The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Flex skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Flex 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 of the Application Development category for the England 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
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex)
Rank 413 373 226
Rank change year-on-year
-40 -147
Contract jobs citing Apache Flex 100 191 451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.241% 0.358% 0.803%
As % of the Application Development category 0.882% 1.370% 2.847%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 105 303
Average daily rate £450 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £550 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £288 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 3
Average hourly rate £54.00 £40.75 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.51% -2.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £40.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+22.69% -2.97%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Apache Flex
UK

Apache Flex
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apache Flex across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England Apache Flex Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Flex
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Apache Flex Daily Rate Trend

Apache Flex
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache Flex across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Apache Flex Daily Rate Histogram

Apache Flex
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apache Flex across the England region.

England Apache Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Apache Flex
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Flex within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +4 83 £488 +2.63%
South East +4 11 £188 -42.30%
South West +26 5 £375 +22.95%
East of England +17 2 - -
North West -5 1 £300 +4.34%
Apache Flex
UK

Apache Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex.

1 108 (61.71%) Java
2 70 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 66 (37.71%) CSS
4 53 (30.29%) HTML
5 50 (28.57%) Adobe
6 43 (24.57%) Finance
6 43 (24.57%) Agile Software Development
6 43 (24.57%) Spring
7 42 (24.00%) J2EE
8 41 (23.43%) HTML5
9 40 (22.86%) Flash
10 39 (22.29%) Ajax
11 37 (21.14%) ActionScript
12 36 (20.57%) jQuery
13 34 (19.43%) Maven
14 33 (18.86%) Hibernate
14 33 (18.86%) Oracle
14 33 (18.86%) XML
15 32 (18.29%) E-Commerce
15 32 (18.29%) Web Services
16 26 (14.86%) OO
16 26 (14.86%) MVC
17 25 (14.29%) UML
18 24 (13.71%) Banking
18 24 (13.71%) ActionScript 3.0
19 23 (13.14%) TDD
19 23 (13.14%) Windows
20 22 (12.57%) Apache
20 22 (12.57%) SQL
20 22 (12.57%) JIRA

