Animation Jobs

Animation
UK

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 cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 707 755 769
Rank change year-on-year +48 +14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Animation 135 132 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.40% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 89 74 153
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £58,750 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.66% +4.91% +12.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,750 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% -28.00% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Animation 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 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Animation.

Salary trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 14 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 6 months to 26 July 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 +39 135 £42,500 -29.17% 14
UK excluding London -13 88 £38,750 -13.89% 7
London +74 47 £62,500 +2.04% 8
Work from Home +29 38 £57,500 -8.00% 10
North of England +42 36 £37,500 -10.71% 2
East of England -28 22 £52,500 - 1
North West +10 19 £37,500 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire +71 15 £57,500 +36.90% 1
Midlands -14 13 £31,500 -10.00% 1
South West +1 11 £32,500 -27.78% 1
East Midlands - 9 £30,000 - 1
South East +3 6 £60,000 +33.33% 2
West Midlands -6 4 £31,750 -9.29%
North East - 2 £30,000 -

Animation
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.19%) Apache
2 3 (2.22%) WordPress
3 1 (0.74%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Drupal
3 1 (0.74%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 34 (25.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (17.04%) Adobe After Effects
3 22 (16.30%) Photoshop
4 19 (14.07%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (10.37%) Blender
6 13 (9.63%) Adobe Premiere
6 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (8.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (6.67%) Adobe Captivate
9 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (5.19%) Maya
11 6 (4.44%) CINEMA 4D
12 5 (3.70%) Houdini
13 4 (2.96%) Adobe XD
13 4 (2.96%) InDesign
13 4 (2.96%) ZBrush
14 2 (1.48%) 3ds Max
15 1 (0.74%) Acrobat
15 1 (0.74%) AutoCAD
15 1 (0.74%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.85%) Figma
2 8 (5.93%) AWS
3 6 (4.44%) AWS IoT
4 2 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (1.48%) Azure
4 2 (1.48%) Google Analytics
4 2 (1.48%) MailChimp
4 2 (1.48%) SaaS
5 1 (0.74%) Canva
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.74%) GitHub
5 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.74%) MySQL
3 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (11.11%) Git
2 8 (5.93%) JIRA
3 6 (4.44%) Xcode
4 5 (3.70%) Vite
5 4 (2.96%) gulp
5 4 (2.96%) PostCSS
5 4 (2.96%) rollup.js
6 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.74%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.74%) fastlane
6 1 (0.74%) Subversion
6 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 44 (32.59%) Marketing
2 37 (27.41%) Social Skills
3 30 (22.22%) Games
4 27 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (7.41%) Advertising
6 6 (4.44%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.96%) Retail
8 3 (2.22%) Electronics
8 3 (2.22%) Finance
8 3 (2.22%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.74%) iGaming
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (34.81%) Designer
2 29 (21.48%) Developer
3 11 (8.15%) Head of Design
4 10 (7.41%) Senior
5 9 (6.67%) Instructional Designer
6 8 (5.93%) Graphic Designer
6 8 (5.93%) iOS Developer
6 8 (5.93%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.19%) 3D Artist
7 7 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.44%) Applications Developer
8 6 (4.44%) Author
8 6 (4.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 6 (4.44%) Games Developer
8 6 (4.44%) Technical Author
9 5 (3.70%) 3D Developer
9 5 (3.70%) Animator
9 5 (3.70%) Digital Designer
9 5 (3.70%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 4 (2.96%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.26%) HTML
2 16 (11.85%) HTML5
3 13 (9.63%) CSS
4 12 (8.89%) Core Animation
4 12 (8.89%) RESTful
4 12 (8.89%) WebGL
5 11 (8.15%) Core Data
6 10 (7.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 8 (5.93%) React
7 8 (5.93%) Unreal Engine
8 6 (4.44%) Apache Cordova
9 5 (3.70%) deck.gl
9 5 (3.70%) GraphQL
9 5 (3.70%) Pixi.js
10 4 (2.96%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (2.96%) Sass
10 4 (2.96%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (2.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 4 (2.96%) UIKit
11 3 (2.22%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.81%) Graphic Design
1 20 (14.81%) Motion Graphics
2 15 (11.11%) Social Media
3 11 (8.15%) e-Learning
4 9 (6.67%) 3D Graphics
4 9 (6.67%) SCORM
5 7 (5.19%) Blog
6 6 (4.44%) Digital Media
6 6 (4.44%) IoT
6 6 (4.44%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.70%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (3.70%) Video Editing
7 5 (3.70%) Virtual Reality
8 4 (2.96%) Mobile Games
8 4 (2.96%) Online Gambling
8 4 (2.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (2.22%) Photography
9 3 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.48%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.48%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.89%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.48%) Android
3 1 (0.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.00%) User Experience
2 24 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.59%) Storyboarding
4 14 (10.37%) Agile
4 14 (10.37%) Texturing
4 14 (10.37%) Typography
5 12 (8.89%) iOS Development
6 11 (8.15%) Visualisation
7 10 (7.41%) 3D Modelling
7 10 (7.41%) CAD
7 10 (7.41%) E-Commerce
7 10 (7.41%) Mentoring
7 10 (7.41%) UX Design
8 9 (6.67%) B2B
8 9 (6.67%) Digital Twin
8 9 (6.67%) Infographics
8 9 (6.67%) Instructional Design
8 9 (6.67%) Project Management
8 9 (6.67%) Visual Effects
9 8 (5.93%) Creative Marketing
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.37%) JavaScript
2 11 (8.15%) RPG
3 9 (6.67%) Swift
4 7 (5.19%) Kotlin
4 7 (5.19%) R
4 7 (5.19%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.70%) Python
6 3 (2.22%) C++
6 3 (2.22%) PHP
7 2 (1.48%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.74%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.74%) Java
8 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (27.41%) Degree
2 9 (6.67%) CIPD
3 6 (4.44%) CTC Cleared
3 6 (4.44%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.15%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.19%) GDPR
3 4 (2.96%) QA
Vendors
1 40 (29.63%) Adobe
2 13 (9.63%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.93%) Apple
4 5 (3.70%) Mapbox
5 4 (2.96%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.74%) Dell
6 1 (0.74%) Facebook
6 1 (0.74%) Instagram
6 1 (0.74%) Intel
6 1 (0.74%) Progress
6 1 (0.74%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.74%) Twitter