ActionScript Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 324 315 195
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -120
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 57 87 277
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.263% 0.324% 0.903%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.643% 0.864% 2.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 59 211
Average daily rate £400 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £237 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £277 £295
% change year-on-year
+17.38% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £15.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+117.20% -7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +50.00%
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 8866 10072 13040
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.87% 37.51% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6409 6848 8791
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £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 120 146 176
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £18.68 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ActionScript Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActionScript across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London ActionScript Daily Rate Histogram

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ActionScript Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London +6 9 £413 +43.47%
Uxbridge - 2 £188 -
Canary Wharf - 2 £500 -
Hounslow - 1 £400 -
Docklands, London - 1 £240 -
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 75 (62.50%) Flash
2 58 (48.33%) ActionScript 3.0
3 52 (43.33%) JavaScript
3 52 (43.33%) CSS
4 50 (41.67%) HTML5
5 46 (38.33%) HTML
6 31 (25.83%) Apache Flex
6 31 (25.83%) ActionScript 2.0
7 29 (24.17%) TDD
7 29 (24.17%) Java
8 26 (21.67%) XML
9 24 (20.00%) Adobe
9 24 (20.00%) Scrum
10 23 (19.17%) Games
11 20 (16.67%) SQL
12 19 (15.83%) OO
13 17 (14.17%) PHP
13 17 (14.17%) Agile Software Development
13 17 (14.17%) BDD
13 17 (14.17%) Mobile App
14 16 (13.33%) MySQL
15 15 (12.50%) Photoshop
15 15 (12.50%) OOP
16 14 (11.67%) C#
16 14 (11.67%) MVC
16 14 (11.67%) Internet
17 13 (10.83%) Ruby
17 13 (10.83%) Continuous Integration
18 12 (10.00%) jQuery
18 12 (10.00%) Middleware

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 75 (62.50%) Flash
2 52 (43.33%) CSS
3 50 (41.67%) HTML5
4 46 (38.33%) HTML
5 31 (25.83%) Apache Flex
6 26 (21.67%) XML
7 12 (10.00%) Middleware
7 12 (10.00%) jQuery
8 11 (9.167%) CSS3
9 10 (8.333%) Web Services
10 9 (7.500%) .NET
10 9 (7.500%) Spring
11 8 (6.667%) JMS
12 7 (5.833%) XHTML
13 6 (5.000%) DHTML
13 6 (5.000%) SOAP
13 6 (5.000%) J2EE
13 6 (5.000%) JSP
14 5 (4.167%) JDBC
14 5 (4.167%) SVG
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.000%) CMS
2 5 (4.167%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 5 (4.167%) GlassFish
2 5 (4.167%) ColdFusion
2 5 (4.167%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (2.500%) MTS
3 3 (2.500%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.667%) Lightstreamer
5 1 (0.833%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.833%) Google App Engine
5 1 (0.833%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (0.833%) ExpressionEngine
5 1 (0.833%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.833%) WordPress
5 1 (0.833%) TYPO3
Applications
1 15 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 11 (9.167%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (5.000%) MS Office
4 2 (1.667%) InDesign
4 2 (1.667%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.833%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 3 (2.500%) Endur
1 3 (2.500%) ZaiNet
1 3 (2.500%) Aligne
2 2 (1.667%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.67%) Internet
2 6 (5.000%) HTTP
3 5 (4.167%) TCP/IP
3 5 (4.167%) HTTPS
3 5 (4.167%) FTP
3 5 (4.167%) X.509
3 5 (4.167%) Firewall
4 1 (0.833%) SSH
4 1 (0.833%) NFC
4 1 (0.833%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.33%) MySQL
2 8 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (4.167%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.333%) OLAP
4 4 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (3.333%) CouchDB
4 4 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.500%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.833%) QlikView
