Software Application Skills
UK

3ds Max falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,812 6,181 4,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.86% 9.09% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,158 3,138
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,827 £30,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -0.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,000 £80,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £43,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +12.99% -

3ds Max
Job Vacancy Trend

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

3ds Max job vacancy trend in the UK

3ds Max
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 3ds Max.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 3ds Max

3ds Max
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3ds Max over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for 3ds Max in the UK

3ds Max
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3ds Max within the UK over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Work from Home +83 12 £32,500 -35.00% 2
England +99 5 £32,500 -38.10% 4
UK excluding London +88 3 £32,500 -23.53% 3
Midlands +60 3 £32,500 -18.75%
West Midlands +43 3 £32,500 -18.75%
London +60 1 - - 2

3ds Max
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 11 (50.00%) AutoCAD
2 10 (45.45%) Blender
3 9 (40.91%) Maya
4 8 (36.36%) Navisworks
4 8 (36.36%) Revit
4 8 (36.36%) SketchUp
5 3 (13.64%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (13.64%) ZBrush
6 1 (4.55%) Houdini
6 1 (4.55%) NUKE
General
1 9 (40.91%) Games
1 9 (40.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (36.36%) Manufacturing
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
4 3 (13.64%) Marketing
4 3 (13.64%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Animator
1 6 (27.27%) Lead
2 5 (22.73%) Coordinator
3 3 (13.64%) CAD Designer
3 3 (13.64%) Designer
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Corona SDK
1 1 (4.55%) OpenGL
1 1 (4.55%) Qt
1 1 (4.55%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (4.55%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Xbox
2 7 (31.82%) Animation
3 3 (13.64%) Social Media
4 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Mentoring
2 8 (36.36%) Building Information Modelling
2 8 (36.36%) Digital Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (27.27%) Game Development
3 6 (27.27%) Motion Capture
3 6 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) CAD
4 3 (13.64%) Presales
5 2 (9.09%) Visual Effects
6 1 (4.55%) AI
6 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning
6 1 (4.55%) Mathematics
6 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.55%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.55%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) RPG
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) RIBA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Autodesk
2 3 (13.64%) Adobe