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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 745 818
Rank change year-on-year +298 +73 -4
Permanent jobs citing Animation 275 167 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 22 122 82
10th Percentile £32,825 £27,050 £36,775
25th Percentile £51,250 £31,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £41,235 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.57% -28.29% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,750 £66,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% +28.57%

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 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
England +246 270 £62,500 +51.57% 517
Work from Home +287 245 £62,500 +13.64% 288
London +157 97 £62,500 +20.19% 57
UK excluding London +171 90 £52,500 +40.00% 525
South East +113 33 - - 147
East of England +46 26 - - 74
North of England +16 13 £77,500 +106.67% 122
Midlands +86 12 £52,500 +70.73% 96
West Midlands +64 9 £52,500 +66.67% 54
Yorkshire +49 7 - - 55
South West +94 6 - - 66
North West -15 5 £77,500 +106.67% 53
East Midlands +40 3 £45,000 +50.00% 36
North East +46 1 - - 14

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 6 (2.18%) WordPress
2 5 (1.82%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (5.82%) Photoshop
2 12 (4.36%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (3.27%) Adobe Premiere
4 8 (2.91%) Adobe After Effects
4 8 (2.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (2.18%) InDesign
5 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.45%) Blender
6 4 (1.45%) Maya
6 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.45%) QuarkXPress
7 3 (1.09%) Adobe XD
7 3 (1.09%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (1.09%) Sketch
8 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
9 1 (0.36%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.36%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.36%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.36%) Houdini
9 1 (0.36%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.55%) Figma
2 2 (0.73%) Canva
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (0.73%) SaaS
3 1 (0.36%) AWS
3 1 (0.36%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 215 (78.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) gulp
2 1 (0.36%) PostCSS
2 1 (0.36%) rollup.js
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 222 (80.73%) Games
2 20 (7.27%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.55%) Marketing
4 15 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.18%) Multimedia
6 4 (1.45%) Automotive
6 4 (1.45%) Finance
7 3 (1.09%) Advertising
8 1 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.36%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (0.36%) iGaming
8 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 223 (81.09%) Senior
2 18 (6.55%) Designer
3 11 (4.00%) Lead
4 10 (3.64%) Head of Design
5 5 (1.82%) Creative Designer
6 4 (1.45%) Animator
6 4 (1.45%) Copywriter
6 4 (1.45%) Developer
6 4 (1.45%) Senior Designer
7 3 (1.09%) Digital Designer
7 3 (1.09%) Digital Producer
7 3 (1.09%) Junior
7 3 (1.09%) Junior Designer
7 3 (1.09%) Junior UI/UX Designer
7 3 (1.09%) Junior UX Designer
7 3 (1.09%) UI Designer
7 3 (1.09%) UI/UX Designer
7 3 (1.09%) UX Designer
8 2 (0.73%) iOS Developer
8 2 (0.73%) Lead Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (78.55%) WebGL
2 215 (78.18%) GraphQL
2 215 (78.18%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 10 (3.64%) HTML
4 7 (2.55%) HTML5
5 4 (1.45%) CSS
6 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.73%) Core Animation
6 2 (0.73%) Core Data
6 2 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (0.73%) RESTful
6 2 (0.73%) UIKit
7 1 (0.36%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.36%) Pixi.js
7 1 (0.36%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) Sass
7 1 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.36%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.36%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.55%) Social Media
2 14 (5.09%) Graphic Design
3 13 (4.73%) Photography
4 9 (3.27%) Podcast
5 8 (2.91%) Video Editing
6 7 (2.55%) Motion Graphics
7 6 (2.18%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (2.18%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (1.82%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.45%) Xbox
10 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.73%) 3D Graphics
11 2 (0.73%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.73%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.36%) Blog
12 1 (0.36%) FMCG
12 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
12 1 (0.36%) NHS
12 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.36%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.73%) Android
1 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (80.73%) Artificial Intelligence
2 221 (80.36%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (79.64%) Storytelling
4 216 (78.55%) 3D Animation
4 216 (78.55%) Visual Effects
5 215 (78.18%) Prototyping
5 215 (78.18%) Rapid Prototyping
6 11 (4.00%) Analytics
7 9 (3.27%) Digital Strategy
7 9 (3.27%) User Experience
8 7 (2.55%) Fintech
8 7 (2.55%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (2.55%) Strategic Planning
9 6 (2.18%) Digital Marketing
10 5 (1.82%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (1.82%) Content Management
10 5 (1.82%) Typography
10 5 (1.82%) UX Design
10 5 (1.82%) Wireframes
11 4 (1.45%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 215 (78.18%) HLSL
2 3 (1.09%) RPG
3 2 (0.73%) C#
3 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.73%) Swift
3 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.36%) C++
4 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (4.73%) Degree
2 4 (1.45%) HNC
2 4 (1.45%) HND
3 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
1 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.36%) GRC
Vendors
1 24 (8.73%) Adobe
2 6 (2.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.45%) Google
3 4 (1.45%) Twitter
3 4 (1.45%) YouTube
4 2 (0.73%) Cisco
5 1 (0.36%) Perforce
5 1 (0.36%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.36%) Sony