Animation Jobs

Animation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 738 782
Rank change year-on-year +275 +44 +53
Permanent jobs citing Animation 279 170 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 0.46% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 22 123 80
10th Percentile £32,325 £27,100 £36,975
25th Percentile £45,625 £31,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £41,235 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.57% -28.29% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £74,750 £66,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% +15.38%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,037 36,595 40,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.33% 33.84% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,690 23,361 22,279
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Animation in the UK

Animation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Animation over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Animation in the UK

Animation
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +262 271 £62,500 +51.57% 181
Work from Home +286 247 £62,500 +13.64% 99
London +161 98 £62,500 +20.19% 80
UK excluding London +156 90 £52,500 +40.00% 127
South East +116 35 £40,000 -5.88% 50
East of England +38 26 - - 4
Midlands +89 12 £52,500 +70.73% 17
North of England +26 11 £77,500 +106.67% 33
West Midlands +72 9 £52,500 +66.67% 7
South West +101 6 - - 15
North West -20 6 £77,500 +106.67% 9
Yorkshire +40 4 - - 16
East Midlands +47 3 £45,000 +50.00% 10
North East +51 1 - - 8

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 6 (2.15%) WordPress
2 5 (1.79%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (6.09%) Photoshop
2 14 (5.02%) Adobe Premiere
3 13 (4.66%) Adobe After Effects
3 13 (4.66%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (2.51%) InDesign
6 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (1.43%) Maya
8 4 (1.43%) QuarkXPress
9 3 (1.08%) Adobe XD
9 3 (1.08%) Blender
9 3 (1.08%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (1.08%) Sketch
10 2 (0.72%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (0.72%) MotionBuilder
11 1 (0.36%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.36%) Houdini
11 1 (0.36%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.23%) Figma
2 6 (2.15%) SaaS
3 2 (0.72%) Canva
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.36%) AWS
4 1 (0.36%) Miro
4 1 (0.36%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 215 (77.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.36%) gulp
2 1 (0.36%) PostCSS
2 1 (0.36%) rollup.js
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 225 (80.65%) Games
2 22 (7.89%) Marketing
3 21 (7.53%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (3.94%) Multimedia
6 9 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.51%) Advertising
8 5 (1.79%) Automotive
8 5 (1.79%) Finance
9 1 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.36%) iGaming
9 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 225 (80.65%) Senior
2 20 (7.17%) Designer
3 9 (3.23%) Head of Design
3 9 (3.23%) Lead
4 7 (2.51%) Animator
5 5 (1.79%) Creative Designer
5 5 (1.79%) Developer
5 5 (1.79%) Senior Designer
6 4 (1.43%) Copywriter
6 4 (1.43%) Digital Designer
7 3 (1.08%) Digital Producer
7 3 (1.08%) Junior
7 3 (1.08%) Junior Designer
7 3 (1.08%) Junior UI/UX Designer
7 3 (1.08%) Junior UX Designer
7 3 (1.08%) Senior Animator
7 3 (1.08%) UI Designer
7 3 (1.08%) UI/UX Designer
7 3 (1.08%) UX Designer
8 2 (0.72%) Digital Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (77.42%) WebGL
2 215 (77.06%) GraphQL
2 215 (77.06%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 11 (3.94%) HTML
4 8 (2.87%) HTML5
5 5 (1.79%) CSS
6 2 (0.72%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.72%) Core Animation
6 2 (0.72%) Core Data
6 2 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (0.72%) RESTful
6 2 (0.72%) Sass
6 2 (0.72%) UIKit
7 1 (0.36%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.36%) CSS3
7 1 (0.36%) GreenSock GSAP
7 1 (0.36%) Pixi.js
7 1 (0.36%) React
7 1 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.36%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.45%) Social Media
2 14 (5.02%) Graphic Design
3 12 (4.30%) Video Editing
4 10 (3.58%) Photography
5 8 (2.87%) Motion Graphics
6 7 (2.51%) Xbox
7 6 (2.15%) Digital Media
7 6 (2.15%) Podcast
8 5 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.43%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (1.08%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.08%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.72%) State Machine
12 1 (0.36%) Blog
12 1 (0.36%) FMCG
12 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
12 1 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.72%) Android
1 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (81.00%) Problem-Solving
1 226 (81.00%) Storytelling
2 224 (80.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 216 (77.42%) 3D Animation
3 216 (77.42%) Visual Effects
4 215 (77.06%) Prototyping
4 215 (77.06%) Rapid Prototyping
5 12 (4.30%) Analytics
6 8 (2.87%) User Experience
7 7 (2.51%) Fintech
8 6 (2.15%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (2.15%) Digital Strategy
8 6 (2.15%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (2.15%) UX Design
8 6 (2.15%) Wireframes
9 5 (1.79%) Content Management
9 5 (1.79%) Front End Development
9 5 (1.79%) Motion Capture
9 5 (1.79%) Typography
10 4 (1.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 215 (77.06%) HLSL
2 6 (2.15%) RPG
3 3 (1.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.72%) C#
4 2 (0.72%) Swift
4 2 (0.72%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.36%) C++
5 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (4.30%) Degree
2 4 (1.43%) HNC
2 4 (1.43%) HND
3 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.72%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.36%) GRC
Vendors
1 30 (10.75%) Adobe
2 6 (2.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.43%) Google
3 4 (1.43%) Twitter
3 4 (1.43%) YouTube
4 2 (0.72%) Cisco
5 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.36%) Perforce
5 1 (0.36%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.36%) Sony
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