Apache Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 66 (37.71%) CSS
2 53 (30.29%) HTML
3 43 (24.57%) Spring
4 42 (24.00%) J2EE
5 41 (23.43%) HTML5
6 40 (22.86%) Flash
7 39 (22.29%) Ajax
8 36 (20.57%) jQuery
9 33 (18.86%) Hibernate
9 33 (18.86%) XML
10 32 (18.29%) Web Services
11 21 (12.00%) Parsley
12 20 (11.43%) CSS3
13 19 (10.86%) REST
13 19 (10.86%) .NET
13 19 (10.86%) SOAP
14 18 (10.29%) Servlets
14 18 (10.29%) Silverlight
14 18 (10.29%) Adobe AIR
15 13 (7.429%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 22 (12.57%) Apache
2 19 (10.86%) CMS
3 16 (9.143%) Tomcat
3 16 (9.143%) WebLogic
4 11 (6.286%) Oracle Workflow
5 10 (5.714%) ESB
6 9 (5.143%) Confluence
7 8 (4.571%) ArcGIS
8 6 (3.429%) ArcSDE
8 6 (3.429%) WordPress
9 2 (1.143%) MODX
9 2 (1.143%) LiveCycle
9 2 (1.143%) Lightstreamer
10 1 (0.571%) Force.com
10 1 (0.571%) nginx
10 1 (0.571%) Adobe CQ
10 1 (0.571%) ArcIMS
10 1 (0.571%) FileNet
10 1 (0.571%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.571%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (8.571%) Photoshop
2 9 (5.143%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.714%) MS Office
4 2 (1.143%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.571%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.571%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.29%) Internet
2 6 (3.429%) HTTP
3 5 (2.857%) Firewall
3 5 (2.857%) Intranet
3 5 (2.857%) Extranet
4 3 (1.714%) TELNET
4 3 (1.714%) SNMP
4 3 (1.714%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.143%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.143%) FTP
6 1 (0.571%) SPDY
6 1 (0.571%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.571%) NFC
6 1 (0.571%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.714%) RDBMS
2 9 (5.143%) MySQL
3 8 (4.571%) GIS
4 4 (2.286%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.714%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (1.714%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.143%) Oracle OWB
6 2 (1.143%) SQLite
6 2 (1.143%) DB2
6 2 (1.143%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.571%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.571%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.571%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.571%) KDB
7 1 (0.571%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 34 (19.43%) Maven
2 22 (12.57%) JIRA
3 16 (9.143%) Subversion
4 14 (8.000%) Eclipse
5 12 (6.857%) FlexUnit
6 10 (5.714%) JUnit
7 8 (4.571%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (4.571%) Visual Studio
8 7 (4.000%) Selenium
9 4 (2.286%) Spring Roo
9 4 (2.286%) Jasmine
10 3 (1.714%) Mockito
10 3 (1.714%) TestNG
10 3 (1.714%) Expression Blend
10 3 (1.714%) Jenkins
10 3 (1.714%) GitHub
11 2 (1.143%) CruiseControl
11 2 (1.143%) PhoneGap
11 2 (1.143%) MyEclipse
11 2 (1.143%) Git (software)
General
1 43 (24.57%) Finance
2 24 (13.71%) Banking
3 16 (9.143%) Front Office
4 12 (6.857%) Investment Banking
5 8 (4.571%) Publishing
6 6 (3.429%) Games
6 6 (3.429%) Marketing
7 5 (2.857%) Advertising
8 2 (1.143%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.143%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.143%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.143%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 117 (66.86%) Developer
2 39 (22.29%) Flex Developer
3 23 (13.14%) Java Developer
4 22 (12.57%) Architect
5 16 (9.143%) Designer
6 8 (4.571%) PHP Developer
6 8 (4.571%) JavaScript Developer
6 8 (4.571%) Senior Developer
7 7 (4.000%) GIS Developer
7 7 (4.000%) Applications Architect
8 6 (3.429%) HTML Developer
8 6 (3.429%) Flash Developer
8 6 (3.429%) Front-End Developer
9 5 (2.857%) User Experience Designer
9 5 (2.857%) Lead Developer
9 5 (2.857%) Analyst
9 5 (2.857%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.857%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 5 (2.857%) Team Leader
10 4 (2.286%) Web Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.571%) RIA
2 13 (7.429%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (6.286%) iPhone
4 10 (5.714%) Blackberry
4 10 (5.714%) W3C
5 9 (5.143%) Mobile App
6 8 (4.571%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.857%) Social Media
7 5 (2.857%) Open Source
7 5 (2.857%) Graphic Design
7 5 (2.857%) Fixed Income
8 4 (2.286%) Equities
8 4 (2.286%) Derivative
8 4 (2.286%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.286%) iPad
9 3 (1.714%) Video on Demand
9 3 (1.714%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.714%) Informatics
9 3 (1.714%) Mathematics
10 2 (1.143%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.14%) Windows
2 17 (9.714%) Linux
3 13 (7.429%) UNIX
4 10 (5.714%) Android
4 10 (5.714%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (4.000%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.714%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (1.143%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.57%) Agile Software Development
2 32 (18.29%) E-Commerce
3 26 (14.86%) OO
3 26 (14.86%) MVC
4 25 (14.29%) UML
5 23 (13.14%) TDD
6 18 (10.29%) Unit Testing
6 18 (10.29%) Scrum
7 13 (7.429%) Investment Management
7 13 (7.429%) Content Management
8 12 (6.857%) Workflow
8 12 (6.857%) OOP
9 11 (6.286%) SOA
9 11 (6.286%) Data Management
10 10 (5.714%) Data Modelling
11 9 (5.143%) Dependency Injection
12 8 (4.571%) Web Development
12 8 (4.571%) Analytics
13 7 (4.000%) RUP
13 7 (4.000%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (61.71%) Java
2 70 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 37 (21.14%) ActionScript
4 24 (13.71%) ActionScript 3.0
5 22 (12.57%) SQL
6 16 (9.143%) PHP
6 16 (9.143%) C#
7 13 (7.429%) Python
8 7 (4.000%) ActionScript 2.0
8 7 (4.000%) Perl
8 7 (4.000%) Objective-C
9 5 (2.857%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.714%) XAML
10 3 (1.714%) C
11 2 (1.143%) Korn
11 2 (1.143%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.571%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.571%) Scala
12 1 (0.571%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.571%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 13 (7.429%) Degree
2 3 (1.714%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.714%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.571%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.714%) QA
2 1 (0.571%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 1 (0.571%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 50 (28.57%) Adobe
2 33 (18.86%) Oracle
3 13 (7.429%) FatWire
4 8 (4.571%) JBoss
4 8 (4.571%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.571%) ESRI
5 7 (4.000%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.857%) Sybase
7 3 (1.714%) Sencha
7 3 (1.714%) Google
8 2 (1.143%) InterSystems
8 2 (1.143%) IBM
8 2 (1.143%) TIBCO
8 2 (1.143%) Twitter
9 1 (0.571%) UC4
9 1 (0.571%) Demandware
9 1 (0.571%) Facebook
9 1 (0.571%) Tealeaf
9 1 (0.571%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.571%) Apple
Birmingham, West Midlands
A Birmingham CC based software house is currently recruiting for a very strong, commercially experienced contract Java / Adobe Flex developer. You will be using Java object orientated development...
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Rate: £250 - £280 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
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Rate: £330 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
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My client has an immediate requirement for an experienced front end developer with an excellent knowledge of Object Orientated JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. You will have excellent web...
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Core Java and Flex UI Developer - Investment Bank - London The successful candidate undertaking this role will join the Prime Services team as a senior developer with a potential...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Yorkshire
The role will involve the development of web applications as well as continued development of customer code in Java.Ideally they are seeking a candidate with the following...
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Rate: £300 - £340 per day
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Unix medium level experience. Specific Role expectations: - Hands on Data Analysis with multiple databases and complex queries - Hands on experience in Unix - Managing environments Technical skillsett requirement: PLSQL,...
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