Animation Contracts

Animation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Animation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 641 759
Rank change year-on-year +124 +118 -138
Contract jobs citing Animation 58 41 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.073% 0.090%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 62
10th Percentile £243 £238 £251
25th Percentile £286 £263 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £323 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -36.76% +20.00%
75th Percentile £594 £426 £675
90th Percentile £615 £569 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £300 £300
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 1
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 £18.00 £41.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -54.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £22.00 £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year +125.00% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +102 55 £325 +0.78% 58
UK excluding London +65 36 £400 +33.33% 30
Work from Home +115 24 £325 +4.84% 29
South West +23 21 £315 -1.56% 1
London +82 19 £313 -10.71% 31
South East +18 8 £600 - 7
North of England +27 6 - - 7
Yorkshire - 6 - - 3
Midlands +23 1 £240 +130.77% 8
West Midlands +14 1 £240 +130.77% 6

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 2 (3.45%) Moodle
2 1 (1.72%) CMS
2 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (29.31%) Adobe Illustrator
2 16 (27.59%) Acrobat
3 14 (24.14%) Photoshop
4 12 (20.69%) Adobe After Effects
5 7 (12.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (8.62%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (6.90%) InDesign
8 4 (6.90%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (5.17%) 3ds Max
9 3 (5.17%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (5.17%) InVision
9 3 (5.17%) Sketch
10 2 (3.45%) Blender
10 2 (3.45%) Houdini
10 2 (3.45%) Maya
11 1 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (1.72%) AutoCAD
11 1 (1.72%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (1.72%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 3 (5.17%) Figma
2 1 (1.72%) AWS
2 1 (1.72%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) SSH
1 1 (1.72%) VPN
1 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.72%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Marketing
3 12 (20.69%) Aerospace
4 8 (13.79%) Multimedia
5 5 (8.62%) Games
5 5 (8.62%) Publishing
6 4 (6.90%) Advertising
7 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Health Technology
7 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.45%) Automotive
8 2 (3.45%) Electronics
8 2 (3.45%) Finance
8 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Designer
2 12 (20.69%) Author
2 12 (20.69%) Developer
2 12 (20.69%) Technical Author
3 8 (13.79%) Technical Illustrator
4 6 (10.34%) Email Designer
5 4 (6.90%) Animator
5 4 (6.90%) Senior
5 4 (6.90%) Senior Designer
5 4 (6.90%) Senior UI Designer
5 4 (6.90%) UI Designer
6 3 (5.17%) Graphics Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Lead
6 3 (5.17%) Lead Designer
6 3 (5.17%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 3 (5.17%) Senior UX Designer
6 3 (5.17%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (5.17%) UX Designer
6 3 (5.17%) Video Editor
7 2 (3.45%) Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) XML
2 12 (20.69%) SGML
3 10 (17.24%) CSS
4 8 (13.79%) HTML
4 8 (13.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 5 (8.62%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (5.17%) DirectX
6 3 (5.17%) OpenGL
6 3 (5.17%) OpenGL ES
6 3 (5.17%) Vulkan
7 2 (3.45%) Framer.js
7 2 (3.45%) Node.js
7 2 (3.45%) React
7 2 (3.45%) Redux
8 1 (1.72%) HTML5
8 1 (1.72%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (1.72%) jQuery
8 1 (1.72%) Sass
8 1 (1.72%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Graphic Design
2 7 (12.07%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (12.07%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.62%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (8.62%) Virtual Reality
4 4 (6.90%) Digital Media
4 4 (6.90%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (5.17%) Algorithms
5 3 (5.17%) Mixed Reality
6 2 (3.45%) Photography
7 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.72%) Blog
7 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.72%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.72%) Interactive Media
7 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.72%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.72%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.62%) Android
2 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.72%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) CAD
2 12 (20.69%) Data Management
3 11 (18.97%) Time Management
4 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.79%) User Experience
6 6 (10.34%) Email Marketing
7 5 (8.62%) 3D Animation
7 5 (8.62%) Typography
7 5 (8.62%) Visual Effects
8 4 (6.90%) Coaching
8 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
8 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.90%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (6.90%) Storytelling
8 4 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (6.90%) UX Design
9 3 (5.17%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (5.17%) B2C
9 3 (5.17%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) C#
2 5 (8.62%) C++
3 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.17%) Java
4 3 (5.17%) Kotlin
4 3 (5.17%) Python
5 2 (3.45%) GLSL
5 2 (3.45%) HLSL
5 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) Def Stans
2 4 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (50.00%) Adobe
2 6 (10.34%) dotdigital
3 2 (3.45%) Perforce
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.72%) Sitecore