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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank126160
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.419 %0.581 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£550£275
Average daily rate£650£288
% change on same period last year+126.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£750£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£307
% change on same period last year+23.48 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.75£30.00
% change on same period last year+15.83 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7161032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.945 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted189249
Average minimum daily rate£295£322
Average daily rate£320£336
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted5895
Average minimum hourly rate£36.14£36.08
Average hourly rate£37.88£37.28
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.63£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Adobe Flex South EastAdobe Flex
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe Flex across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire Adobe Flex Demand Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe Flex across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex.

15 (83.33 %)Flash
24 (66.67 %)OO
33 (50.00 %)Java
33 (50.00 %)ActionScript
42 (33.33 %)C++
42 (33.33 %)PHP
42 (33.33 %)3D Graphics
42 (33.33 %)Web Design
51 (16.67 %)Spring
51 (16.67 %)Ruby
51 (16.67 %)AJAX
51 (16.67 %)Web 2.0
51 (16.67 %)Web Development
51 (16.67 %)Silverlight
51 (16.67 %)JavaScript
51 (16.67 %)J2EE
51 (16.67 %)Oracle
51 (16.67 %)CSS
51 (16.67 %)OOP
51 (16.67 %)Adobe
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
51 (16.67 %)W3C

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)Spring
11 (16.67 %)AJAX
11 (16.67 %)Silverlight
11 (16.67 %)J2EE
11 (16.67 %)CSS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)Flash
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)3D Graphics
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)Flash Developer
31 (16.67 %)Flash Designer
31 (16.67 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)Web Developer
31 (16.67 %)Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Development Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Web 2.0
11 (16.67 %)W3C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)OO
22 (33.33 %)Web Design
31 (16.67 %)Web Development
31 (16.67 %)OOP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)Java
13 (50.00 %)ActionScript
22 (33.33 %)C++
22 (33.33 %)PHP
31 (16.67 %)Ruby
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Adobe