Animation Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Animation UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	774	748	816
Rank change year-on-year	-26	+68
Permanent jobs citing Animation	116	184	166
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.13%	0.19%	0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.31%	0.45%	0.37%
Number of salaries quoted	105	143	125
Median salary	£37,500	£50,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-25.00%	+42.85%
90% offered a salary of more than	£22,500	£29,200	£22,700
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£67,500	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£35,000	£37,500	£32,500
% change year-on-year	-6.66%	+15.38%

Animation is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	37636	40656	44723
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	42.21%	41.29%	40.87%
Number of salaries quoted	29392	33323	35694
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£29,500	£28,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£75,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Animation as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Miscellaneous category.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Animation.

Animation
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Animation over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the UK over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-9	110	£37,500	-25.74%	26
London	-22	45	£50,000	-16.66%	8
South East	+57	18	£50,000	+42.85%	3
West Midlands	+14	13	£37,500	+17.18%	3
North West	-39	11	£40,000	+21.21%	2
East Midlands	+21	10	£24,000	-26.15%	3
Manchester	-32	10	£35,000	+40.00%	1
Nottinghamshire	+10	9	£23,000	-34.28%	2
Nottingham	+9	9	£23,000	-34.28%	2
Buckinghamshire	-	9	£51,000	-
High Wycombe	-	9	£51,000	-
East of England	-28	7	£21,500	-57.00%	2
Halesowen	-	7	£37,500	-	1
Berkshire	+29	6	£27,500	-
City of London	+16	6	£60,000	-14.28%
Hertfordshire	-4	5	£21,500	-	1
South West	-7	5	£34,000	-9.33%	2
Hemel Hempstead	+7	4	£21,500	-	1
Bristol	-31	4	£34,000	-9.33%	2
Birmingham	-	4	£36,250	-
Slough	+8	3	£34,000	-
New Malden	-	2	£47,500	-
Surrey	-	2	£50,000	-
Oxfordshire	+13	1	£50,000	-	2
Derbyshire	+12	1	£27,500	-
Oldham	0	1	-	-
Solihull	-4	1	£22,500	-35.71%
Watford	-9	1	-	-
Cambridge	-23	1	£40,000	-20.79%
Cambridgeshire	-29	1	£40,000	-20.79%

Animation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT jobs citing Animation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Animation.

1	101 (39.61%)	HTML
2	82 (32.16%)	CSS
3	79 (30.98%)	User Experience
4	77 (30.20%)	JavaScript
5	71 (27.84%)	Adobe
5	71 (27.84%)	Games
6	66 (25.88%)	Agile Software Development
7	60 (23.53%)	Degree
8	53 (20.78%)	Git (software)
8	53 (20.78%)	C#
9	52 (20.39%)	HTML5
9	52 (20.39%)	Apple iOS
10	50 (19.61%)	Marketing
11	48 (18.82%)	Photoshop
12	46 (18.04%)	Adobe Creative Suite

13	43 (16.86%)	Adobe After Effects
14	40 (15.69%)	CSS3
15	37 (14.51%)	Front End Development
16	36 (14.12%)	Adobe Illustrator
17	35 (13.73%)	OO
18	34 (13.33%)	C++
19	32 (12.55%)	jQuery
19	32 (12.55%)	Android
20	31 (12.16%)	Computer Science
20	31 (12.16%)	OOP
21	29 (11.37%)	Graphic Design
21	29 (11.37%)	Core Animation
22	28 (10.98%)	Unity (Game Engine)
22	28 (10.98%)	Scrum
23	26 (10.20%)	Motion Graphics

Animation
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	19 (7.45%)	CMS
2	18 (7.06%)	WordPress
3	6 (2.35%)	Umbraco
4	5 (1.96%)	Apache
4	5 (1.96%)	Tomcat
5	2 (0.78%)	Drupal
5	2 (0.78%)	Marvel
6	1 (0.39%)	IIS
6	1 (0.39%)	Joomla!
6	1 (0.39%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	48 (18.82%)	Photoshop
2	46 (18.04%)	Adobe Creative Suite
3	43 (16.86%)	Adobe After Effects
4	36 (14.12%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	22 (8.63%)	Adobe Premiere
6	13 (5.10%)	InDesign
6	13 (5.10%)	InVision
7	11 (4.31%)	CINEMA 4D
8	10 (3.92%)	Microsoft Office
9	9 (3.53%)	Final Cut Pro
10	8 (3.14%)	Adobe Captivate
10	8 (3.14%)	Autodesk Inventor
10	8 (3.14%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
10	8 (3.14%)	Revit
11	6 (2.35%)	Houdini
11	6 (2.35%)	NUKE
12	4 (1.57%)	Acrobat
13	3 (1.18%)	Spreadsheet
13	3 (1.18%)	UXPin
14	2 (0.78%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	6 (2.35%)	Magento
2	3 (1.18%)	Eloqua

Cloud Services
1	6 (2.35%)	Google Cloud Platform
1	6 (2.35%)	MailChimp
2	5 (1.96%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
2	5 (1.96%)	Google Analytics
3	1 (0.39%)	AdWords
3	1 (0.39%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	13 (5.10%)	Internet
2	5 (1.96%)	Broadband
3	4 (1.57%)	SMS
4	2 (0.78%)	WebEx
5	1 (0.39%)	NAS
5	1 (0.39%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (3.53%)	SQL Server
2	6 (2.35%)	MySQL
3	3 (1.18%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	2 (0.78%)	Data Warehouse
4	2 (0.78%)	Relational Database
5	1 (0.39%)	Mixpanel
5	1 (0.39%)	MongoDB
5	1 (0.39%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	53 (20.78%)	Git (software)
2	23 (9.02%)	gulp
3	19 (7.45%)	Grunt
4	15 (5.88%)	Subversion
5	12 (4.71%)	Xcode
6	8 (3.14%)	Dreamweaver
6	8 (3.14%)	Mocha
7	7 (2.75%)	Jasmine
7	7 (2.75%)	webpack
8	6 (2.35%)	JSUnit
9	5 (1.96%)	Visual Studio
10	4 (1.57%)	Babel
10	4 (1.57%)	JIRA
11	3 (1.18%)	Appcelerator Titanium
11	3 (1.18%)	Axure RP
11	3 (1.18%)	Jenkins
11	3 (1.18%)	Selenium
11	3 (1.18%)	Team Foundation Server
12	2 (0.78%)	Atlassian Bamboo
12	2 (0.78%)	Cucumber

