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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4544
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads823
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.023 %
As % of the category below17.39 %22.55 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£275
Average daily rate-£288
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£236£247
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
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£23.51£27.92
% change on same period last year-15.80 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads46102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted1514
Average minimum daily rate£248£260
Average daily rate£282£289
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£316£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£41.17£26.00
Average hourly rate£42.25£28.50
% change on same period last year+48.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.33£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.52
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Flash West MidlandsFlash
West Midlands

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.

Flash
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Birmingham Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Flash across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Flash 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 Flash.

116 (72.73 %)HTML
214 (63.64 %)CSS
313 (59.09 %)JavaScript
412 (54.55 %)ActionScript
510 (45.45 %)Dreamweaver
69 (40.91 %)AJAX
78 (36.36 %)W3C
78 (36.36 %)XHTML
86 (27.27 %)XSLT
86 (27.27 %)XML
95 (22.73 %).NET
104 (18.18 %)Photoshop
104 (18.18 %)DHTML
113 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
113 (13.64 %)DOM
122 (9.091 %)PHP
122 (9.091 %)Silverlight
122 (9.091 %)OO
131 (4.545 %)PHP5
131 (4.545 %)Security Cleared
131 (4.545 %)Streaming Media
131 (4.545 %)Web Development
131 (4.545 %)Degree
131 (4.545 %)Video Editing
131 (4.545 %)Social Network
131 (4.545 %)SQL
131 (4.545 %)OOP
131 (4.545 %)E-Commerce
131 (4.545 %)C#
131 (4.545 %)Java

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Flash 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 Flash. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (72.73 %)HTML
214 (63.64 %)CSS
39 (40.91 %)AJAX
48 (36.36 %)XHTML
56 (27.27 %)XSLT
56 (27.27 %)XML
65 (22.73 %).NET
73 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
73 (13.64 %)DOM
82 (9.091 %)Silverlight
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (18.18 %)Photoshop
21 (4.545 %)Adobe Illustrator
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (45.45 %)Dreamweaver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.545 %)Video Editing
11 (4.545 %)Government
11 (4.545 %)Games
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (72.73 %)Developer
27 (31.82 %)Web Developer
35 (22.73 %)Web Designer
42 (9.091 %)Flash Developer
42 (9.091 %)ActionScript Developer
42 (9.091 %)Photoshop Designer
42 (9.091 %)Flash Designer
51 (4.545 %)Senior Flash Designer
51 (4.545 %)Flash Programmer
51 (4.545 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (4.545 %)Graphic Designer
51 (4.545 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (4.545 %)Junior Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)Coordinator
51 (4.545 %)Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)Junior
51 (4.545 %)Programmer
51 (4.545 %).NET Developer
51 (4.545 %)C# Developer
51 (4.545 %)Project Coordinator
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (36.36 %)W3C
21 (4.545 %)Streaming Media
21 (4.545 %)Social Network
21 (4.545 %)Streaming Video
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (9.091 %)OO
21 (4.545 %)Security Cleared
21 (4.545 %)Web Development
21 (4.545 %)OOP
21 (4.545 %)E-Commerce
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (59.09 %)JavaScript
212 (54.55 %)ActionScript
34 (18.18 %)DHTML
42 (9.091 %)PHP
51 (4.545 %)PHP5
51 (4.545 %)SQL
51 (4.545 %)C#
51 (4.545 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.545 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.545 %)Apple