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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank86118
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads12361312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.727 %1.318 %
As % of the category below20.15 %15.78 %
Daily rates quoted429356
Average minimum daily rate£265£248
Average daily rate£295£263
% change on same period last year+12.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£239£240
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted90104
Average minimum hourly rate£22.06£26.96
Average hourly rate£24.36£29.61
% change on same period last year-17.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.66£32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.59£27.75
% change on same period last year-11.38 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads61338314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.567 %8.353 %
Daily rates quoted20192515
Average minimum daily rate£338£349
Average daily rate£363£371
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted437677
Average minimum hourly rate£29.84£30.28
Average hourly rate£31.81£32.21
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.79£34.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Flash UKFlash
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
Demand Trend

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

England Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Flash Daily Rate Histogram

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Flash Hourly Rate Histogram

Flash
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 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+49751£310+12.50 %
South EastUp+6164£243+4.91 %
North WestUp+4988£208-31.68 %
South WestDown-2163£230-15.90 %
YorkshireUp+756£231+6.96 %
East of EnglandDown-2343£268+22.11 %
West MidlandsUp+1035£175-40.42 %
East MidlandsUp+718£205-36.18 %
MidlandsUp+1712--
North EastUp+148--
Flash UKFlash
UK

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Flash 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 Flash.

11129 (46.25 %)HTML
21125 (46.09 %)ActionScript
3987 (40.43 %)CSS
4863 (35.35 %)JavaScript
5684 (28.02 %)XML
6683 (27.98 %)Photoshop
7405 (16.59 %)XHTML
8366 (14.99 %)PHP
9362 (14.83 %)Adobe Flex
10322 (13.19 %)Adobe Illustrator
11306 (12.54 %).NET
12283 (11.59 %)AJAX
13260 (10.65 %)OOP
14257 (10.53 %)Adobe
15256 (10.49 %)Dreamweaver
16254 (10.41 %)OO
17222 (9.095 %)Games
18205 (8.398 %)MySQL
19184 (7.538 %)ASP
20170 (6.964 %)ASP.NET
21162 (6.637 %)Internet
22158 (6.473 %)Web Development
23156 (6.391 %)SQL
24153 (6.268 %)Marketing
25152 (6.227 %)Web Design
26149 (6.104 %)Java
27138 (5.653 %)W3C
28130 (5.326 %)SQL Server
29129 (5.285 %)Content Management
30122 (4.998 %)E-Commerce

