Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 12 April 2021

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 6 months to 12 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Animation
UK
6 months to
12 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 670 794 897
Rank change year-on-year +124 +103 +21
Permanent jobs citing Animation 180 211 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.48% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 101 133 146
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +24.14%

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

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 32,608 43,803 58,696
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 39.51% 38.59% 39.42%
Number of salaries quoted 23,207 34,115 44,835
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,655
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

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 12 April 2021.

Salary histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 15 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 12 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +90 158 £51,250 +17.82% 31
London +81 87 £52,500 - 11
UK excluding London +103 80 £50,000 +33.33% 22
Work from Home -86 40 £57,500 +112.96% 1
North of England +52 33 £52,500 +40.00% 9
North West +31 16 £52,500 +40.00% 4
Yorkshire +27 16 £55,000 +69.23% 5
Scotland +18 14 £45,000 - 2
South East +68 9 £50,000 +66.67% 3
East of England +49 9 £70,000 - 2
South West +8 8 £42,500 +18.88% 2
Midlands +38 7 £37,500 -42.31% 4
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 1
West Midlands +27 2 £41,750 -35.77% 3
North East - 1 £45,000 -

For the 6 months to 12 April 2021, IT jobs citing Animation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Animation.

1 72 (40.00%) User Experience
2 47 (26.11%) Games
3 45 (25.00%) Adobe
4 44 (24.44%) HTML
4 44 (24.44%) CSS
5 42 (23.33%) JavaScript
6 40 (22.22%) Unreal Engine
7 39 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (21.11%) C++
9 35 (19.44%) Sketch
10 34 (18.89%) WordPress
11 33 (18.33%) Git (software)
11 33 (18.33%) Figma
12 30 (16.67%) Photoshop
13 29 (16.11%) Agile Software Development
14 27 (15.00%) Marketing
14 27 (15.00%) Wireframes
15 26 (14.44%) Adobe XD
15 26 (14.44%) Web Development
16 25 (13.89%) Degree
16 25 (13.89%) CMS
16 25 (13.89%) Mobile App
17 24 (13.33%) PHP
18 23 (12.78%) Adobe Illustrator
19 22 (12.22%) Adobe After Effects
19 22 (12.22%) Apple iOS
20 20 (11.11%) Vue.js
20 20 (11.11%) Gamification
21 19 (10.56%) Decision-Making
21 19 (10.56%) Post-Production

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
1 34 (18.89%) WordPress
2 25 (13.89%) CMS
3 17 (9.44%) Drupal
4 4 (2.22%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.11%) Apache
5 2 (1.11%) nginx
6 1 (0.56%) FormScape
6 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (19.44%) Sketch
2 33 (18.33%) Figma
3 30 (16.67%) Photoshop
4 26 (14.44%) Adobe XD
5 23 (12.78%) Adobe Illustrator
6 22 (12.22%) Adobe After Effects
7 19 (10.56%) Maya
8 9 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (5.00%) CINEMA 4D
9 8 (4.44%) InVision
10 7 (3.89%) Blender
10 7 (3.89%) Final Cut Pro
11 5 (2.78%) 3ds Max
11 5 (2.78%) MotionBuilder
12 4 (2.22%) Flinto
12 4 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 3 (1.67%) UXPin
13 3 (1.67%) ZBrush
14 2 (1.11%) Adobe Captivate
14 2 (1.11%) MODO
Business Applications
1 6 (3.33%) Shopify
2 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.56%) Magento
2 1 (0.56%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.78%) npm
1 14 (7.78%) Yarn
2 6 (3.33%) SaaS
3 4 (2.22%) Firebase
4 3 (1.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (1.11%) AWS
5 2 (1.11%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.11%) Veeva
6 1 (0.56%) Azure
6 1 (0.56%) DigitalOcean
6 1 (0.56%) GCP
6 1 (0.56%) Google App Engine
6 1 (0.56%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.56%) Google Pay
6 1 (0.56%) Heroku
6 1 (0.56%) Samsung Pay
6 1 (0.56%) Slack
6 1 (0.56%) Trello
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.78%) Broadband
2 2 (1.11%) Internet
3 1 (0.56%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.56%) NFC
3 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.33%) MySQL
2 4 (2.22%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.56%) Blockchain
Development Applications
1 33 (18.33%) Git (software)
2 17 (9.44%) gulp
3 16 (8.89%) Grunt
4 14 (7.78%) CocoaPods
5 8 (4.44%) JIRA
6 5 (2.78%) webpack
7 3 (1.67%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.56%) fastlane
8 1 (0.56%) GCC
8 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.56%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.56%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.56%) Subversion
8 1 (0.56%) Xcode
General
1 47 (26.11%) Games
2 27 (15.00%) Marketing
3 18 (10.00%) Finance
4 8 (4.44%) German Language
4 8 (4.44%) Legal
4 8 (4.44%) Publishing
5 6 (3.33%) Advertising
5 6 (3.33%) Electronics
5 6 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.78%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.22%) Automotive
7 4 (2.22%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.11%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.56%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.56%) Back Office
9 1 (0.56%) Billing
9 1 (0.56%) French Language
9 1 (0.56%) Law
9 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (37.78%) Developer
2 49 (27.22%) Designer
3 17 (9.44%) UI Designer
4 16 (8.89%) iOS Developer
4 16 (8.89%) Web Developer
5 14 (7.78%) Drupal Developer
6 12 (6.67%) C++ Developer
7 9 (5.00%) Animator
7 9 (5.00%) UX Designer
8 8 (4.44%) Character Rigger
8 8 (4.44%) Creative Developer
8 8 (4.44%) Creative Web Developer
9 7 (3.89%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (3.89%) Lead Designer
9 7 (3.89%) Senior Designer
10 6 (3.33%) Games Designer
10 6 (3.33%) PHP Developer
10 6 (3.33%) Programmer
10 6 (3.33%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.33%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (24.44%) CSS
1 44 (24.44%) HTML
2 40 (22.22%) Unreal Engine
3 20 (11.11%) Vue.js
4 19 (10.56%) CSS3
4 19 (10.56%) HTML5
4 19 (10.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 17 (9.44%) Core Animation
5 17 (9.44%) RESTful
6 16 (8.89%) Core Data
6 16 (8.89%) UIKit
7 15 (8.33%) Laravel
8 14 (7.78%) Cocoa
8 14 (7.78%) Cocoa Touch
8 14 (7.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 8 (4.44%) Sass
9 8 (4.44%) WebGL
10 7 (3.89%) Framer.js
10 7 (3.89%) jQuery
10 7 (3.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 72 (40.00%) User Experience
2 25 (13.89%) Mobile App
3 16 (8.89%) Motion Graphics
4 14 (7.78%) Social Media
5 13 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (6.67%) Virtual Team
7 10 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
8 9 (5.00%) Digital Media
9 8 (4.44%) BBC
9 8 (4.44%) STB
10 7 (3.89%) Graphic Design
10 7 (3.89%) Podcast
11 6 (3.33%) Replication
11 6 (3.33%) Vector Graphics
11 6 (3.33%) Xbox
12 3 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.67%) Video on Demand
13 2 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
13 2 (1.11%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.22%) Apple iOS
2 9 (5.00%) Linux
2 9 (5.00%) Windows
3 4 (2.22%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.11%) Agile Software Development
3 27 (15.00%) Wireframes
4 26 (14.44%) Web Development
5 20 (11.11%) Gamification
6 19 (10.56%) Decision-Making
6 19 (10.56%) Post-Production
7 16 (8.89%) iOS Development
7 16 (8.89%) Project Management
7 16 (8.89%) Push Notifications
8 15 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (8.33%) Fintech
8 15 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
8 15 (8.33%) Visual Effects
9 14 (7.78%) Mobile First
9 14 (7.78%) Typography
10 13 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
10 13 (7.22%) Front End Development
10 13 (7.22%) Prototyping
10 13 (7.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 38 (21.11%) C++
3 24 (13.33%) PHP
4 16 (8.89%) Apple Swift
4 16 (8.89%) Objective-C
5 13 (7.22%) Python
6 11 (6.11%) C#
7 8 (4.44%) Java
8 4 (2.22%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.67%) C
10 1 (0.56%) ES6
10 1 (0.56%) Ruby
10 1 (0.56%) SQL
10 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (13.89%) Degree
2 8 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.56%) PMO
1 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 45 (25.00%) Adobe
2 12 (6.67%) Autodesk
3 10 (5.56%) Apple
4 7 (3.89%) Google
5 6 (3.33%) WooCommerce
6 4 (2.22%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.67%) Foundry
8 2 (1.11%) SAP
9 1 (0.56%) Avid
9 1 (0.56%) IBM
9 1 (0.56%) iManage
9 1 (0.56%) Intapp
9 1 (0.56%) Perforce
9 1 (0.56%) Samsung