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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank29-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below10.53 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£259
% change on same period last year+3.59 %
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£23.97£25.26
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads1911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£243£260
Average daily rate£251£278
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£259£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£324
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£46.00
Average hourly rate-£46.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.65£30.81
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
Flash CheshireFlash
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Chester Flash Demand 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 Chester region.

Chester Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

14 (100.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
32 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
32 (50.00 %)FreeHand
32 (50.00 %)Fireworks
32 (50.00 %)PHP
32 (50.00 %)MySQL
32 (50.00 %)Photoshop
32 (50.00 %)CSS
32 (50.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %)CMS
32 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (50.00 %)Web Design
32 (50.00 %)Google
32 (50.00 %)Content Management
41 (25.00 %)Marketing
41 (25.00 %)Display Advertising
41 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
41 (25.00 %)Banking
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Advertising

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)XML
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)CMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)Photoshop
12 (50.00 %)FreeHand
12 (50.00 %)Fireworks
12 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Advertising
11 (25.00 %)Banking
11 (25.00 %)Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Junior
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Web Developer
21 (25.00 %)Web Designer
21 (25.00 %)Junior Developer
21 (25.00 %)Junior Web Developer
21 (25.00 %)Junior Web Designer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
22 (50.00 %)Web Design
22 (50.00 %)Content Management
31 (25.00 %)Display Advertising
31 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)PHP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Google