SideFX Houdini
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Houdini skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Houdini 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 708 907 958
Rank change year-on-year +199 +51 +271
Permanent jobs citing Houdini 1 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Applications category 0.015% 0.050% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £39,875
25th Percentile £65,000 £32,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -17.65% +41.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Houdini 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 6,516 10,010 8,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.76% 9.69% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,173 6,054 4,726
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £27,965 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +37.14% -6.67% -4.63%

Houdini
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Houdini in the UK

Houdini
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Houdini in the UK

Houdini
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Houdini 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 +154 1 £70,000 +33.33% 10
London +113 1 £70,000 +100.00% 5
Work from Home - 1 £70,000 - 9

Houdini
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Texturing
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Perforce