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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flex 2 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 Flex 2 over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex 2
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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-£388
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8771008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.225 %1.013 %
Daily rates quoted158151
Average minimum daily rate£291£309
Average daily rate£308£332
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted8386
Average minimum hourly rate£25.23£25.80
Average hourly rate£28.10£28.15
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.97£30.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Flex 2 EnglandFlex 2
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.

Flex 2
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flex 2 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West Flex 2 Demand Trend

Flex 2
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Flex 2 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 Flex 2.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)DHTML
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)Flash
11 (100.00 %)Adobe
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)NUnit
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Flex 2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Flex 2 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 Flex 2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Flash
11 (100.00 %)NUnit
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)DHTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Adobe