The first table below looks at the demand for the Flex Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Flex Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Canary Wharf 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Flex Developer
Rank 49 49 51
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Flex Developer 2 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 0.518% 0.265% 1.942%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.563% 0.289% 2.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 10
Average daily rate £500 £600 £613
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -2.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+47.82% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
355 346 483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 91.97% 91.53% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 211 375
Average daily rate £525 £550 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £350 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -13.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Flex Developer
London

Flex Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Flex Developer across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canary Wharf Flex Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Flex Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Flex Developer Daily Rate Trend

Flex Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Flex Developer in their job title 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 with Flex Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Java SE
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Flex
1 2 (100.00%) RIA
1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0

Flex Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Flex Developer in their job title 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 with Flex Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Java SE
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Flex
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) RIA
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe