The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Programming Languages category for the London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 361 378 309
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -69
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 23 32 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.101% 0.120% 0.435%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.238% 0.312% 1.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 105
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £520 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £256 £276 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.23% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9677 10244 13467
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 42.44% 38.53% 42.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6907 6983 9169
Average daily rate £440 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.57% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £280 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 151 146
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £20.00 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £50.00 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region.

London ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Histogram

ActionScript 3.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region.

London ActionScript 3.0 Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -1 8 £289 +0.43% 3
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 49 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 39 (79.59%) Flash
3 25 (51.02%) CSS
3 25 (51.02%) JavaScript
4 24 (48.98%) HTML5
5 23 (46.94%) HTML
6 17 (34.69%) Scrum
6 17 (34.69%) ActionScript 2.0
7 15 (30.61%) TDD
7 15 (30.61%) Apache Flex
8 14 (28.57%) Games
9 11 (22.45%) Java
9 11 (22.45%) Adobe
9 11 (22.45%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (20.41%) OOP
11 9 (18.37%) PHP
11 9 (18.37%) Mobile App
12 8 (16.33%) BDD
12 8 (16.33%) Internet
13 7 (14.29%) SQL
13 7 (14.29%) Web Services
13 7 (14.29%) Android
13 7 (14.29%) RIA
14 6 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
14 6 (12.24%) jQuery
14 6 (12.24%) Google
14 6 (12.24%) MySQL
14 6 (12.24%) C#
14 6 (12.24%) OO
14 6 (12.24%) CMS

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (79.59%) Flash
2 25 (51.02%) CSS
3 24 (48.98%) HTML5
4 23 (46.94%) HTML
5 15 (30.61%) Apache Flex
6 7 (14.29%) Web Services
7 6 (12.24%) jQuery
8 5 (10.20%) RESTful
8 5 (10.20%) XML
8 5 (10.20%) Java SE
8 5 (10.20%) Ajax
8 5 (10.20%) JSON
9 3 (6.122%) Middleware
9 3 (6.122%) SOAP
9 3 (6.122%) Django
9 3 (6.122%) Symfony
10 2 (4.082%) Adobe AIR
10 2 (4.082%) .NET
10 2 (4.082%) JMS
10 2 (4.082%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.24%) CMS
2 3 (6.122%) ExpressionEngine
3 2 (4.082%) Lightstreamer
3 2 (4.082%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (4.082%) WordPress
4 1 (2.041%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Photoshop
1 5 (10.20%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.041%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) Internet
2 5 (10.20%) Firewall
3 1 (2.041%) SSH
3 1 (2.041%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) MySQL
2 3 (6.122%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 4 (8.163%) Subversion
1 4 (8.163%) Maven
1 4 (8.163%) Flash Builder
2 2 (4.082%) Selenium
2 2 (4.082%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (4.082%) Git (software)
2 2 (4.082%) Jasmine
3 1 (2.041%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.041%) FlexUnit
3 1 (2.041%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (2.041%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.041%) Xcode
3 1 (2.041%) JIRA
General
1 14 (28.57%) Games
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 2 (4.082%) Banking
3 2 (4.082%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.082%) Front Office
3 2 (4.082%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (71.43%) Developer
2 15 (30.61%) Flash Developer
3 9 (18.37%) Flex Developer
4 7 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 5 (10.20%) ActionScript Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (4.082%) PHP Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Designer
8 1 (2.041%) Mobile Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Lead Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Consultant
8 1 (2.041%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.041%) Architect
8 1 (2.041%) Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Junior
8 1 (2.041%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Mobile App
2 7 (14.29%) RIA
3 4 (8.163%) Interactive TV
3 4 (8.163%) Digital Media
4 3 (6.122%) New Media
4 3 (6.122%) Open Source
4 3 (6.122%) MHEG
4 3 (6.122%) Social Media
4 3 (6.122%) E-Learning
4 3 (6.122%) IPTV
5 2 (4.082%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.082%) Social Network
5 2 (4.082%) iPhone
5 2 (4.082%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.082%) Animation
6 1 (2.041%) Video on Demand
6 1 (2.041%) SaaS
6 1 (2.041%) Social Gaming
6 1 (2.041%) iPad
6 1 (2.041%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Android
2 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.122%) UNIX
4 2 (4.082%) Windows
4 2 (4.082%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.041%) Linux
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) Scrum
2 15 (30.61%) TDD
3 11 (22.45%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (20.41%) OOP
5 8 (16.33%) BDD
6 6 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (12.24%) OO
7 5 (10.20%) Integration Testing
8 4 (8.163%) Unit Testing
8 4 (8.163%) Workflow
8 4 (8.163%) Software Engineering
9 3 (6.122%) Mobile Application Development
9 3 (6.122%) MVC
9 3 (6.122%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.122%) E-Commerce
9 3 (6.122%) Software Testing
10 2 (4.082%) Use Case
10 2 (4.082%) Content Management
10 2 (4.082%) Project Management
10 2 (4.082%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 25 (51.02%) JavaScript
3 17 (34.69%) ActionScript 2.0
4 11 (22.45%) Java
5 9 (18.37%) PHP
6 7 (14.29%) SQL
7 6 (12.24%) C#
8 4 (8.163%) Ruby
8 4 (8.163%) Python
8 4 (8.163%) Objective-C
9 3 (6.122%) C++
9 3 (6.122%) Perl
10 2 (4.082%) PHP5
11 1 (2.041%) Bash shell
11 1 (2.041%) Scala
11 1 (2.041%) PowerHouse
11 1 (2.041%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (2.041%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.041%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Adobe
2 6 (12.24%) Google
2 6 (12.24%) Twitter
3 3 (6.122%) Facebook
3 3 (6.122%) OpenTV
3 3 (6.122%) Apple
3 3 (6.122%) Zend
4 1 (2.041%) Demandware
4 1 (2.041%) ATG
4 1 (2.041%) IBM
4 1 (2.041%) Interwoven
4 1 (2.041%) Omniture
City of London
My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set:ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION:*...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION: *...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013
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