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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank140137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.289 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£383-
Average daily rate£395-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£408-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£356
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
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£32.17£31.25
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1039874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.385 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted202125
Average minimum daily rate£328£281
Average daily rate£348£308
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9271
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£24.82
Average hourly rate£31.45£27.83
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.32£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Adobe Flex EnglandAdobe Flex
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.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

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

North West Adobe Flex Demand Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe Flex across the North West region.

North West Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Flex within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CheshireNew entry-1£325-
ManchesterDown-131--
MerseysideNew entry-1£465-
Adobe Flex EnglandAdobe Flex
England

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

110 (76.92 %)JavaScript
110 (76.92 %)Flash
29 (69.23 %)HTML
29 (69.23 %)CSS
36 (46.15 %)ActionScript
36 (46.15 %)Adobe
45 (38.46 %)XML
45 (38.46 %)AJAX
54 (30.77 %)SharePoint
54 (30.77 %)Photoshop
54 (30.77 %)Dreamweaver
54 (30.77 %)Fireworks
54 (30.77 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (23.08 %)Web Design
63 (23.08 %)WEP
63 (23.08 %)XHTML
63 (23.08 %)W3C
63 (23.08 %).NET
63 (23.08 %)Oracle
63 (23.08 %)E-Commerce
63 (23.08 %)XSL
63 (23.08 %)XSLT
63 (23.08 %)PDA
72 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
72 (15.38 %)UML
72 (15.38 %)SQL Server
72 (15.38 %)Java
72 (15.38 %)C#
72 (15.38 %)DHTML
72 (15.38 %)Workflow

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (69.23 %)CSS
19 (69.23 %)HTML
25 (38.46 %)AJAX
25 (38.46 %)XML
33 (23.08 %)XSL
33 (23.08 %)XSLT
33 (23.08 %)XHTML
33 (23.08 %).NET
42 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
51 (7.692 %)ASP
51 (7.692 %)WebSphere
51 (7.692 %)Flex 2
51 (7.692 %)Adobe AIR
51 (7.692 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (7.692 %)Web Dynpro
51 (7.692 %)JSP
51 (7.692 %)SOAP
51 (7.692 %)WebServices
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (30.77 %)SharePoint
21 (7.692 %)NetWeaver
21 (7.692 %)SAP Web AS
21 (7.692 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (7.692 %)WebLogic
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (30.77 %)Photoshop
14 (30.77 %)Fireworks
14 (30.77 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (7.692 %)Adobe Premiere
21 (7.692 %)Adobe After Effects
21 (7.692 %)Adobe Director
21 (7.692 %)ImageReady
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.692 %)Oracle Financials
11 (7.692 %)Oracle HRMS
11 (7.692 %)SAP ERP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (23.08 %)WEP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server
21 (7.692 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 7
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (7.692 %)SAP BI
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (7.692 %)MySQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (76.92 %)Flash
24 (30.77 %)Dreamweaver
31 (7.692 %)WebLogic Workshop
31 (7.692 %)NUnit
31 (7.692 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Telecoms
11 (7.692 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (30.77 %)Web Designer
23 (23.08 %)Developer
23 (23.08 %)Graphic Designer
23 (23.08 %)Website Designer
32 (15.38 %)Web Developer
41 (7.692 %)Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Applications Developer
41 (7.692 %)Business Consultant
41 (7.692 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)PHP Developer
41 (7.692 %)Flash Developer
41 (7.692 %).NET Web Developer
41 (7.692 %)Java Developer
41 (7.692 %).NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (7.692 %)ActionScript Developer
41 (7.692 %)Java Web Developer
41 (7.692 %)Java Applications Developer
41 (7.692 %)Flex Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (23.08 %)W3C
13 (23.08 %)PDA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)UNIX
11 (7.692 %)Windows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)E-Commerce
13 (23.08 %)Web Design
22 (15.38 %)Workflow
22 (15.38 %)UML
31 (7.692 %)OOP
31 (7.692 %)OO
31 (7.692 %)ERP
31 (7.692 %)EAI
31 (7.692 %)SOA
31 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (76.92 %)JavaScript
26 (46.15 %)ActionScript
32 (15.38 %)C#
32 (15.38 %)DHTML
32 (15.38 %)Java
41 (7.692 %)Lingo
41 (7.692 %)PHP
41 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
41 (7.692 %)SQL
41 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
41 (7.692 %)ABAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Adobe
23 (23.08 %)Oracle
31 (7.692 %)SAP
31 (7.692 %)Siebel
31 (7.692 %)Microsoft
31 (7.692 %)i2
31 (7.692 %)Retek
31 (7.692 %)JD Edwards
31 (7.692 %)webMethods
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