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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank167-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads560
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.635 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted190
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£459-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£468-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
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£26.38£31.25
% change on same period last year-15.60 %
Application Development City of LondonApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21251679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.822 %1.723 %
Daily rates quoted1233741
Average minimum daily rate£399£455
Average daily rate£436£491
% change on same period last year-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£526
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6030
Average minimum hourly rate£30.51£25.73
Average hourly rate£32.70£29.12
% change on same period last year+12.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.88£32.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Adobe Flex LondonAdobe Flex
London

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.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

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

City of London Adobe Flex Demand Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe Flex across the City of London region.

City of London Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London Adobe Flex Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe Flex
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adobe Flex across the City of London region.

City of London Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adobe 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 Adobe Flex.

164 (78.05 %)Java
255 (67.07 %)Banking
353 (64.63 %)RIA
452 (63.41 %)Investment Banking
550 (60.98 %)Internet
646 (56.10 %)ActionScript
737 (45.12 %)Agile Software Development
833 (40.24 %)Graphic Design
833 (40.24 %)Animation
921 (25.61 %)Adobe
1019 (23.17 %)Flash
1112 (14.63 %)AJAX
129 (10.98 %)Google
129 (10.98 %)JavaScript
129 (10.98 %)CSS
138 (9.756 %)J2EE
138 (9.756 %)XHTML
147 (8.537 %)OO
147 (8.537 %)Unit Testing
156 (7.317 %)Ant
156 (7.317 %)JUnit
165 (6.098 %)C#
165 (6.098 %).NET
165 (6.098 %)HTML
165 (6.098 %)E-Commerce
174 (4.878 %)J2SE
174 (4.878 %)SQL Server
174 (4.878 %)UML
174 (4.878 %)Computer Science
174 (4.878 %)Finance

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adobe 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 Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (14.63 %)AJAX
29 (10.98 %)CSS
38 (9.756 %)J2EE
38 (9.756 %)XHTML
45 (6.098 %)HTML
45 (6.098 %).NET
54 (4.878 %)J2SE
54 (4.878 %)WAP
63 (3.659 %)jQuery
72 (2.439 %)Silverlight
72 (2.439 %)Adobe AIR
72 (2.439 %)MVC
72 (2.439 %)EJB
81 (1.220 %)WebServices
81 (1.220 %)Swing
81 (1.220 %)JSON
81 (1.220 %)Flex 2
Application Platforms
12 (2.439 %)Apache
12 (2.439 %)ColdFusion
21 (1.220 %)TIBCO EMS
21 (1.220 %)Tomcat
Applications
14 (4.878 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
150 (60.98 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (4.878 %)SQL Server
23 (3.659 %)MySQL
Development Applications
119 (23.17 %)Flash
26 (7.317 %)Ant
26 (7.317 %)JUnit
32 (2.439 %)Visual Studio
41 (1.220 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (1.220 %)LoadRunner
41 (1.220 %)Subversion
General
155 (67.07 %)Banking
252 (63.41 %)Investment Banking
333 (40.24 %)Graphic Design
333 (40.24 %)Animation
44 (4.878 %)Finance
51 (1.220 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
164 (78.05 %)Developer
258 (70.73 %)Flex Developer
37 (8.537 %)Consultant
37 (8.537 %)Flash Developer
43 (3.659 %)Technical Lead
43 (3.659 %)Senior Developer
43 (3.659 %)Analyst
43 (3.659 %)ActionScript Developer
52 (2.439 %)ColdFusion Developer
52 (2.439 %)Senior ActionScript Developer
52 (2.439 %)Web Developer
52 (2.439 %)Development Manager
52 (2.439 %)Senior Flash Developer
61 (1.220 %)Support Analyst
61 (1.220 %)C# Developer
61 (1.220 %)JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
153 (64.63 %)RIA
24 (4.878 %)Computer Science
33 (3.659 %)Web 2.0
42 (2.439 %)Multithreading
51 (1.220 %)Client/Server
51 (1.220 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
12 (2.439 %)UNIX
21 (1.220 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
137 (45.12 %)Agile Software Development
27 (8.537 %)OO
27 (8.537 %)Unit Testing
35 (6.098 %)E-Commerce
44 (4.878 %)UML
53 (3.659 %)Scrum
62 (2.439 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.220 %)Web Development
71 (1.220 %)Wealth Management
71 (1.220 %)OOD
71 (1.220 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
164 (78.05 %)Java
246 (56.10 %)ActionScript
39 (10.98 %)JavaScript
45 (6.098 %)C#
53 (3.659 %)SQL
61 (1.220 %)XPath
61 (1.220 %)DHTML
61 (1.220 %)PHP
Vendors
121 (25.61 %)Adobe
29 (10.98 %)Google
31 (1.220 %)Oracle
31 (1.220 %)TIBCO
31 (1.220 %)Reuters
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