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The table below looks at the demand for the Flash Designer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Flash Designer
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank454539
Rank change on same period last yearUp+85
Matching contract IT job ads7983
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.088 %
As % of the category below0.152 %0.104 %
Daily rates quoted1933
Average minimum daily rate£275£221
Average daily rate£284£245
% change on same period last year+15.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£292£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£185£255
% change on same period last year-27.45 %
Hourly rates quoted102
Average minimum hourly rate£19.27£20.00
Average hourly rate£22.18£23.75
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.09£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.61£22.50
% change on same period last year+4.93 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5183980183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.20 %85.35 %
Daily rates quoted1670124716
Average minimum daily rate£365£389
Average daily rate£390£413
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted50727279
Average minimum hourly rate£21.96£23.46
Average hourly rate£23.41£25.03
% change on same period last year-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£24.11
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Flash Designer UKFlash Designer
UK

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 Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash Designer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Flash Designer Demand Trend

Flash Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Flash Designer across the England region.

England Flash Designer Daily Rate Trend

Flash Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash Designer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Flash Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Flash Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Flash Designer across the England region.

England Flash Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Flash Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash Designer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Flash Designer Hourly Rate Histogram

Flash Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash Designer within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+9554£284+18.48 %
YorkshireUp+459--
South EastUp+555--
West MidlandsUp+153--
South WestUp+292--
North WestUp+152--
MidlandsUp+201--
South CoastNew entry-1--
North EastNew entry-1--
East of EnglandUp+231--
Flash Designer UKFlash Designer
UK

Flash Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Flash Designer in their job title 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 with Flash Designer in their job title.

1150 (100.00 %)Flash
274 (49.33 %)ActionScript
365 (43.33 %)Photoshop
451 (34.00 %)HTML
544 (29.33 %)Adobe Illustrator
634 (22.67 %)Animation
729 (19.33 %)CSS
827 (18.00 %)Games
922 (14.67 %)Adobe
1019 (12.67 %)XML
1116 (10.67 %)Web Design
1214 (9.333 %)JavaScript
1312 (8.000 %)Marketing
1411 (7.333 %)Flash Games
1510 (6.667 %)Advertising
169 (6.000 %)OO
169 (6.000 %)XHTML
169 (6.000 %)Graphic Design
178 (5.333 %)Interactive TV
187 (4.667 %)Web 2.0
187 (4.667 %)Dreamweaver
196 (4.000 %)Adobe Flex
196 (4.000 %).NET
205 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
205 (3.333 %)Fireworks
205 (3.333 %)AJAX
205 (3.333 %)Internet
205 (3.333 %)Degree
205 (3.333 %)Online Games
214 (2.667 %)Digital Marketing

Flash Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Flash Designer in their job title 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 with Flash Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (34.00 %)HTML
229 (19.33 %)CSS
319 (12.67 %)XML
49 (6.000 %)XHTML
56 (4.000 %).NET
56 (4.000 %)Adobe Flex
65 (3.333 %)AJAX
65 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
72 (1.333 %)Silverlight
81 (0.667 %).NET Remoting
81 (0.667 %).NET Framework
81 (0.667 %)SOAP
81 (0.667 %)WebServices
81 (0.667 %)Middleware
81 (0.667 %)XSLT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (0.667 %)Flash Media Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
165 (43.33 %)Photoshop
244 (29.33 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (3.333 %)Fireworks
44 (2.667 %)InDesign
53 (2.000 %)Adobe After Effects
62 (1.333 %)Maya
71 (0.667 %)MS Excel
71 (0.667 %)ImageReady
71 (0.667 %)Adobe Premiere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.000 %)WebTrends
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (3.333 %)Internet
23 (2.000 %)Intranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.333 %)SQL Server
21 (0.667 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1150 (100.00 %)Flash
27 (4.667 %)Dreamweaver
32 (1.333 %)Subversion
32 (1.333 %)Eclipse
41 (0.667 %)Expression Blend
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (22.67 %)Animation
227 (18.00 %)Games
312 (8.000 %)Marketing
411 (7.333 %)Flash Games
510 (6.667 %)Advertising
69 (6.000 %)Graphic Design
75 (3.333 %)Online Games
82 (1.333 %)Video Editing
82 (1.333 %)Finance
91 (0.667 %)Education
91 (0.667 %)Health
91 (0.667 %)Publishing
91 (0.667 %)Multimedia
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.333 %)Interactive TV
27 (4.667 %)Web 2.0
33 (2.000 %)Spread Betting
33 (2.000 %)Social Network
42 (1.333 %)NHS
51 (0.667 %)W3C
51 (0.667 %)E-Learning
51 (0.667 %)Data Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (10.67 %)Web Design
29 (6.000 %)OO
34 (2.667 %)Web Development
34 (2.667 %)OOP
34 (2.667 %)Digital Marketing
43 (2.000 %)E-Commerce
52 (1.333 %)SEO
52 (1.333 %)Interactive Advertising
61 (0.667 %)OOD
61 (0.667 %)B2B
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
174 (49.33 %)ActionScript
214 (9.333 %)JavaScript
34 (2.667 %)C#
34 (2.667 %)DHTML
43 (2.000 %)SQL
52 (1.333 %)VB.NET
61 (0.667 %)Lingo
61 (0.667 %)PHP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (3.333 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.333 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (14.67 %)Adobe
24 (2.667 %)Quark
33 (2.000 %)Apple
42 (1.333 %)Microsoft
51 (0.667 %)IBM