6 1 (0.833%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.833%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.833%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (9.167%) Subversion
2 10 (8.333%) Maven
3 6 (5.000%) JIRA
4 5 (4.167%) JUnit
4 5 (4.167%) IntelliJ
4 5 (4.167%) EasyMock
4 5 (4.167%) Flash Builder
4 5 (4.167%) Mockito
4 5 (4.167%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.333%) Git (software)
5 4 (3.333%) Selenium
5 4 (3.333%) FlexUnit
5 4 (3.333%) GitHub
6 3 (2.500%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.667%) Dreamweaver
7 2 (1.667%) Hudson
7 2 (1.667%) Axure RP
7 2 (1.667%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.833%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.833%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 23 (19.17%) Games
2 11 (9.167%) Finance
3 8 (6.667%) Banking
4 7 (5.833%) Marketing
5 6 (5.000%) Retail
6 3 (2.500%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.667%) Music
7 2 (1.667%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.667%) Advertising
7 2 (1.667%) Front Office
8 1 (0.833%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.833%) German Language
8 1 (0.833%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.833%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 73 (60.83%) Developer
2 22 (18.33%) Flash Developer
3 10 (8.333%) Designer
4 9 (7.500%) Java Developer
4 9 (7.500%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.667%) Consultant
5 8 (6.667%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 8 (6.667%) Flex Developer
6 7 (5.833%) Front-End Developer
7 6 (5.000%) ActionScript Developer
7 6 (5.000%) Web Developer
8 5 (4.167%) Java Programmer
8 5 (4.167%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.167%) Programmer
8 5 (4.167%) Analyst
9 4 (3.333%) Security Consultant
9 4 (3.333%) .NET Developer
9 4 (3.333%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (3.333%) C# Developer
9 4 (3.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.17%) Mobile App
2 11 (9.167%) RIA
3 9 (7.500%) Digital Media
4 8 (6.667%) New Media
5 6 (5.000%) Interactive TV
6 5 (4.167%) PKI
6 5 (4.167%) Graphic Design
6 5 (4.167%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.167%) E-Learning
6 5 (4.167%) Online Games
6 5 (4.167%) DataPower
7 4 (3.333%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.333%) Computer Science
7 4 (3.333%) IPTV
8 3 (2.500%) Blackberry
8 3 (2.500%) MHEG
8 3 (2.500%) Open Source
8 3 (2.500%) Social Media
9 2 (1.667%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.333%) Apple iOS
2 8 (6.667%) Android
3 7 (5.833%) Linux
4 5 (4.167%) AIX
5 3 (2.500%) UNIX
6 2 (1.667%) Windows
6 2 (1.667%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.833%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.17%) TDD
2 24 (20.00%) Scrum
3 19 (15.83%) OO
4 17 (14.17%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (14.17%) BDD
5 15 (12.50%) OOP
6 14 (11.67%) MVC
7 13 (10.83%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (9.167%) Mobile Application Development
9 9 (7.500%) E-Commerce
10 8 (6.667%) Risk Management
10 8 (6.667%) Workflow
10 8 (6.667%) Data Protection
11 7 (5.833%) Web Development
12 5 (4.167%) Software Engineering
12 5 (4.167%) Content Management
12 5 (4.167%) B2B
12 5 (4.167%) Kanban
12 5 (4.167%) Unit Testing
12 5 (4.167%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (48.33%) ActionScript 3.0
2 52 (43.33%) JavaScript
3 31 (25.83%) ActionScript 2.0
4 29 (24.17%) Java
5 20 (16.67%) SQL
6 17 (14.17%) PHP
7 14 (11.67%) C#
8 13 (10.83%) Ruby
9 7 (5.833%) C++
10 6 (5.000%) Objective-C
11 5 (4.167%) Perl
12 4 (3.333%) T-SQL
13 3 (2.500%) VB
13 3 (2.500%) PL/SQL
13 3 (2.500%) Python
14 2 (1.667%) Scala
14 2 (1.667%) PHP5
15 1 (0.833%) Erlang
15 1 (0.833%) Groovy
15 1 (0.833%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (2.500%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (2.500%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.667%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.833%) Xen
Vendors
1 24 (20.00%) Adobe
2 10 (8.333%) Oracle
3 7 (5.833%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.000%) Twitter
4 6 (5.000%) Google
5 5 (4.167%) Facebook
6 3 (2.500%) OpenTV
7 2 (1.667%) Omniture
8 1 (0.833%) SAP
8 1 (0.833%) IBM
8 1 (0.833%) Interwoven
8 1 (0.833%) Apple
8 1 (0.833%) ATG
8 1 (0.833%) Zend
8 1 (0.833%) SEEBURGER
8 1 (0.833%) Demandware
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