The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Programming Languages category for the City of London 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 206 205 206
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 9 9 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.131% 0.118% 0.319%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.304% 0.318% 0.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 28
Average daily rate £289 £295 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.11% -19.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £195 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £443 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £256 £276 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.23% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2957 2833 4305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 42.91% 37.23% 42.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2273 2171 3304
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £290 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 36
Average hourly rate £40.75 £35.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.42% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £18.47 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.00 £48.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ActionScript 3.0
London

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the City of London region.

City of London ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Histogram

ActionScript 3.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the City of London region.

City of London ActionScript 3.0 Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 14 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 10 (71.43%) Flash
3 9 (64.29%) HTML5
4 8 (57.14%) CSS
5 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (35.71%) HTML
6 5 (35.71%) ActionScript 2.0
6 5 (35.71%) Twitter
7 4 (28.57%) RESTful
7 4 (28.57%) PHP
7 4 (28.57%) OOP
7 4 (28.57%) Scrum
7 4 (28.57%) TDD
7 4 (28.57%) JSON
8 3 (21.43%) Apache Flex
8 3 (21.43%) Google
8 3 (21.43%) Games
8 3 (21.43%) Android
8 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (21.43%) Web Services
8 3 (21.43%) XML
8 3 (21.43%) New Media
8 3 (21.43%) Facebook
8 3 (21.43%) Social Media
8 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
9 2 (14.29%) BDD
9 2 (14.29%) Ajax
9 2 (14.29%) ExpressionEngine
9 2 (14.29%) Flash Builder
9 2 (14.29%) Open Source

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (71.43%) Flash
2 9 (64.29%) HTML5
3 8 (57.14%) CSS
4 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 4 (28.57%) RESTful
5 4 (28.57%) JSON
6 3 (21.43%) Apache Flex
6 3 (21.43%) Web Services
6 3 (21.43%) XML
7 2 (14.29%) Ajax
7 2 (14.29%) SOAP
7 2 (14.29%) jQuery
7 2 (14.29%) Symfony
7 2 (14.29%) Django
8 1 (7.143%) WCF
8 1 (7.143%) Zend Framework
8 1 (7.143%) LAMP
8 1 (7.143%) .NET
8 1 (7.143%) Yii
8 1 (7.143%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) ExpressionEngine
1 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (7.143%) WordPress
2 1 (7.143%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.143%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Flash Builder
1 2 (14.29%) Git (software)
1 2 (14.29%) Subversion
2 1 (7.143%) Maven
2 1 (7.143%) Jasmine
General
1 3 (21.43%) Games
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Flash Developer
3 3 (21.43%) ActionScript Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Flash ActionScript Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior PHP Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Java Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Flex Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Front-End Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
5 1 (7.143%) Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Java Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.143%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (21.43%) New Media
1 3 (21.43%) Social Media
1 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.143%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (7.143%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) OOP
1 4 (28.57%) Scrum
1 4 (28.57%) TDD
2 2 (14.29%) BDD
2 2 (14.29%) Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) Validation
2 2 (14.29%) OO
2 2 (14.29%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) Use Case
2 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
3 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.143%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (35.71%) ActionScript 2.0
4 4 (28.57%) PHP
5 2 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) Objective-C
6 1 (7.143%) C#
6 1 (7.143%) PHP5
6 1 (7.143%) Java
6 1 (7.143%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Twitter
2 3 (21.43%) Google
2 3 (21.43%) Facebook
3 2 (14.29%) Zend
4 1 (7.143%) Apple
City of London
My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set:ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION:*...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION: *...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013