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Flash 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 Flash. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11129 (46.25 %)HTML
2987 (40.43 %)CSS
3684 (28.02 %)XML
4405 (16.59 %)XHTML
5362 (14.83 %)Adobe Flex
6306 (12.54 %).NET
7283 (11.59 %)AJAX
8184 (7.538 %)ASP
9170 (6.964 %)ASP.NET
10108 (4.424 %)XSLT
1186 (3.523 %)JSP
1263 (2.581 %)MVC
1354 (2.212 %)Silverlight
1445 (1.844 %)WebServices
1540 (1.639 %)RSS
1639 (1.598 %)jQuery
1734 (1.393 %)XSL
1832 (1.311 %)Flex 2
1926 (1.065 %).NET Framework
2021 (0.860 %)WAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1110 (4.506 %)CMS
270 (2.868 %)IIS
365 (2.663 %)Apache
437 (1.516 %)SharePoint
437 (1.516 %)ColdFusion
520 (0.819 %)SharePoint Server 2007
615 (0.615 %)WebLogic
79 (0.369 %)TeamSite
85 (0.205 %)Flash Media Server
85 (0.205 %)JBoss
85 (0.205 %)Tomcat
94 (0.164 %)ColdFusion MX
94 (0.164 %)DotNetNuke
102 (0.082 %)SharePoint Portal Server
102 (0.082 %)Joomla!
111 (0.041 %)TYPO3
111 (0.041 %)Content Management Server
111 (0.041 %)Morello
111 (0.041 %)WordPress
111 (0.041 %)Community Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1683 (27.98 %)Photoshop
2322 (13.19 %)Adobe Illustrator
3109 (4.465 %)Fireworks
460 (2.458 %)MS Office
545 (1.844 %)MS Visio
632 (1.311 %)ImageReady
632 (1.311 %)3ds Max
721 (0.860 %)MS Project
819 (0.778 %)MS Excel
915 (0.615 %)FreeHand
915 (0.615 %)Adobe Premiere
1014 (0.574 %)MS PowerPoint
1014 (0.574 %)Adobe Captivate
1113 (0.533 %)InDesign
1113 (0.533 %)Shockwave
1212 (0.492 %)Adobe After Effects
1311 (0.451 %)Maya
1410 (0.410 %)Acrobat
158 (0.328 %)QuarkXPress
166 (0.246 %)RoboHelp
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.205 %)WebTrends
15 (0.205 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.082 %)Navision
22 (0.082 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.041 %)Khalix
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1162 (6.637 %)Internet
246 (1.884 %)Intranet
321 (0.860 %)FTP
413 (0.533 %)DNS
413 (0.533 %)Firewall
511 (0.451 %)TCP/IP
68 (0.328 %)HTTP
68 (0.328 %)LDAP
68 (0.328 %)Extranet
77 (0.287 %)SSL
77 (0.287 %)SMS
77 (0.287 %)DMZ
85 (0.205 %)ADSL
94 (0.164 %)IMAP
103 (0.123 %)SSH
103 (0.123 %)SMTP
103 (0.123 %)SAN
103 (0.123 %)HTTPS
103 (0.123 %)3G
112 (0.082 %)VoIP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1205 (8.398 %)MySQL
2130 (5.326 %)SQL Server
321 (0.860 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (0.655 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (0.287 %)DB2 UDB
57 (0.287 %)DB2
57 (0.287 %)Crystal Reports
65 (0.205 %)MS Access
73 (0.123 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.123 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.082 %)TOAD
82 (0.082 %)RDBMS
82 (0.082 %)GIS
82 (0.082 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.082 %)SQLBase
91 (0.041 %)WebFOCUS
91 (0.041 %)Hyperion Essbase
91 (0.041 %)IDOL
91 (0.041 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.041 %)DTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1256 (10.49 %)Dreamweaver
235 (1.434 %)Subversion
330 (1.229 %)Eclipse
423 (0.942 %)Visual Studio
516 (0.655 %)VSS/SourceSafe
610 (0.410 %)MTASC
76 (0.246 %)JUnit
76 (0.246 %)Selenium
84 (0.164 %)Firebug
93 (0.123 %)Mylyn
93 (0.123 %)InterDev
93 (0.123 %)Ant
102 (0.082 %)WinRunner
102 (0.082 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.082 %)CruiseControl
102 (0.082 %)FitNesse
102 (0.082 %)WATIR
111 (0.041 %)FrontPage
111 (0.041 %)NUnit
111 (0.041 %)TestDirector
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1222 (9.095 %)Games
2153 (6.268 %)Marketing
3106 (4.342 %)Animation
498 (4.015 %)Multimedia
581 (3.318 %)Advertising
669 (2.827 %)Finance
761 (2.499 %)Graphic Design
848 (1.966 %)Telecoms
942 (1.721 %)Publishing
1041 (1.680 %)Flash Games
1041 (1.680 %)Online Games
1133 (1.352 %)Education
1226 (1.065 %)Retail
1226 (1.065 %)Video Editing
1323 (0.942 %)Banking
1422 (0.901 %)Music
