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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6068
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.000 %0.932 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£307
% change on same period last year+23.48 %
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£33.17£30.00
% change on same period last year+10.55 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads200322
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.264 %0.321 %
Daily rates quoted3462
Average minimum daily rate£296£330
Average daily rate£330£345
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted112
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£36.70
Average hourly rate£32.50£37.08
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Adobe Flex ScotlandAdobe Flex
Scotland

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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

12 (40.00 %)Adobe
12 (40.00 %)HTML
12 (40.00 %)Java
12 (40.00 %)CSS
12 (40.00 %)Flash
21 (20.00 %)XHTML
21 (20.00 %)SharePoint
21 (20.00 %)Tomcat
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)ActionScript
21 (20.00 %)Ant
21 (20.00 %)JUnit
21 (20.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)Hibernate
21 (20.00 %)TDD
21 (20.00 %)Data Management
21 (20.00 %)AJAX
21 (20.00 %)Marketing
21 (20.00 %)iBATIS
21 (20.00 %)RIA
21 (20.00 %)Unit Testing

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)HTML
12 (40.00 %)CSS
21 (20.00 %)XHTML
21 (20.00 %)Hibernate
21 (20.00 %)AJAX
21 (20.00 %)iBATIS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)SharePoint
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Flash
21 (20.00 %)Ant
21 (20.00 %)JUnit
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Marketing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)Flex Developer
31 (20.00 %)Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Flash Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)RIA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)TDD
11 (20.00 %)Data Management
11 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)ActionScript
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Adobe