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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 648 781
Rank change year-on-year +126 +133 -180
Contract jobs citing Animation 57 46 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.080% 0.093%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 64
10th Percentile £240 £241 £254
25th Percentile £279 £263 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -32.04% +21.18%
75th Percentile £597 £464 £679
90th Percentile £618 £568 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £300 £275
% change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -25.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 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 excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 - -

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 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
England +123 54 £363 +3.57% 68
UK excluding London +81 37 £400 +33.33% 36
Work from Home +115 23 £363 +13.28% 37
South West +26 21 £315 -1.56% 1
London +80 17 £325 -7.14% 38
South East +29 9 £600 - 12
North of England +34 6 - - 12
Yorkshire - 6 - - 5
West Midlands +21 1 £240 +130.77% 8
Midlands +18 1 £240 +130.77% 9

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 (3.51%) Moodle
2 1 (1.75%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (29.82%) Adobe Illustrator
2 16 (28.07%) Acrobat
3 14 (24.56%) Photoshop
4 13 (22.81%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (14.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (10.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (7.02%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (7.02%) InDesign
7 4 (7.02%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (5.26%) 3ds Max
8 3 (5.26%) InVision
8 3 (5.26%) Sketch
9 2 (3.51%) Blender
9 2 (3.51%) Houdini
9 2 (3.51%) Maya
10 1 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (1.75%) AutoCAD
10 1 (1.75%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (1.75%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 3 (5.26%) Figma
2 1 (1.75%) AWS
2 1 (1.75%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) SSH
1 1 (1.75%) VPN
1 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Dreamweaver
General
1 16 (28.07%) Marketing
1 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Aerospace
3 8 (14.04%) Multimedia
4 5 (8.77%) Games
4 5 (8.77%) Publishing
5 4 (7.02%) Advertising
6 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Health Technology
6 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.51%) Automotive
7 2 (3.51%) Electronics
7 2 (3.51%) Finance
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Designer
2 12 (21.05%) Author
2 12 (21.05%) Technical Author
3 10 (17.54%) Developer
4 8 (14.04%) Technical Illustrator
5 6 (10.53%) Email Designer
6 5 (8.77%) Animator
7 4 (7.02%) Senior
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Designer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior UI Designer
7 4 (7.02%) UI Designer
7 4 (7.02%) Video Editor
8 3 (5.26%) Graphics Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Lead
8 3 (5.26%) Lead Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Senior UX Designer
8 3 (5.26%) UI/UX Designer
8 3 (5.26%) UX Designer
9 2 (3.51%) Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) XML
2 12 (21.05%) SGML
3 9 (15.79%) CSS
4 8 (14.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 7 (12.28%) HTML
6 5 (8.77%) Unreal Engine
7 3 (5.26%) DirectX
7 3 (5.26%) OpenGL
7 3 (5.26%) OpenGL ES
7 3 (5.26%) Vulkan
8 2 (3.51%) Framer.js
8 2 (3.51%) Node.js
8 2 (3.51%) React
8 2 (3.51%) Redux
9 1 (1.75%) HTML5
9 1 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (1.75%) jQuery
9 1 (1.75%) Sass
9 1 (1.75%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Graphic Design
2 7 (12.28%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.77%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (8.77%) Motion Graphics
3 5 (8.77%) Virtual Reality
4 4 (7.02%) Digital Media
5 3 (5.26%) Algorithms
5 3 (5.26%) Mixed Reality
6 2 (3.51%) Photography
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.75%) Blog
7 1 (1.75%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.75%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.75%) Interactive Media
7 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.75%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.75%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Android
2 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) CAD
2 12 (21.05%) Data Management
3 11 (19.30%) Time Management
4 8 (14.04%) User Experience
5 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.53%) Email Marketing
6 6 (10.53%) Visual Effects
7 5 (8.77%) 3D Animation
7 5 (8.77%) Coaching
7 5 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.77%) Storytelling
7 5 (8.77%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (8.77%) Typography
8 4 (7.02%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.02%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (7.02%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (7.02%) UX Design
9 3 (5.26%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (5.26%) B2C
9 3 (5.26%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) C#
2 5 (8.77%) C++
3 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.26%) Python
4 2 (3.51%) GLSL
4 2 (3.51%) HLSL
4 2 (3.51%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Degree
2 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) Def Stans
2 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (50.88%) Adobe
2 6 (10.53%) dotdigital
3 2 (3.51%) Perforce
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.75%) SAP
4 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.75%) Sitecore