Animation Contracts in England

Animation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Animation over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 594 703
Rank change year-on-year +115 +109 -143
Contract jobs citing Animation 54 46 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.095% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 34 58
10th Percentile £233 £241 £250
25th Percentile £270 £263 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -29.65% +17.06%
75th Percentile £590 £464 £698
90th Percentile £623 £568 £700
UK median daily rate £363 £350 £515
% change year-on-year +3.57% -32.04% +21.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 1
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - £41.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £43.75
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Generic Skills
England

Animation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,143 16,318 23,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.61% 33.66% 33.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,356 17,075
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £696 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 576 631
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +2.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.41 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.51% +4.05%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Animation in England

Animation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Animation in England.

Daily rate trend for Animation in England

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in England

Animation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Animation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Animation in England

Animation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Animation in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Animation in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +29 21 £315 -1.56%
London +73 17 £325 -7.14% 36
South East +30 9 £600 - 11
North of England +34 6 - - 12
Yorkshire - 6 - - 5
West Midlands +24 1 £240 +130.77% 8
Midlands +23 1 £240 +130.77% 9
Animation
UK

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.85%) CMS
1 1 (1.85%) Moodle
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) Adobe Illustrator
2 16 (29.63%) Acrobat
3 13 (24.07%) Adobe After Effects
3 13 (24.07%) Photoshop
4 7 (12.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (7.41%) CINEMA 4D
6 4 (7.41%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (5.56%) InDesign
7 3 (5.56%) InVision
7 3 (5.56%) Sketch
8 2 (3.70%) 3ds Max
8 2 (3.70%) Maya
9 1 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (1.85%) AutoCAD
9 1 (1.85%) Blender
9 1 (1.85%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (1.85%) Houdini
9 1 (1.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.56%) Figma
2 2 (3.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) SSH
1 1 (1.85%) VPN
1 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Dreamweaver
General
1 16 (29.63%) Marketing
1 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 8 (14.81%) Multimedia
4 4 (7.41%) Advertising
4 4 (7.41%) Games
4 4 (7.41%) Publishing
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Health Technology
5 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.70%) Automotive
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Finance
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Designer
2 12 (22.22%) Author
2 12 (22.22%) Technical Author
3 8 (14.81%) Technical Illustrator
4 7 (12.96%) Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Email Designer
6 5 (9.26%) Animator
7 4 (7.41%) Senior
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Designer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior UI Designer
7 4 (7.41%) UI Designer
7 4 (7.41%) Video Editor
8 3 (5.56%) Graphics Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Lead
8 3 (5.56%) Lead Designer
8 3 (5.56%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 3 (5.56%) Senior UX Designer
8 3 (5.56%) UI/UX Designer
8 3 (5.56%) UX Designer
9 2 (3.70%) C++ Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (22.22%) SGML
1 12 (22.22%) XML
2 8 (14.81%) CSS
3 7 (12.96%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 6 (11.11%) HTML
5 4 (7.41%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (5.56%) DirectX
6 3 (5.56%) OpenGL
6 3 (5.56%) OpenGL ES
6 3 (5.56%) Vulkan
7 2 (3.70%) Framer.js
7 2 (3.70%) Node.js
7 2 (3.70%) React
7 2 (3.70%) Redux
8 1 (1.85%) jQuery
8 1 (1.85%) Sass
8 1 (1.85%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Graphic Design
1 7 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
3 5 (9.26%) Motion Graphics
4 4 (7.41%) 3D Graphics
4 4 (7.41%) Digital Media
4 4 (7.41%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (5.56%) Algorithms
5 3 (5.56%) Mixed Reality
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Blog
6 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.85%) Mobile Games
6 1 (1.85%) Photography
6 1 (1.85%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Android
2 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) CAD
2 12 (22.22%) Data Management
3 11 (20.37%) Time Management
4 8 (14.81%) User Experience
5 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.11%) Email Marketing
6 6 (11.11%) Visual Effects
7 5 (9.26%) Coaching
7 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.26%) Storytelling
7 5 (9.26%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (9.26%) Typography
8 4 (7.41%) 3D Animation
8 4 (7.41%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.41%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (7.41%) UX Design
9 3 (5.56%) B2C
9 3 (5.56%) Prototyping
9 3 (5.56%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) C#
1 5 (9.26%) C++
2 2 (3.70%) GLSL
2 2 (3.70%) HLSL
2 2 (3.70%) Java
2 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.70%) Kotlin
2 2 (3.70%) Python
2 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) Def Stans
2 4 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 28 (51.85%) Adobe
2 6 (11.11%) dotdigital
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Perforce
3 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.85%) SAP
3 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.85%) Sitecore