The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 2.0 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript 2.0 over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 2.0 (AS2)
Rank 117 137 132
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -5
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% 0.032% 0.099%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.549% 0.141% 0.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £188 - £281
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
-42.30% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
729 707 948
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.36% 22.44% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 338 384
Average daily rate £375 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £476 £450 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 12 94
Average hourly rate £34.00 £36.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.20% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.80 £18.50 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ActionScript 2.0
South East

ActionScript 2.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire ActionScript 2.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire ActionScript 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire ActionScript 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

ActionScript 2.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire ActionScript 2.0 Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript 2.0
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 2.0 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidenhead - 2 £188 -
Reading - 2 £188 -
Slough - 2 £188 -
ActionScript 2.0
South East

ActionScript 2.0
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ActionScript 2.0 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ActionScript 2.0.

1 5 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 5 (100.00%) Flash
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe
2 3 (60.00%) Flash Lite
2 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) MVC
3 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (40.00%) InDesign
3 2 (40.00%) FTP
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
3 2 (40.00%) STB
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (20.00%) Fireworks

ActionScript 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ActionScript 2.0 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ActionScript 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Flash
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (40.00%) InDesign
3 1 (20.00%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) FTP
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Flash Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Flash Lite
2 2 (40.00%) STB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
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