Animation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Animation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 544 626
Rank change year-on-year +180 +82 +65
Permanent jobs citing Animation 33 48 47
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.40% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 21 43 42
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £38,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile - - £68,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £41,235 £55,000
% change year-on-year +51.57% -25.03% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,843 12,025 16,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.07% 35.54% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,833 9,250 11,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Animation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Animation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Animation.

Animation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Animation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Animation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (18.18%) WordPress
2 5 (15.15%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 8 (24.24%) Adobe Premiere
3 7 (21.21%) Adobe After Effects
3 7 (21.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (15.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (15.15%) InDesign
6 3 (9.09%) Blender
6 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (6.06%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (6.06%) Maya
7 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (3.03%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (3.03%) Houdini
8 1 (3.03%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Figma
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (6.06%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Xcode
2 1 (3.03%) XCTest
General
1 17 (51.52%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Marketing
4 5 (15.15%) Games
5 3 (9.09%) iGaming
5 3 (9.09%) Multimedia
5 3 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Advertising
7 1 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Head of Design
2 6 (18.18%) Designer
3 5 (15.15%) Creative Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Digital Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Animator
5 1 (3.03%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Content Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Digital Producer
5 1 (3.03%) Games Artist
5 1 (3.03%) iOS Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) HTML
1 4 (12.12%) HTML5
2 3 (9.09%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (3.03%) Core Animation
3 1 (3.03%) Core Data
3 1 (3.03%) Express.js
3 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.03%) iOS SDK
3 1 (3.03%) Node.js
3 1 (3.03%) RESTful
3 1 (3.03%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Social Media
2 8 (24.24%) Graphic Design
3 6 (18.18%) Photography
4 5 (15.15%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (12.12%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (12.12%) Digital Media
5 4 (12.12%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (9.09%) Video Editing
7 1 (3.03%) Blog
7 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
7 1 (3.03%) FMCG
7 1 (3.03%) Interactive Media
7 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 1 (3.03%) NHS
7 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 1 (3.03%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Content Management
1 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.12%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (12.12%) Data Privacy
2 4 (12.12%) Storytelling
2 4 (12.12%) Time Management
2 4 (12.12%) User Experience
3 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (9.09%) Email Marketing
3 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (9.09%) UX Design
4 2 (6.06%) Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Business Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.06%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (6.06%) CRM
4 2 (6.06%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (6.06%) Line Management
4 2 (6.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C++
1 1 (3.03%) Objective-C
1 1 (3.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) ISO 9001
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Adobe
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Google
3 4 (12.12%) Twitter
3 4 (12.12%) YouTube
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco
5 1 (3.03%) Perforce
5 1 (3.03%) Sony