The first table below looks at the demand for Flash 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 Flash 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 Application Development 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 68 77 56
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -21
Contract jobs citing Flash 7 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.730% 0.324% 1.438%
As % of the Application Development category 2.448% 1.099% 5.245%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £450 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £253 £275
% change year-on-year
-10.89% -8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £22.50 £18.25 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.28% -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.16 £25.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-35.35% +11.11%
All Application Development
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286 364 286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 29.82% 29.50% 27.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 197 159
Average daily rate £300 £288 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 17
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £16.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £33.64 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Flash
North West

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the Manchester 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bolton - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Stockport - - - -
Flash
North West

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Flash 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 Flash.

1 11 (55.00%) ActionScript
2 9 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (45.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 8 (40.00%) Photoshop
4 7 (35.00%) HTML
4 7 (35.00%) Java
4 7 (35.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (35.00%) Internet
5 6 (30.00%) C++
5 6 (30.00%) Scrum
6 5 (25.00%) TDD
6 5 (25.00%) OOP
6 5 (25.00%) OO
7 4 (20.00%) CSS
7 4 (20.00%) Web Services
7 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (20.00%) Subversion
7 4 (20.00%) Orchard
7 4 (20.00%) MTASC
7 4 (20.00%) Performance Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Memory Management
7 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (15.00%) Games
9 2 (10.00%) Content Management
9 2 (10.00%) HTML5
9 2 (10.00%) QA
9 2 (10.00%) CSS3
9 2 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
9 2 (10.00%) Adobe
9 2 (10.00%) Acrobat

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 4 (20.00%) CSS
2 4 (20.00%) Web Services
3 2 (10.00%) HTML5
3 2 (10.00%) CSS3
4 1 (5.000%) XML
4 1 (5.000%) XSLT
4 1 (5.000%) XHTML
4 1 (5.000%) jQuery
4 1 (5.000%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 7 (35.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (10.00%) Acrobat
3 2 (10.00%) InDesign
4 1 (5.000%) Fireworks
4 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Subversion
1 4 (20.00%) MTASC
2 2 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (15.00%) Games
2 1 (5.000%) Electronics
2 1 (5.000%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Developer
2 11 (55.00%) Flash Developer
3 6 (30.00%) Designer
4 4 (20.00%) Flash Designer
5 3 (15.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 3 (15.00%) ActionScript Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Trainer
6 2 (10.00%) IT Trainer
6 2 (10.00%) Web Designer
6 2 (10.00%) Web Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Technical Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Software Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.000%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (30.00%) Scrum
3 5 (25.00%) TDD
3 5 (25.00%) OOP
3 5 (25.00%) OO
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Memory Management
5 2 (10.00%) Content Management
6 1 (5.000%) Project Management
6 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.000%) Game Development
6 1 (5.000%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) ActionScript
2 9 (45.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 7 (35.00%) Java
4 6 (30.00%) C++
5 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.000%) PHP
6 1 (5.000%) VB
6 1 (5.000%) C#
6 1 (5.000%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (5.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Orchard
2 2 (10.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft