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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2751
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.010 %
As % of the category below16.77 %5.517 %
Daily rates quoted100
Average minimum daily rate£216-
Average daily rate£233-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£251-
UK excluding London average daily rate£260£273
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£32.50
% change on same period last year+30.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.32£26.00
% change on same period last year-2.60 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads161145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.323 %0.181 %
Daily rates quoted6330
Average minimum daily rate£253£312
Average daily rate£280£332
% change on same period last year-15.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1837
Average minimum hourly rate£33.67£30.82
Average hourly rate£36.29£34.31
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.91£37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
Flash South WestFlash
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.

Flash
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Flash Daily Rate Histogram

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Flash Hourly Rate Histogram

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

132 (71.11 %)ActionScript
219 (42.22 %)CSS
317 (37.78 %)JavaScript
416 (35.56 %)HTML
511 (24.44 %)XHTML
511 (24.44 %)AJAX
69 (20.00 %)XML
78 (17.78 %).NET
78 (17.78 %)Eclipse
78 (17.78 %)Macromedia
87 (15.56 %)PHP
87 (15.56 %)Photoshop
96 (13.33 %)Games
105 (11.11 %)Adobe Illustrator
105 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
114 (8.889 %)Content Management
114 (8.889 %)Internet
114 (8.889 %)ASP.NET
123 (6.667 %)MySQL
123 (6.667 %)Java
123 (6.667 %)C#
123 (6.667 %)Interwoven
123 (6.667 %)TeamSite
123 (6.667 %)WebServices
123 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
123 (6.667 %)XSL
123 (6.667 %)OOP
123 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
123 (6.667 %)Marketing
123 (6.667 %)RIA

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (42.22 %)CSS
216 (35.56 %)HTML
311 (24.44 %)XHTML
311 (24.44 %)AJAX
49 (20.00 %)XML
58 (17.78 %).NET
64 (8.889 %)ASP.NET
73 (6.667 %)XSL
73 (6.667 %)WebServices
82 (4.444 %)XSLT
82 (4.444 %)JMX
82 (4.444 %)LAMP
82 (4.444 %)DHTML
82 (4.444 %)J2EE
82 (4.444 %)DOM
82 (4.444 %)JSP
91 (2.222 %)Ruby on Rails
91 (2.222 %)J2SE
91 (2.222 %)WAP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (6.667 %)TeamSite
22 (4.444 %)CMS
31 (2.222 %)Joomla!
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (15.56 %)Photoshop
25 (11.11 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (4.444 %)ImageReady
32 (4.444 %)Fireworks
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (8.889 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.667 %)MySQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (17.78 %)Eclipse
21 (2.222 %)Dreamweaver
21 (2.222 %)TestDirector
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (13.33 %)Games
23 (6.667 %)Marketing
32 (4.444 %)Banking
32 (4.444 %)Retail
41 (2.222 %)Music
41 (2.222 %)Retail Banking
41 (2.222 %)Animation
41 (2.222 %)Flash Games
41 (2.222 %)Back Office
41 (2.222 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (86.67 %)Developer
225 (55.56 %)Flash Developer
318 (40.00 %)ActionScript Developer
46 (13.33 %)Web Developer
53 (6.667 %)Java Developer
53 (6.667 %)PHP Developer
53 (6.667 %)Web Manager
53 (6.667 %)Front-End Developer
62 (4.444 %)Lead Java Developer
62 (4.444 %)Senior Developer
62 (4.444 %)Lead Developer
71 (2.222 %)Applications Developer
71 (2.222 %).NET Developer
71 (2.222 %)Systems Tester
71 (2.222 %)Senior Web Developer
71 (2.222 %)Tester
71 (2.222 %)Java Web Developer
71 (2.222 %)Java Applications Developer
71 (2.222 %)Web Applications Developer
71 (2.222 %)MySQL Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
13 (6.667 %)RIA
21 (2.222 %)W3C
21 (2.222 %)Streaming Video
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
24 (8.889 %)Content Management
33 (6.667 %)OOP
33 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
42 (4.444 %)Web Analytics
42 (4.444 %)Web Development
51 (2.222 %)Usability Testing
51 (2.222 %)Test Scripting
51 (2.222 %)Manual Testing
51 (2.222 %)OO
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (71.11 %)ActionScript
217 (37.78 %)JavaScript
37 (15.56 %)PHP
43 (6.667 %)C#
43 (6.667 %)Java
52 (4.444 %)C++
52 (4.444 %)XPath
52 (4.444 %)PHP5
61 (2.222 %)PHP4
61 (2.222 %)Ruby
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.222 %)WAI
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (17.78 %)Macromedia
23 (6.667 %)Interwoven
32 (4.444 %)IBM
41 (2.222 %)Microsoft
41 (2.222 %)Oracle