North West Flash Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location Ashton-under-Lyne Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheadle Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Corby Coventry Crewe Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Portsmouth Reading Romford Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Wymondham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	88	75
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	57	58
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.075 %	0.062 %
As % of the category below	16.29 %	15.72 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£170	£176
Average daily rate	£200	£176
% change on same period last year	+13.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£230	£176
UK excluding London average daily rate	£251	£236
% change on same period last year	+6.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.57	£18.35
Average hourly rate	£28.57	£22.75
% change on same period last year	+25.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.57	£27.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.84	£24.64
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Development Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	350	369
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.462 %	0.391 %
Daily rates quoted	66	60
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£275
Average daily rate	£334	£287
% change on same period last year	+16.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£299
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	46	52
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.72	£27.45
Average hourly rate	£25.70	£29.21
% change on same period last year	-12.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.68	£30.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.57	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-1.26 %
Flash 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Flash
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Flash
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Flash within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-11	37	£180	-
Cheshire	-30	7	-	-
Merseyside	-5	6	£207	-
Lancashire	+6	3	-	-

Flash England

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 46 (41.44 %) CSS 2 45 (40.54 %) HTML 3 41 (36.94 %) ActionScript 4 40 (36.04 %) Photoshop 5 33 (29.73 %) JavaScript 6 31 (27.93 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 30 (27.03 %) .NET 8 27 (24.32 %) XML 9 22 (19.82 %) XHTML 10 18 (16.22 %) SQL Server 10 18 (16.22 %) ASP.NET 11 16 (14.41 %) Web Design 11 16 (14.41 %) Dreamweaver 12 15 (13.51 %) C# 13 13 (11.71 %) Adobe

14 12 (10.81 %) PHP 14 12 (10.81 %) AJAX 14 12 (10.81 %) E-Learning 15 11 (9.910 %) Marketing 15 11 (9.910 %) Adobe Flex 16 10 (9.009 %) Fireworks 17 9 (8.108 %) OO 17 9 (8.108 %) Web Development 18 8 (7.207 %) Animation 18 8 (7.207 %) CMS 18 8 (7.207 %) E-Commerce 18 8 (7.207 %) W3C 18 8 (7.207 %) SQL 18 8 (7.207 %) Java 19 7 (6.306 %) Graphic Design