General
1	71 (27.84%)	Games
2	50 (19.61%)	Marketing
3	11 (4.31%)	Advertising
3	11 (4.31%)	Finance
4	9 (3.53%)	Telecoms
5	7 (2.75%)	Multimedia
6	5 (1.96%)	Banking
7	4 (1.57%)	Electronics
8	3 (1.18%)	Publishing
9	1 (0.39%)	French Language
9	1 (0.39%)	Interactive Media
9	1 (0.39%)	Pharmaceutical
9	1 (0.39%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	121 (47.45%)	Developer
2	80 (31.37%)	Designer
3	36 (14.12%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4	29 (11.37%)	Senior Developer
5	26 (10.20%)	Senior Designer
6	25 (9.80%)	Graphic Designer
7	21 (8.24%)	iOS Developer
8	18 (7.06%)	Junior
9	17 (6.67%)	Digital Designer
9	17 (6.67%)	Web Designer
10	16 (6.27%)	Motion Graphics Designer
11	14 (5.49%)	Games Developer
11	14 (5.49%)	JavaScript Developer
12	13 (5.10%)	Senior Digital Designer
13	11 (4.31%)	3D Developer
13	11 (4.31%)	HTML Developer
13	11 (4.31%)	Senior Web Designer
14	10 (3.92%)	Software Developer
14	10 (3.92%)	Software Engineer
14	10 (3.92%)	UX Designer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	101 (39.61%)	HTML
2	82 (32.16%)	CSS
3	52 (20.39%)	HTML5
4	40 (15.69%)	CSS3
5	32 (12.55%)	jQuery
6	29 (11.37%)	Core Animation
7	28 (10.98%)	Unity (Game Engine)
8	25 (9.80%)	Ajax
9	24 (9.41%)	JSON
9	24 (9.41%)	XML
10	23 (9.02%)	AngularJS
10	23 (9.02%)	Sass
11	21 (8.24%)	Core Data
11	21 (8.24%)	React
12	18 (7.06%)	.NET
13	17 (6.67%)	ASP.NET
14	13 (5.10%)	ASP.NET MVC
14	13 (5.10%)	Node.js
14	13 (5.10%)	RESTful
14	13 (5.10%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	79 (30.98%)	User Experience
2	31 (12.16%)	Computer Science
3	29 (11.37%)	Graphic Design
4	26 (10.20%)	Motion Graphics
5	22 (8.63%)	Mobile App
6	20 (7.84%)	Social Media
7	19 (7.45%)	Augmented Reality
8	14 (5.49%)	Analytical Skills
8	14 (5.49%)	e-Learning
9	13 (5.10%)	BBC
10	11 (4.31%)	iPad
11	10 (3.92%)	3D Graphics
11	10 (3.92%)	HoloLens
11	10 (3.92%)	HTC Vive
11	10 (3.92%)	Oculus Rift
12	9 (3.53%)	Algorithms
12	9 (3.53%)	Client/Server
12	9 (3.53%)	Fintech
12	9 (3.53%)	Mobile Games
13	6 (2.35%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	52 (20.39%)	Apple iOS
2	32 (12.55%)	Android
3	15 (5.88%)	Linux
4	10 (3.92%)	Windows
5	6 (2.35%)	Windows XP
6	3 (1.18%)	Mac OS X
7	1 (0.39%)	CentOS
7	1 (0.39%)	Windows Server
7	1 (0.39%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	66 (25.88%)	Agile Software Development
2	37 (14.51%)	Front End Development
3	35 (13.73%)	OO
4	31 (12.16%)	OOP
5	28 (10.98%)	Scrum
6	24 (9.41%)	iOS Development
6	24 (9.41%)	Software Engineering
7	21 (8.24%)	Mathematics
7	21 (8.24%)	Physics
7	21 (8.24%)	Visualisation
8	19 (7.45%)	Mobile Development
8	19 (7.45%)	TDD
9	18 (7.06%)	MVC
9	18 (7.06%)	Web Development
9	18 (7.06%)	Wireframes
10	17 (6.67%)	Web Design
11	15 (5.88%)	Game Development
11	15 (5.88%)	SEO
11	15 (5.88%)	Time Management
12	14 (5.49%)	BDD

Programming Languages
1	77 (30.20%)	JavaScript
2	53 (20.78%)	C#
3	34 (13.33%)	C++
4	22 (8.63%)	PHP
5	21 (8.24%)	Objective-C
6	16 (6.27%)	Apple Swift
7	13 (5.10%)	Java
7	13 (5.10%)	TypeScript
8	10 (3.92%)	SQL
9	8 (3.14%)	C
10	7 (2.75%)	GLSL
10	7 (2.75%)	Python
10	7 (2.75%)	T-SQL
11	6 (2.35%)	Bash Shell
12	5 (1.96%)	Perl
12	5 (1.96%)	XAML
13	4 (1.57%)	Lua
13	4 (1.57%)	VB
14	3 (1.18%)	ES6
15	1 (0.39%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	60 (23.53%)	Degree
2	22 (8.63%)	Computer Science Degree
3	4 (1.57%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (5.10%)	QA
2	5 (1.96%)	Section 508
2	5 (1.96%)	WCAG
3	1 (0.39%)	WAI

System Software
1	5 (1.96%)	Snort
2	1 (0.39%)	Active Directory
2	1 (0.39%)	Docker
2	1 (0.39%)	pfSense

Systems Management
1	5 (1.96%)	Nagios

Vendors
1	71 (27.84%)	Adobe
2	21 (8.24%)	Microsoft
3	13 (5.10%)	Google
4	12 (4.71%)	HubSpot
5	9 (3.53%)	Autodesk
5	9 (3.53%)	Marketo
5	9 (3.53%)	Pardot
5	9 (3.53%)	Tableau
6	8 (3.14%)	Apple
7	4 (1.57%)	Facebook
7	4 (1.57%)	Twitter
8	3 (1.18%)	Appcelerator
8	3 (1.18%)	Cognizant
8	3 (1.18%)	Foundry
9	2 (0.78%)	Intel
10	1 (0.39%)	DoubleClick
10	1 (0.39%)	NETGEAR
10	1 (0.39%)	QNAP
10	1 (0.39%)	Sony