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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe ActionScript skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ActionScript
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3956
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads2210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.011 %
As % of the category below7.432 %3.846 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£215£300
Average daily rate£238£347
% change on same period last year-31.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£261£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£269
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£42.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.31£29.77
% change on same period last year-11.62 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads296260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.480 %0.284 %
Daily rates quoted8169
Average minimum daily rate£254£312
Average daily rate£278£336
% change on same period last year-17.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted6968
Average minimum hourly rate£31.91£33.38
Average hourly rate£33.06£37.21
% change on same period last year-11.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.22£41.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
ActionScript South WestActionScript
South West

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.

ActionScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol ActionScript Demand Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Bristol ActionScript Daily Rate Histogram

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol ActionScript Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ActionScript 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.

130 (100.00 %)Flash
212 (40.00 %)JavaScript
310 (33.33 %)CSS
310 (33.33 %)HTML
48 (26.67 %)Eclipse
48 (26.67 %)Macromedia
56 (20.00 %)XML
65 (16.67 %).NET
74 (13.33 %)PHP
74 (13.33 %)XHTML
74 (13.33 %)Games
83 (10.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
83 (10.00 %)OOP
83 (10.00 %)XSL
83 (10.00 %)C#
83 (10.00 %)Photoshop
83 (10.00 %)AJAX
83 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
83 (10.00 %)Internet
83 (10.00 %)RIA
92 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
92 (6.667 %)Marketing
92 (6.667 %)XPath
92 (6.667 %)LAMP
92 (6.667 %)Content Management
92 (6.667 %)Web Analytics
92 (6.667 %)JSP
92 (6.667 %)DHTML
92 (6.667 %)XSLT
92 (6.667 %)DOM

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ActionScript 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (33.33 %)HTML
110 (33.33 %)CSS
26 (20.00 %)XML
35 (16.67 %).NET
44 (13.33 %)XHTML
53 (10.00 %)AJAX
53 (10.00 %)XSL
62 (6.667 %)XSLT
62 (6.667 %)DOM
62 (6.667 %)JSP
62 (6.667 %)LAMP
71 (3.333 %)Adobe Flex
71 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.667 %)TeamSite
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.00 %)Photoshop
13 (10.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (6.667 %)ImageReady
22 (6.667 %)Fireworks
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (10.00 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
130 (100.00 %)Flash
28 (26.67 %)Eclipse
31 (3.333 %)Dreamweaver
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (13.33 %)Games
22 (6.667 %)Marketing
31 (3.333 %)Animation
31 (3.333 %)Back Office
31 (3.333 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (90.00 %)Developer
223 (76.67 %)Flash Developer
317 (56.67 %)ActionScript Developer
42 (6.667 %)Web Developer
51 (3.333 %)Senior Developer
51 (3.333 %).NET Developer
51 (3.333 %)Senior Web Developer
51 (3.333 %)Web Manager
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)RIA
22 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (10.00 %)OOP
13 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (6.667 %)Content Management
22 (6.667 %)Web Analytics
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (40.00 %)JavaScript
24 (13.33 %)PHP
33 (10.00 %)C#
42 (6.667 %)DHTML
42 (6.667 %)XPath
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.333 %)Degree
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (26.67 %)Macromedia
22 (6.667 %)Interwoven
22 (6.667 %)IBM
31 (3.333 %)Adobe