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 46 (41.44 %) CSS 2 45 (40.54 %) HTML 3 30 (27.03 %) .NET 4 27 (24.32 %) XML 5 22 (19.82 %) XHTML 6 18 (16.22 %) ASP.NET 7 12 (10.81 %) AJAX 8 11 (9.910 %) Adobe Flex 9 7 (6.306 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 4 (3.604 %) WebServices 10 4 (3.604 %) XSLT 11 3 (2.703 %) XSL 12 2 (1.802 %) ASP 12 2 (1.802 %) Silverlight 13 1 (0.901 %) ADO.NET 13 1 (0.901 %) JSP 13 1 (0.901 %) SOAP 13 1 (0.901 %) ActiveX 13 1 (0.901 %) CGI 13 1 (0.901 %) LAMP	Application Platforms 1 8 (7.207 %) CMS 2 6 (5.405 %) SharePoint 3 3 (2.703 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 2 (1.802 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 40 (36.04 %) Photoshop 2 31 (27.93 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 10 (9.009 %) Fireworks 4 4 (3.604 %) ImageReady 4 4 (3.604 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (1.802 %) Adobe Premiere 6 1 (0.901 %) Adobe After Effects 6 1 (0.901 %) QuarkXPress 6 1 (0.901 %) FreeHand 6 1 (0.901 %) 3ds Max 6 1 (0.901 %) Adobe Director 6 1 (0.901 %) InDesign	Communications & Networking 1 6 (5.405 %) Intranet 2 3 (2.703 %) Internet 2 3 (2.703 %) WEP 3 1 (0.901 %) POP3 3 1 (0.901 %) FTP 3 1 (0.901 %) HTTP 3 1 (0.901 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.901 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (16.22 %) SQL Server 2 5 (4.505 %) MySQL 3 2 (1.802 %) SQL Server 7 3 2 (1.802 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (1.802 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.901 %) TOAD	Development Applications 1 16 (14.41 %) Dreamweaver 2 2 (1.802 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.901 %) NUnit
General 1 11 (9.910 %) Marketing 2 8 (7.207 %) Animation 3 7 (6.306 %) Graphic Design 4 6 (5.405 %) Education 5 4 (3.604 %) Government 5 4 (3.604 %) Health 5 4 (3.604 %) Multimedia 6 3 (2.703 %) Advertising 6 3 (2.703 %) Games 7 2 (1.802 %) Banking 7 2 (1.802 %) Flash Games 8 1 (0.901 %) Online Games 8 1 (0.901 %) Interactive Media 8 1 (0.901 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.901 %) Retail 8 1 (0.901 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.901 %) Finance 8 1 (0.901 %) Construction 8 1 (0.901 %) Publishing 8 1 (0.901 %) 3D Graphics	Job Titles 1 65 (58.56 %) Developer 2 27 (24.32 %) Web Designer 3 26 (23.42 %) Flash Developer 4 17 (15.32 %) Web Developer 5 15 (13.51 %) ActionScript Developer 6 10 (9.009 %) .NET Developer 7 8 (7.207 %) Graphic Designer 8 5 (4.505 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 4 (3.604 %) Website Designer 9 4 (3.604 %) E-Learning Developer 9 4 (3.604 %) .NET Designer 9 4 (3.604 %) Flash Designer 10 3 (2.703 %) Senior Flash Designer 10 3 (2.703 %) Photoshop Designer 10 3 (2.703 %) PHP Web Developer 10 3 (2.703 %) C# Developer 10 3 (2.703 %) PHP Developer 10 3 (2.703 %) Senior Web Designer 10 3 (2.703 %) Programmer 10 3 (2.703 %) Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 12 (10.81 %) E-Learning 2 8 (7.207 %) W3C 3 4 (3.604 %) SCORM 4 3 (2.703 %) PDA 5 2 (1.802 %) Social Network 6 1 (0.901 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.901 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 2 (1.802 %) Windows 2 1 (0.901 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (14.41 %) Web Design 2 9 (8.108 %) Web Development 2 9 (8.108 %) OO 3 8 (7.207 %) E-Commerce 4 4 (3.604 %) Content Management 5 3 (2.703 %) Workflow 6 2 (1.802 %) Project Management 6 2 (1.802 %) SEO 6 2 (1.802 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (1.802 %) UML 6 2 (1.802 %) OOP 7 1 (0.901 %) OOD 7 1 (0.901 %) Stakeholder Management 7 1 (0.901 %) Data Analysis 7 1 (0.901 %) Email Marketing 7 1 (0.901 %) Internet Marketing 7 1 (0.901 %) Digital Marketing	Programming Languages 1 41 (36.94 %) ActionScript 2 33 (29.73 %) JavaScript 3 15 (13.51 %) C# 4 12 (10.81 %) PHP 5 8 (7.207 %) SQL 5 8 (7.207 %) Java 6 4 (3.604 %) DHTML 7 2 (1.802 %) Lingo 7 2 (1.802 %) VB.NET 8 1 (0.901 %) Perl 8 1 (0.901 %) C++ 8 1 (0.901 %) Transact-SQL 8 1 (0.901 %) VBScript 8 1 (0.901 %) VB
Qualifications 1 1 (0.901 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.901 %) PAS 78
Vendors 1 13 (11.71 %) Adobe 2 3 (2.703 %) Macromedia 3 2 (1.802 %) Microsoft 4 1 (0.901 %) Oracle 4 1 (0.901 %) Tridion 4 1 (0.901 %) Apple 4 1 (0.901 %) Quark