The first table below looks at the demand for Flash 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 Flash over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 342 252 160
Rank change year-on-year
-90 -92
Contract jobs citing Flash 182 382 684
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.438% 0.715% 1.197%
As % of the Application Development category 1.611% 2.731% 4.245%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 203 411
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £188 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £265 £275
% change year-on-year
+13.20% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 32 22
Average hourly rate £17.33 £25.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.70% -7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.18 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.40 £35.20 £35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £24.39
% change year-on-year
-13.37% -17.99%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11298 13988 16114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.21% 26.19% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7248 8388 9560
Average daily rate £375 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
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 340 367 558
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -6.72%
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%
Flash
UK

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Flash Daily Rate Histogram

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 23 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 -40 113 £375 +20.00%
South East -23 25 £213 -19.04%
East of England -5 13 £156 -47.91%
Yorkshire +6 12 £305 +39.42%
North West +3 8 £300 -14.28%
South West +25 6 £300 +50.00%
West Midlands -8 6 £283 -5.83%
Flash
UK

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 191 (48.72%) HTML
2 167 (42.60%) JavaScript
3 163 (41.58%) CSS
4 135 (34.44%) ActionScript
5 133 (33.93%) Photoshop
6 115 (29.34%) Adobe
7 101 (25.77%) HTML5
8 86 (21.94%) Java
9 74 (18.88%) ActionScript 3.0
10 72 (18.37%) XML
10 72 (18.37%) Adobe Illustrator
11 68 (17.35%) Marketing
12 61 (15.56%) E-Commerce
13 52 (13.27%) PHP
14 47 (11.99%) OO
15 46 (11.73%) jQuery
16 44 (11.22%) CMS
17 43 (10.97%) Games
18 42 (10.71%) XHTML
18 42 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
19 41 (10.46%) ActionScript 2.0
20 39 (9.949%) Apache Flex
21 37 (9.439%) Scrum
21 37 (9.439%) Mobile App
22 35 (8.929%) Microsoft
22 35 (8.929%) Dreamweaver
22 35 (8.929%) Degree
23 34 (8.673%) Android
23 34 (8.673%) Digital Media
24 33 (8.418%) Internet

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 191 (48.72%) HTML
2 163 (41.58%) CSS
3 101 (25.77%) HTML5
4 72 (18.37%) XML
5 46 (11.73%) jQuery
6 42 (10.71%) XHTML
7 39 (9.949%) Apache Flex
8 33 (8.418%) .NET
9 31 (7.908%) Silverlight
9 31 (7.908%) REST
10 30 (7.653%) Web Services
11 25 (6.378%) JSON
11 25 (6.378%) Ajax
12 20 (5.102%) DHTML
12 20 (5.102%) CSS3
13 17 (4.337%) J2EE
14 13 (3.316%) SOAP
15 10 (2.551%) ASP.NET
15 10 (2.551%) WSRP
15 10 (2.551%) JSR 168
Application Platforms
1 44 (11.22%) CMS
2 22 (5.612%) Adobe CQ
3 15 (3.827%) Apache
4 14 (3.571%) Drupal
5 10 (2.551%) Tomcat
5 10 (2.551%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (2.551%) Amazon AWS
6 6 (1.531%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.276%) WordPress
7 5 (1.276%) Joomla!
8 4 (1.020%) ColdFusion
9 3 (0.765%) IIS
9 3 (0.765%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.510%) MS Exchange
10 2 (0.510%) MODX
11 1 (0.255%) CM System
11 1 (0.255%) Magento
11 1 (0.255%) Moodle
11 1 (0.255%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.255%) LiveSite
Applications
1 133 (33.93%) Photoshop
2 72 (18.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 25 (6.378%) MS Visio
4 19 (4.847%) MS Excel
4 19 (4.847%) Fireworks
5 16 (4.082%) MS Office
6 14 (3.571%) InDesign
7 13 (3.316%) Adobe After Effects
8 12 (3.061%) Acrobat
9 8 (2.041%) MS PowerPoint
10 7 (1.786%) OmniGraffle
11 4 (1.020%) Maya
11 4 (1.020%) Shockwave
12 3 (0.765%) CINEMA 4D
12 3 (0.765%) MS Project
12 3 (0.765%) Quicktime
13 1 (0.255%) InfoPath
13 1 (0.255%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.255%) QuarkXPress
13 1 (0.255%) FreeHand
Business Applications
1 1 (0.255%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.255%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.418%) Internet
2 21 (5.357%) HTTP
3 15 (3.827%) SAN
3 15 (3.827%) DNS
4 11 (2.806%) RTP
5 10 (2.551%) SSL
5 10 (2.551%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.551%) Firewall
5 10 (2.551%) RTSP
5 10 (2.551%) NAS
5 10 (2.551%) Network Security
6 6 (1.531%) FTP
7 4 (1.020%) 3G
7 4 (1.020%) Intranet
7 4 (1.020%) Broadband
7 4 (1.020%) LTE
8 3 (0.765%) xDSL
8 3 (0.765%) SNMP
8 3 (0.765%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.765%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.163%) MySQL
2 16 (4.082%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.571%) CouchDB
4 11 (2.806%) RDBMS
4 11 (2.806%) Oracle 8/8i
5 10 (2.551%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.551%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.551%) Redis
6 4 (1.020%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (1.020%) DB2
6 4 (1.020%) OLAP
6 4 (1.020%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.020%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (0.765%) DbVisualizer
7 3 (0.765%) SQLite
7 3 (0.765%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.255%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.255%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.255%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.255%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 35 (8.929%) Dreamweaver
2 23 (5.867%) Subversion
3 19 (4.847%) Git (software)
4 17 (4.337%) Maven
5 16 (4.082%) Selenium
6 14 (3.571%) JIRA
7 13 (3.316%) Jenkins
8 12 (3.061%) Expression Blend
9 11 (2.806%) Hudson
9 11 (2.806%) Flash Builder
10 8 (2.041%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.041%) Axure RP
11 6 (1.531%) JUnit
12 4 (1.020%) MTASC
12 4 (1.020%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.020%) GitHub
13 3 (0.765%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.765%) TestNG
13 3 (0.765%) Ant
13 3 (0.765%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 68 (17.35%) Marketing
2 43 (10.97%) Games
3 29 (7.398%) Finance
4 22 (5.612%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.102%) Publishing
6 16 (4.082%) Multimedia
7 15 (3.827%) Legal
8 14 (3.571%) Banking
9 13 (3.316%) Retail
10 12 (3.061%) Advertising
11 11 (2.806%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.020%) Front Office
12 4 (1.020%) Music
13 2 (0.510%) Automotive
13 2 (0.510%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.510%) Electronics
13 2 (0.510%) Interactive Media
14 1 (0.255%) Online Betting
14 1 (0.255%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.255%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 194 (49.49%) Developer
2 75 (19.13%) Designer
3 50 (12.76%) Web Developer
3 50 (12.76%) Flash Developer
4 23 (5.867%) Front-End Developer
5 19 (4.847%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 19 (4.847%) Web Designer
6 18 (4.592%) Web Producer
7 17 (4.337%) ActionScript Developer
8 14 (3.571%) Project Manager
9 13 (3.316%) User Experience Designer
10 12 (3.061%) Software Engineer
10 12 (3.061%) Android Developer
11 11 (2.806%) UI Programmer
11 11 (2.806%) UI Developer
11 11 (2.806%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.551%) Analyst
12 10 (2.551%) Graphic Designer
12 10 (2.551%) PHP Developer
13 9 (2.296%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.439%) Mobile App
2 34 (8.673%) Digital Media
3 24 (6.122%) Graphic Design
4 16 (4.082%) E-Learning
5 14 (3.571%) Open Source
5 14 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.061%) W3C
6 12 (3.061%) RIA
7 11 (2.806%) New Media
8 10 (2.551%) IPTV
8 10 (2.551%) Taxonomies
8 10 (2.551%) Ontologies
9 9 (2.296%) Social Media
10 8 (2.041%) Animation
11 7 (1.786%) iPhone
11 7 (1.786%) Visualisation
11 7 (1.786%) Interactive TV
11 7 (1.786%) Flash Lite
11 7 (1.786%) Computer Science
12 6 (1.531%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.673%) Android
2 30 (7.653%) Apple iOS
3 24 (6.122%) Windows
3 24 (6.122%) Linux
4 16 (4.082%) UNIX
5 6 (1.531%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.020%) Windows XP
6 4 (1.020%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.510%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.510%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.510%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (0.510%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.255%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.255%) Windows Phone 7
8 1 (0.255%) CentOS
8 1 (0.255%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (15.56%) E-Commerce
2 47 (11.99%) OO
3 42 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
4 37 (9.439%) Scrum
5 33 (8.418%) OOP
5 33 (8.418%) Web Design
6 26 (6.633%) MVC
6 26 (6.633%) Project Management
7 25 (6.378%) TDD
7 25 (6.378%) Content Management
8 23 (5.867%) Information Architecture
9 22 (5.612%) Web Development
10 19 (4.847%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (3.827%) Unit Testing
12 14 (3.571%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (3.316%) Online Marketing
14 12 (3.061%) OOD
14 12 (3.061%) SOA
14 12 (3.061%) SEO
15 10 (2.551%) DRM
Programming Languages
1 167 (42.60%) JavaScript
2 135 (34.44%) ActionScript
3 86 (21.94%) Java
4 74 (18.88%) ActionScript 3.0
5 52 (13.27%) PHP
6 41 (10.46%) ActionScript 2.0
7 31 (7.908%) SQL
8 22 (5.612%) C#
9 21 (5.357%) C++
10 19 (4.847%) Perl
11 15 (3.827%) C
12 11 (2.806%) Ruby
13 10 (2.551%) Objective-C
14 8 (2.041%) Python
15 6 (1.531%) XAML
16 5 (1.276%) Embedded C
16 5 (1.276%) Shell Script
17 4 (1.020%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.765%) Scala
19 2 (0.510%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 35 (8.929%) Degree
2 2 (0.510%) ACCA
2 2 (0.510%) CIMA
2 2 (0.510%) OCP
2 2 (0.510%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.296%) QA
2 3 (0.765%) SLA
3 1 (0.255%) JTAG
System Software
1 10 (2.551%) Samba
2 4 (1.020%) SRDF
3 2 (0.510%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.510%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.255%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.255%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 6 (1.531%) Nagios
1 6 (1.531%) OpenView
1 6 (1.531%) ZABBIX
1 6 (1.531%) Puppet
2 5 (1.276%) Tivoli
2 5 (1.276%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (0.510%) WSUS
3 2 (0.510%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.510%) SCCM
4 1 (0.255%) Oracle Statspack
4 1 (0.255%) Plesk
4 1 (0.255%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 115 (29.34%) Adobe
2 35 (8.929%) Microsoft
3 25 (6.378%) Oracle
4 14 (3.571%) JBoss
5 10 (2.551%) Rackspace
6 9 (2.296%) IBM
7 7 (1.786%) Cisco
8 6 (1.531%) Symantec
8 6 (1.531%) HP
8 6 (1.531%) Google
8 6 (1.531%) Facebook
8 6 (1.531%) Twitter
8 6 (1.531%) RightScale
9 5 (1.276%) Apple
10 4 (1.020%) OpenTV
10 4 (1.020%) EMC
11 3 (0.765%) Freescale
11 3 (0.765%) Stellent
12 2 (0.510%) Citrix
12 2 (0.510%) Progress
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