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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4467
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.009 %
As % of the category below26.09 %6.400 %
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£267£253
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
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£24.27£26.04
% change on same period last year-6.77 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads46125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.134 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£350£345
Average daily rate£375£359
% change on same period last year+4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.75
Average hourly rate-£29.63
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Flash EnglandFlash
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.

Flash
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Midlands Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

19 (47.37 %)HTML
28 (42.11 %)CSS
36 (31.58 %)ActionScript
45 (26.32 %)Photoshop
54 (21.05 %)JavaScript
63 (15.79 %).NET
63 (15.79 %)SQL Server
63 (15.79 %)XML
63 (15.79 %)Retail
63 (15.79 %)Games
63 (15.79 %)Degree
72 (10.53 %)Marketing
72 (10.53 %)AJAX
72 (10.53 %)Health
72 (10.53 %)NHS
72 (10.53 %)Fireworks
72 (10.53 %)Intranet
72 (10.53 %)XHTML
72 (10.53 %)Dreamweaver
72 (10.53 %)Adobe
72 (10.53 %)Windows
81 (5.263 %)Solaris
81 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
81 (5.263 %)OOP
81 (5.263 %)Apache
81 (5.263 %)Tomcat
81 (5.263 %)IIS
81 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
81 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
81 (5.263 %)Perl

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (47.37 %)HTML
28 (42.11 %)CSS
33 (15.79 %)XML
33 (15.79 %).NET
42 (10.53 %)XHTML
42 (10.53 %)AJAX
51 (5.263 %)Fusebox
51 (5.263 %)MVC
51 (5.263 %)Cocoon
51 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
51 (5.263 %)XSLT
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)IIS
11 (5.263 %)Apache
11 (5.263 %)Tomcat
11 (5.263 %)ColdFusion
11 (5.263 %)CMS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (26.32 %)Photoshop
22 (10.53 %)Fireworks
31 (5.263 %)Adobe Illustrator
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)Intranet
21 (5.263 %)HTTP
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (5.263 %)IDOL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Dreamweaver
21 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Games
13 (15.79 %)Retail
22 (10.53 %)Marketing
22 (10.53 %)Health
31 (5.263 %)Advertising
31 (5.263 %)Animation
31 (5.263 %)Video Editing
31 (5.263 %)Online Games
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (57.89 %)Developer
28 (42.11 %)Flash Developer
35 (26.32 %)Web Designer
44 (21.05 %)ActionScript Developer
53 (15.79 %)JavaScript Developer
53 (15.79 %)Web Developer
62 (10.53 %)HTML Developer
62 (10.53 %)Web Content Manager
62 (10.53 %)Project Manager
62 (10.53 %)Web Project Manager
62 (10.53 %)Web Manager
71 (5.263 %)Photoshop Designer
71 (5.263 %)Flash Designer
71 (5.263 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
71 (5.263 %)Graphic Designer
71 (5.263 %)ASP.NET Developer
71 (5.263 %).NET Developer
71 (5.263 %)C# Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)NHS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.53 %)Windows
21 (5.263 %)Solaris
21 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
21 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.263 %)OOP
11 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
11 (5.263 %)Validation
11 (5.263 %)Migration
11 (5.263 %)Web Design
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (31.58 %)ActionScript
24 (21.05 %)JavaScript
31 (5.263 %)Perl
31 (5.263 %)C#
31 (5.263 %)C++
31 (5.263 %)Java
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.79 %)Degree
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.53 %)Adobe
21 (5.263 %)Macromedia