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

The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 72 77 57
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -20
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 3 11 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.318% 0.838% 1.172%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.904% 2.268% 3.859%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
Average daily rate £350 £350 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +86.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £273
% change year-on-year
+17.11% +1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +50.00%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 332 485 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.24% 36.94% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 284 177
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 31 15
Average hourly rate £27.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.58 £14.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.90 £37.90 £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
ActionScript
North West

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Salford 0 2 £350 -
ActionScript
North West

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (91.67%) Flash
2 10 (83.33%) ActionScript 2.0
3 9 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (58.33%) Internet
4 7 (58.33%) Java
5 6 (50.00%) C++
5 6 (50.00%) Scrum
6 5 (41.67%) OOP
6 5 (41.67%) OO
6 5 (41.67%) TDD
7 4 (33.33%) Web Services
7 4 (33.33%) Subversion
7 4 (33.33%) MTASC
7 4 (33.33%) Performance Testing
7 4 (33.33%) Memory Management
7 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (16.67%) Games
8 2 (16.67%) XML
8 2 (16.67%) HTML
8 2 (16.67%) CSS
8 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
9 1 (8.333%) PHP
9 1 (8.333%) VB
9 1 (8.333%) SAP
9 1 (8.333%) C#
9 1 (8.333%) XSLT
9 1 (8.333%) AIX
9 1 (8.333%) Linux
9 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
9 1 (8.333%) EDI

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (91.67%) Flash
2 4 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (16.67%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (8.333%) XSLT
4 1 (8.333%) EDI
4 1 (8.333%) EDIFACT
4 1 (8.333%) WPF
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Subversion
1 4 (33.33%) MTASC
General
1 2 (16.67%) Games
2 1 (8.333%) Multimedia
2 1 (8.333%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Flash Developer
3 3 (25.00%) ActionScript Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) EDI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) AIX
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (50.00%) Scrum
3 5 (41.67%) OOP
3 5 (41.67%) OO
3 5 (41.67%) TDD
4 4 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Memory Management
5 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.333%) Project Management
5 1 (8.333%) Game Development
5 1 (8.333%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) ActionScript 2.0
2 7 (58.33%) Java
3 6 (50.00%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (8.333%) VB
5 1 (8.333%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) VB6
5 1 (8.333%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
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