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This section looks at the demand for the Flex Developer role in IT contracts within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Flex Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008		Same period last year
Rank274400
Rank change on same period last yearUp+126
Matching contract IT job ads13278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.174 %0.078 %
As % of the category below0.436 %0.179 %
Daily rates quoted3420
Average minimum daily rate£373£316
Average daily rate£399£327
% change on same period last year+21.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£369
% change on same period last year+8.54 %
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-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads3030443510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.99 %43.33 %
Daily rates quoted1293316283
Average minimum daily rate£407£422
Average daily rate£437£451
% change on same period last year-3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted16482229
Average minimum hourly rate£22.96£24.09
Average hourly rate£24.58£25.81
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.20£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Flex Developer EnglandFlex Developer
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.

Flex Developer
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London 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 London region.

London Flex Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Flex Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flex Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
City of LondonNew entry-52£375-
Docklands, LondonUp+312--
Canary WharfNew entry-2£450-
Flex Developer EnglandFlex Developer
England

Flex Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1187 (86.18 %)Adobe Flex
2105 (48.39 %)ActionScript
387 (40.09 %)Java
481 (37.33 %)RIA
574 (34.10 %)Banking
670 (32.26 %)Investment Banking
768 (31.34 %)Adobe
860 (27.65 %)Flash
955 (25.35 %)Internet
1044 (20.28 %)Agile Software Development
1135 (16.13 %)Animation
1233 (15.21 %)Graphic Design
1332 (14.75 %)Finance
1429 (13.36 %)OO
1527 (12.44 %)Unit Testing
1625 (11.52 %)JUnit
1724 (11.06 %)Ant
1820 (9.217 %)XML
1919 (8.756 %)CSS
1919 (8.756 %)Front Office
2018 (8.295 %)Flex 2
2018 (8.295 %)TDD
2117 (7.834 %)Murex Flex
2117 (7.834 %)Murex
2117 (7.834 %)C++
2216 (7.373 %)HTML
2315 (6.912 %)JavaScript
2315 (6.912 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2315 (6.912 %)OOP
2412 (5.530 %)J2EE

Flex Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1187 (86.18 %)Adobe Flex
220 (9.217 %)XML
319 (8.756 %)CSS
418 (8.295 %)Flex 2
517 (7.834 %)Murex Flex
616 (7.373 %)HTML
712 (5.530 %)J2EE
811 (5.069 %)MVC
811 (5.069 %)AJAX
98 (3.687 %)Adobe AIR
98 (3.687 %).NET
106 (2.765 %)WebServices
115 (2.304 %)XHTML
124 (1.843 %)Swing
124 (1.843 %)ASP.NET
131 (0.461 %)MFC
131 (0.461 %)ASP
131 (0.461 %)EJB
131 (0.461 %)J2SE
131 (0.461 %)AWT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.382 %)ColdFusion
13 (1.382 %)CMS
22 (0.922 %)Flash Media Server
22 (0.922 %)Tomcat
22 (0.922 %)JBoss
31 (0.461 %)Apache
31 (0.461 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (0.461 %)ColdFusion MX
31 (0.461 %)SharePoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (0.922 %)MS Visio
12 (0.922 %)Photoshop
21 (0.461 %)Adobe Illustrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (25.35 %)Internet
25 (2.304 %)Intranet
32 (0.922 %)HTTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (1.843 %)MySQL
23 (1.382 %)SQL Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
160 (27.65 %)Flash
225 (11.52 %)JUnit
324 (11.06 %)Ant
47 (3.226 %)Subversion
54 (1.843 %)MTASC
54 (1.843 %)Eclipse
62 (0.922 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.922 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.461 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.461 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
174 (34.10 %)Banking
270 (32.26 %)Investment Banking
335 (16.13 %)Animation
433 (15.21 %)Graphic Design
532 (14.75 %)Finance
619 (8.756 %)Front Office
78 (3.687 %)Telecoms
85 (2.304 %)Games
93 (1.382 %)Online Games
93 (1.382 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.461 %)Health
101 (0.461 %)Marketing
101 (0.461 %)Multimedia
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
181 (37.33 %)RIA
215 (6.912 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
34 (1.843 %)Web 2.0
34 (1.843 %)Derivative
43 (1.382 %)Social Network
52 (0.922 %)Video Conferencing
61 (0.461 %)Client/Server
61 (0.461 %)IPTV
61 (0.461 %)Streaming Video
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (0.461 %)UNIX
11 (0.461 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (20.28 %)Agile Software Development
229 (13.36 %)OO
327 (12.44 %)Unit Testing
418 (8.295 %)TDD
515 (6.912 %)OOP
67 (3.226 %)Scrum
75 (2.304 %)Project Management
84 (1.843 %)Web Development
93 (1.382 %)E-Commerce
101 (0.461 %)Change Management
101 (0.461 %)Risk Management
101 (0.461 %)Workflow
101 (0.461 %)OOD
101 (0.461 %)Digital Marketing
101 (0.461 %)Software Engineering
101 (0.461 %)Web Design
101 (0.461 %)Pair Programming
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1105 (48.39 %)ActionScript
287 (40.09 %)Java
317 (7.834 %)C++
415 (6.912 %)JavaScript
510 (4.608 %)C#
66 (2.765 %)PHP
66 (2.765 %)SQL
74 (1.843 %)Ruby
82 (0.922 %)Python
82 (0.922 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.461 %)VB
91 (0.461 %)DHTML
91 (0.461 %)Perl
91 (0.461 %)PowerHouse
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (31.34 %)Adobe
217 (7.834 %)Murex
39 (4.147 %)Google
42 (0.922 %)Oracle
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