Visual Effects Jobs in England

Visual Effects (VFX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Visual Effects skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Visual Effects over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 864 1125
Rank change year-on-year +19 +261 -236
Permanent jobs citing Visual Effects 18 30 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.037% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.038% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 12
10th Percentile £30,300 £34,000 £39,350
25th Percentile £31,500 £47,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £84,000 £82,950
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.37% +11.36% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Visual Effects falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Visual Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Effects in England

Visual Effects
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Effects in England.

Salary trend for Visual Effects in England

Visual Effects
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Effects in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Effects in England

Visual Effects
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Effects within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +81 6 £50,000 -23.08% 8
South East -27 4 £35,000 -47.17% 3
East of England - 4 £95,000 - 2
North of England +12 2 £30,000 -40.00%
West Midlands -9 2 £39,500 -
Midlands -36 2 £39,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -
Visual Effects
UK

Visual Effects
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 4 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Maya
2 6 (33.33%) ZBrush
3 4 (22.22%) Blender
3 4 (22.22%) MotionBuilder
4 2 (11.11%) 3ds Max
4 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 13 (72.22%) Games
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Multimedia
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Art Director
1 4 (22.22%) Product Specialist
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Designer
3 2 (11.11%) 3D Designer
4 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Graphics Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Animation
1 7 (38.89%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Photography
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Social Media
3 1 (5.56%) Video Editing
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Game Development
1 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 3 (16.67%) 3D Modelling
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Use Case
3 2 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (5.56%) Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.56%) Iconography
4 1 (5.56%) Infographics
4 1 (5.56%) Logistics
4 1 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (5.56%) Project Management
4 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience
4 1 (5.56%) UX Design
4 1 (5.56%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C++
1 4 (22.22%) Python
1 4 (22.22%) RPG
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) C
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Apple
1 4 (22.22%) Atlassian
1 4 (22.22%) Autodesk
1 4 (22.22%) NVIDIA
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft