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The table below looks at the demand for the Flex Developer 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 Flex Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Flex Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank414583
Rank change on same period last yearUp+169
Matching contract IT job ads14662
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.206 %0.063 %
As % of the category below0.249 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted3517
Average minimum daily rate£324£285
Average daily rate£340£297
% change on same period last year+14.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£200£333
% change on same period last year-39.97 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5871584627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.52 %
Daily rates quoted1953726197
Average minimum daily rate£373£390
Average daily rate£399£414
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted53907544
Average minimum hourly rate£22.65£23.91
Average hourly rate£24.18£25.49
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.71£27.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Flex Developer UKFlex Developer
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.

Flex Developer
Demand Trend

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

England Flex Developer Demand Trend

Flex Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Flex Developer Daily Rate Trend

Flex Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flex Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Flex Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Flex Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Flex Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Flex Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flex Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 10 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+143128£366+13.09 %
South EastUp+5212£200-15.19 %
West MidlandsNew entry-4--
North WestNew entry-2--
Flex Developer UKFlex Developer
UK

Flex Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Flex Developer 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 Flex Developer in their job title.

1245 (91.08 %)Adobe Flex
2141 (52.42 %)ActionScript
395 (35.32 %)Flash
493 (34.57 %)Java
578 (29.00 %)Banking
677 (28.62 %)RIA
775 (27.88 %)Adobe
871 (26.39 %)Investment Banking
954 (20.07 %)Internet
1051 (18.96 %)OO
1140 (14.87 %)Agile Software Development
1234 (12.64 %)Unit Testing
1234 (12.64 %)Ant
1333 (12.27 %)JUnit
1432 (11.90 %)Animation
1530 (11.15 %)TDD
1627 (10.04 %)Graphic Design
1724 (8.922 %)Flex 2
1724 (8.922 %)HTML
1822 (8.178 %)CSS
1920 (7.435 %)XML
2019 (7.063 %)WebServices
2019 (7.063 %)Finance
2117 (6.320 %)OOP
2216 (5.948 %)C#
2315 (5.576 %).NET
2315 (5.576 %)AJAX
2414 (5.204 %)Subversion
2414 (5.204 %)JavaScript
2513 (4.833 %)MVC

Flex Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Flex Developer 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 Flex Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1245 (91.08 %)Adobe Flex
224 (8.922 %)Flex 2
224 (8.922 %)HTML
322 (8.178 %)CSS
420 (7.435 %)XML
519 (7.063 %)WebServices
615 (5.576 %).NET
615 (5.576 %)AJAX
713 (4.833 %)MVC
811 (4.089 %)J2EE
910 (3.717 %)XHTML
107 (2.602 %)ASP.NET
107 (2.602 %)Adobe AIR
116 (2.230 %)Hibernate
116 (2.230 %)Spring
122 (0.743 %)Murex Flex
122 (0.743 %)Swing
131 (0.372 %)J2SE
131 (0.372 %)AWT
131 (0.372 %)Ruby on Rails
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (3.717 %)ColdFusion
28 (2.974 %)CMS
32 (0.743 %)Flash Media Server
32 (0.743 %)JBoss
41 (0.372 %)Apache
41 (0.372 %)SharePoint
41 (0.372 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.372 %)ColdFusion MX
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.859 %)Photoshop
23 (1.115 %)MS Visio
32 (0.743 %)Adobe Illustrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (20.07 %)Internet
25 (1.859 %)HTTP
25 (1.859 %)Intranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (1.859 %)MySQL
15 (1.859 %)SQL Server
21 (0.372 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
195 (35.32 %)Flash
234 (12.64 %)Ant
333 (12.27 %)JUnit
414 (5.204 %)Subversion
58 (2.974 %)Eclipse
67 (2.602 %)MTASC
72 (0.743 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.743 %)QuickTest Pro
72 (0.743 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.372 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.372 %)Mylyn
81 (0.372 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
178 (29.00 %)Banking
271 (26.39 %)Investment Banking
332 (11.90 %)Animation
427 (10.04 %)Graphic Design
519 (7.063 %)Finance
66 (2.230 %)Front Office
66 (2.230 %)Games
75 (1.859 %)Telecoms
83 (1.115 %)Financial Institution
83 (1.115 %)Marketing
92 (0.743 %)Online Games
92 (0.743 %)Education
101 (0.372 %)Health
101 (0.372 %)Advertising
101 (0.372 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (28.62 %)RIA
25 (1.859 %)Web 2.0
34 (1.487 %)Derivative
43 (1.115 %)Social Network
52 (0.743 %)MPEG
52 (0.743 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (0.743 %)Streaming Video
52 (0.743 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.743 %)Equities
61 (0.372 %)Client/Server
61 (0.372 %)iPhone
61 (0.372 %)E-Learning
61 (0.372 %)W3C
61 (0.372 %)Flash Lite
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (0.372 %)UNIX
11 (0.372 %)Windows
11 (0.372 %)Android
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (18.96 %)OO
240 (14.87 %)Agile Software Development
334 (12.64 %)Unit Testing
430 (11.15 %)TDD
517 (6.320 %)OOP
69 (3.346 %)Web Development
78 (2.974 %)E-Commerce
78 (2.974 %)Project Management
85 (1.859 %)OOD
85 (1.859 %)Scrum
92 (0.743 %)Digital Marketing
92 (0.743 %)Pair Programming
101 (0.372 %)Web Design
101 (0.372 %)UML
101 (0.372 %)SOA
101 (0.372 %)Change Management
101 (0.372 %)Risk Management
101 (0.372 %)Workflow
101 (0.372 %)Migration
101 (0.372 %)Continuous Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1141 (52.42 %)ActionScript
293 (34.57 %)Java
316 (5.948 %)C#
414 (5.204 %)JavaScript
58 (2.974 %)SQL
64 (1.487 %)PHP
73 (1.115 %)C++
73 (1.115 %)DHTML
82 (0.743 %)Ruby
91 (0.372 %)Perl
91 (0.372 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.372 %)VB
91 (0.372 %)PowerHouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (2.230 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
175 (27.88 %)Adobe
29 (3.346 %)Google
32 (0.743 %)Oracle
32 (0.743 %)Murex