1518 (0.737 %)Health
1614 (0.574 %)Investment Banking
1614 (0.574 %)Government
1711 (0.451 %)Insurance
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11559 (63.87 %)Developer
2749 (30.68 %)Flash Developer
3361 (14.79 %)Web Developer
4296 (12.13 %)Web Designer
5250 (10.24 %)ActionScript Developer
6155 (6.350 %)Flash Designer
792 (3.769 %)Flex Developer
877 (3.154 %)PHP Developer
966 (2.704 %)Senior Developer
1064 (2.622 %)Photoshop Designer
1161 (2.499 %)Project Manager
1257 (2.335 %)Graphic Designer
1354 (2.212 %).NET Developer
1448 (1.966 %)Junior
1536 (1.475 %)C# Developer
1536 (1.475 %)Senior Flash Developer
1633 (1.352 %)Analyst
1732 (1.311 %)ASP.NET Developer
1831 (1.270 %)HTML Developer
1831 (1.270 %)Programmer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (5.653 %)W3C
281 (3.318 %)E-Learning
370 (2.868 %)Web 2.0
443 (1.762 %)RIA
535 (1.434 %)Social Network
631 (1.270 %)IPTV
730 (1.229 %)Streaming Video
822 (0.901 %)SCORM
919 (0.778 %)Handset
919 (0.778 %)Streaming Media
1015 (0.615 %)Computer Science
1015 (0.615 %)Flash Lite
1114 (0.574 %)Blog
1213 (0.533 %)STB
1311 (0.451 %)Interactive TV
1410 (0.410 %)BBC
1410 (0.410 %)NHS
1410 (0.410 %)DTV
159 (0.369 %)Photography
168 (0.328 %)N-Tier
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
168 (2.786 %)Windows
236 (1.475 %)Linux
331 (1.270 %)UNIX
429 (1.188 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (0.696 %)Solaris
613 (0.533 %)Windows XP
75 (0.205 %)HPUX
75 (0.205 %)Android
84 (0.164 %)Mac OS X Server
84 (0.164 %)Mac OS X
93 (0.123 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (0.123 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.082 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.041 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.041 %)Debian
111 (0.041 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.041 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1260 (10.65 %)OOP
2254 (10.41 %)OO
3158 (6.473 %)Web Development
4152 (6.227 %)Web Design
5129 (5.285 %)Content Management
6122 (4.998 %)E-Commerce
770 (2.868 %)Project Management
860 (2.458 %)SEO
946 (1.884 %)Agile Software Development
1033 (1.352 %)UML
1123 (0.942 %)Digital Marketing
1220 (0.819 %)OOD
1318 (0.737 %)TDD
1417 (0.696 %)Continuous Integration
1516 (0.655 %)Security Cleared
1516 (0.655 %)Business Analysis
1516 (0.655 %)Internet Marketing
1615 (0.615 %)Scrum
1714 (0.574 %)CRM
1714 (0.574 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11125 (46.09 %)ActionScript
2863 (35.35 %)JavaScript
3366 (14.99 %)PHP
4156 (6.391 %)SQL
5149 (6.104 %)Java
6121 (4.957 %)C#
7106 (4.342 %)DHTML
847 (1.925 %)C++
942 (1.721 %)Perl
1031 (1.270 %)PHP5
1128 (1.147 %)VB.NET
1220 (0.819 %)VB
1317 (0.696 %)VBScript
1414 (0.574 %)C
158 (0.328 %)PHP4
158 (0.328 %)XPath
167 (0.287 %)VB6
167 (0.287 %)Ruby
175 (0.205 %)Shell Script
175 (0.205 %)Lingo
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
164 (2.622 %)Degree
216 (0.655 %)ISEB
315 (0.615 %)HND
45 (0.205 %)HNC
54 (0.164 %)MCP
54 (0.164 %)MCSD
54 (0.164 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (0.164 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.123 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.041 %)MBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.557 %)QA
223 (0.942 %)WAI
33 (0.123 %)SLA
42 (0.082 %)WCAG
51 (0.041 %)TickIT
51 (0.041 %)PAS 78
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.287 %)Active Directory
25 (0.205 %)ISA Server
25 (0.205 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.041 %)SCOM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1257 (10.53 %)Adobe
291 (3.728 %)Microsoft
357 (2.335 %)Macromedia
441 (1.680 %)Oracle
518 (0.737 %)Perforce
617 (0.696 %)IBM
714 (0.574 %)Sun
714 (0.574 %)Quark
813 (0.533 %)Google
97 (0.287 %)Fujitsu
97 (0.287 %)RedDot
97 (0.287 %)ICL
97 (0.287 %)VERITAS
97 (0.287 %)Sony
97 (0.287 %)EMC
97 (0.287 %)Unisys
106 (0.246 %)Citrix
115 (0.205 %)Remedy
115 (0.205 %)Autodesk
115 (0.205 %)Stellent