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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8268
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.222 %0.407 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£365
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
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£22.90£31.25
% change on same period last year-26.72 %
Application Development ManchesterApplication Development
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads491246
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.647 %0.257 %
Daily rates quoted6831
Average minimum daily rate£314£214
Average daily rate£333£240
% change on same period last year+38.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£336
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted5026
Average minimum hourly rate£26.34£26.83
Average hourly rate£28.95£28.29
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.57£29.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.14
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Adobe Flex North WestAdobe Flex
North West

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.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe Flex across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester Adobe Flex Demand Trend

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex.

16 (85.71 %)JavaScript
16 (85.71 %)Flash
25 (71.43 %)HTML
25 (71.43 %)CSS
34 (57.14 %)SharePoint
34 (57.14 %)AJAX
43 (42.86 %)Dreamweaver
43 (42.86 %)Fireworks
43 (42.86 %)E-Commerce
43 (42.86 %)XHTML
43 (42.86 %).NET
52 (28.57 %)SQL Server
52 (28.57 %)C#
52 (28.57 %)ActionScript
52 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
52 (28.57 %)UML
52 (28.57 %)Adobe
61 (14.29 %)Finance
61 (14.29 %)SAP Web AS
61 (14.29 %)Web Dynpro
61 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
61 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (14.29 %)webMethods
61 (14.29 %)SAP BI
61 (14.29 %)NUnit
61 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
61 (14.29 %)Microsoft
61 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (14.29 %)WebSphere
61 (14.29 %)Flex 2

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (71.43 %)HTML
15 (71.43 %)CSS
24 (57.14 %)AJAX
33 (42.86 %)XHTML
33 (42.86 %).NET
42 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
51 (14.29 %)Web Dynpro
51 (14.29 %)WebSphere
51 (14.29 %)Flex 2
51 (14.29 %)Adobe AIR
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (14.29 %)ASP
51 (14.29 %)SOAP
51 (14.29 %)WebServices
51 (14.29 %)XML
Application Platforms
14 (57.14 %)SharePoint
21 (14.29 %)SAP Web AS
21 (14.29 %)NetWeaver
Applications
13 (42.86 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
11 (14.29 %)SAP ERP
11 (14.29 %)Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (14.29 %)SAP BI
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (14.29 %)MySQL
Development Applications
16 (85.71 %)Flash
23 (42.86 %)Dreamweaver
31 (14.29 %)NUnit
General
11 (14.29 %)Finance
Job Titles
13 (42.86 %)Web Designer
22 (28.57 %)Developer
31 (14.29 %)Web Developer
31 (14.29 %).NET Developer
31 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (14.29 %)PHP Developer
31 (14.29 %)Flash Developer
31 (14.29 %).NET Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)PHP Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)ActionScript Developer
31 (14.29 %)Flex Developer
Operating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)E-Commerce
22 (28.57 %)UML
31 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
31 (14.29 %)ERP
31 (14.29 %)EAI
31 (14.29 %)OOP
31 (14.29 %)OO
Programming Languages
16 (85.71 %)JavaScript
22 (28.57 %)C#
22 (28.57 %)ActionScript
31 (14.29 %)DHTML
31 (14.29 %)Java
31 (14.29 %)PHP
31 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
31 (14.29 %)ABAP
Vendors
12 (28.57 %)Adobe
21 (14.29 %)webMethods
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft
21 (14.29 %)i2
21 (14.29 %)Retek
21 (14.29 %)JD Edwards
21 (14.29 %)Siebel
21 (14.29 %)SAP
21 (14.29 %)Oracle
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