The first table below looks at the demand for the Flash Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Flash Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Flash Developer
Rank 116 135 123
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Flash Developer 3 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.031% 0.299%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 0.034% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
Average daily rate £350 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.50
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2161 2909 2791
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.62% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1017 1450 1397
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 171 188
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Flash Developer
England

Flash Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Flash Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Flash Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Flash Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Flash Developer Daily Rate Trend

Flash Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Flash Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Flash Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +12 3 £350 -22.22%
Flash Developer
England

Flash Developer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Flash Developer in their job title 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 with Flash Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 9 (100.00%) Flash
2 7 (77.78%) ActionScript 2.0
3 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (44.44%) TDD
4 4 (44.44%) Scrum
4 4 (44.44%) Internet
4 4 (44.44%) C++
4 4 (44.44%) Java
5 3 (33.33%) Web Services
5 3 (33.33%) OOP
5 3 (33.33%) OO
5 3 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (33.33%) Subversion
5 3 (33.33%) Memory Management
5 3 (33.33%) MTASC
5 3 (33.33%) Performance Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Graphic Design
6 2 (22.22%) E-Learning
6 2 (22.22%) Multimedia
7 1 (11.11%) Games
7 1 (11.11%) CSS
7 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (11.11%) HTML
7 1 (11.11%) ActionScript 3.0
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Media

Flash Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Flash Developer in their job title 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 with Flash Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) Flash
2 3 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Subversion
1 3 (33.33%) MTASC
General
1 2 (22.22%) Multimedia
2 1 (11.11%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (22.22%) E-Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Graphic Design
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) TDD
2 4 (44.44%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) OOP
3 3 (33.33%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 7 (77.78%) ActionScript 2.0
3 4 (44.44%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) ActionScript 3.0