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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring 3ds Max skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 3ds Max over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 761 1122
Rank change year-on-year -21 +361 -48
Permanent jobs citing 3ds Max 8 16 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.026% 0.030%
As % of the Applications category 0.11% 0.33% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 11
10th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £30,265
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -14.58% +41.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £130,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,730
% change year-on-year +6.67% +22.03% +2.43%

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 7,452 4,855 13,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 8.02% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,492 3,405 6,812
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.42% -5.00% +6.67%

3ds Max
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3ds Max as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3ds Max in the UK

3ds Max
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3ds Max.

Salary trend for 3ds Max in the UK

3ds Max
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3ds Max over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Salary histogram for 3ds Max in the UK

3ds Max
Top 10 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 11 October 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 -48 8 £42,500 -17.07% 3
UK excluding London -28 6 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Work from Home +23 4 £40,000 -66.67% 5
West Midlands -26 3 £40,000 +14.29%
Midlands -37 3 £40,000 +14.29%
London +5 2 £90,000 -25.00% 2
Yorkshire +32 1 £45,000 -25.00%
North of England -1 1 £45,000 -25.00%
South West -20 1 £35,000 -9.68%
South East -49 1 £60,000 +100.00% 1

3ds Max
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 3 (37.50%) AutoCAD
2 2 (25.00%) Maya
2 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (12.50%) Blender
3 1 (12.50%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Games
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
2 2 (25.00%) 3D Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Head of IT
3 1 (12.50%) 3D Animator
3 1 (12.50%) Animator
3 1 (12.50%) C# Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) CAD Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (12.50%) CryEngine
2 1 (12.50%) DirectX
2 1 (12.50%) OpenGL
2 1 (12.50%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Animation
2 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Graphic Design
2 1 (12.50%) Mixed Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (25.00%) CentOS
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (25.00%) CAD
1 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (25.00%) Information Security
1 2 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (12.50%) 3D Animation
2 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
2 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
2 1 (12.50%) Game Development
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Autodesk