The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Flex skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Flex over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Bristol 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex)
Rank 49 60 48
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs citing Apache Flex 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.188% 0.120% 0.161%
As % of the Application Development category 0.926% 0.505% 1.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £288 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -4.76%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 198 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.30% 23.68% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 136 34
Average daily rate £309 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.92% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £405 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Apache Flex
South West

Apache Flex
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apache Flex across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol Apache Flex Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Flex
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Apache Flex Daily Rate Trend

Apache Flex
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex.

1 5 (83.33%) Hibernate
1 5 (83.33%) Java
1 5 (83.33%) Spring
2 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Spring Roo
2 4 (66.67%) J2EE
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) OOD
2 4 (66.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Flash
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) JAXB
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
3 1 (16.67%) Subversion
3 1 (16.67%) Apache Axis
3 1 (16.67%) JBoss Seam
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Flex Builder
3 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0

Apache Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) Hibernate
1 5 (83.33%) Spring
2 4 (66.67%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) Flash
3 1 (16.67%) JAXB
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) Apache Axis
3 1 (16.67%) JBoss Seam
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Spring Roo
1 4 (66.67%) Eclipse
2 1 (16.67%) Subversion
2 1 (16.67%) Flex Builder
2 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) OOD
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
1 4 (66.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
2 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe