Hertfordshire ActionScript Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe ActionScript skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe ActionScript
Location Ashton-under-Lyne Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenwich Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Huddersfield Ipswich Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wymondham Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	70
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	22	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	5.276 %	4.605 %
Daily rates quoted	10	13
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£206
Average daily rate	£312	£210
% change on same period last year	+48.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£215
UK excluding London average daily rate	£252	£240
% change on same period last year	+4.90 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£14.67
Average hourly rate	-	£16.83
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.88	£26.05
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Programming Languages Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	417	608
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.556 %	0.607 %
Daily rates quoted	165	238
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£315
Average daily rate	£361	£335
% change on same period last year	+7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£336
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	54
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.95	£30.62
Average hourly rate	£35.61	£32.14
% change on same period last year	+10.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.28	£33.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.25	£32.93
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
ActionScript East of England

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.

ActionScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ActionScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

ActionScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ActionScript
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
St Albans	-	5	£400	-
Watford	+7	5	£282	+25.88 %

ActionScript East of England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript.

1 34 (94.44 %) Flash 2 21 (58.33 %) XML 3 19 (52.78 %) Photoshop 4 17 (47.22 %) HTML 5 15 (41.67 %) CSS 6 12 (33.33 %) JavaScript 7 11 (30.56 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 11 (30.56 %) Animation 8 9 (25.00 %) Dreamweaver 8 9 (25.00 %) Adobe 8 9 (25.00 %) Internet 9 8 (22.22 %) SQL Server 9 8 (22.22 %) FreeHand 9 8 (22.22 %) ASP 9 8 (22.22 %) HND

9 8 (22.22 %) Degree 9 8 (22.22 %) Web Design 10 5 (13.89 %) Games 11 4 (11.11 %) XHTML 11 4 (11.11 %) W3C 12 3 (8.333 %) Advertising 12 3 (8.333 %) JSP 12 3 (8.333 %) E-Commerce 12 3 (8.333 %) OOP 12 3 (8.333 %) Adobe Flex 12 3 (8.333 %) JSTL 12 3 (8.333 %) Multimedia 13 2 (5.556 %) Adobe Premiere 13 2 (5.556 %) ImageReady 14 1 (2.778 %) Back Office

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 21 (58.33 %) XML 2 17 (47.22 %) HTML 3 15 (41.67 %) CSS 4 8 (22.22 %) ASP 5 4 (11.11 %) XHTML 6 3 (8.333 %) JSP 6 3 (8.333 %) JSTL 6 3 (8.333 %) Adobe Flex 7 1 (2.778 %) LAMP 7 1 (2.778 %) AJAX 7 1 (2.778 %) Microformats 7 1 (2.778 %) ASP.NET 7 1 (2.778 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.778 %) Apache
Applications 1 19 (52.78 %) Photoshop 2 11 (30.56 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 8 (22.22 %) FreeHand 4 2 (5.556 %) Adobe Premiere 4 2 (5.556 %) ImageReady 5 1 (2.778 %) Adobe After Effects	Communications & Networking 1 9 (25.00 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2 1 (2.778 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 34 (94.44 %) Flash 2 9 (25.00 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (2.778 %) Visual Studio
General 1 11 (30.56 %) Animation 2 5 (13.89 %) Games 3 3 (8.333 %) Advertising 3 3 (8.333 %) Multimedia 4 1 (2.778 %) Insurance 4 1 (2.778 %) Graphic Design 4 1 (2.778 %) Retail 4 1 (2.778 %) Back Office 4 1 (2.778 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 27 (75.00 %) Developer 2 11 (30.56 %) ActionScript Developer 3 8 (22.22 %) ASP Developer 4 7 (19.44 %) Flash Developer 4 7 (19.44 %) Flash Designer 5 4 (11.11 %) Junior 5 4 (11.11 %) Junior Developer 6 3 (8.333 %) Junior ASP Developer 7 2 (5.556 %) Web Developer 8 1 (2.778 %) Senior Developer 8 1 (2.778 %) Senior Web Developer 8 1 (2.778 %) Junior Web Developer 8 1 (2.778 %) Multimedia Developer 8 1 (2.778 %) Flash Animator 8 1 (2.778 %) Photoshop Designer 8 1 (2.778 %) Senior Photoshop Designer 8 1 (2.778 %) Multimedia Designer 8 1 (2.778 %) Animator
Miscellaneous 1 4 (11.11 %) W3C 2 1 (2.778 %) Streaming Video 2 1 (2.778 %) Interactive TV 2 1 (2.778 %) Streaming Media	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (22.22 %) Web Design 2 3 (8.333 %) OOP 2 3 (8.333 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 12 (33.33 %) JavaScript 2 1 (2.778 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 8 (22.22 %) HND 1 8 (22.22 %) Degree
Vendors 1 9 (25.00 %) Adobe 2 1 (2.778 %) Google 2 1 (2.778 %) Microsoft