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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe ActionScript skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ActionScript
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank9098
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.478 %2.527 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£269
% change on same period last year-2.95 %
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£25.73£30.20
% change on same period last year-14.80 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads6271029
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.007 %1.105 %
Daily rates quoted137207
Average minimum daily rate£299£306
Average daily rate£316£322
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£331
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Hourly rates quoted4063
Average minimum hourly rate£31.45£26.81
Average hourly rate£33.25£30.17
% change on same period last year+10.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£33.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
ActionScript UKActionScript
UK

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.

ActionScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland ActionScript Demand Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ActionScript Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript.

115 (93.75 %)Flash
29 (56.25 %)CSS
29 (56.25 %)HTML
37 (43.75 %)JavaScript
37 (43.75 %)XHTML
46 (37.50 %)Photoshop
54 (25.00 %)Advertising
54 (25.00 %)Adobe
63 (18.75 %)W3C
63 (18.75 %)Fireworks
63 (18.75 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (18.75 %)SEO
63 (18.75 %)Dreamweaver
63 (18.75 %)Animation
72 (12.50 %)XML
81 (6.250 %)MySQL
81 (6.250 %)Java
81 (6.250 %)Quicktime
81 (6.250 %)ColdFusion
81 (6.250 %)Adobe Flex
81 (6.250 %)Multimedia

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (56.25 %)HTML
19 (56.25 %)CSS
27 (43.75 %)XHTML
32 (12.50 %)XML
41 (6.250 %)Adobe Flex
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)ColdFusion
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (37.50 %)Photoshop
23 (18.75 %)Fireworks
23 (18.75 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (6.250 %)Quicktime
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)MySQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (93.75 %)Flash
23 (18.75 %)Dreamweaver
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (25.00 %)Advertising
23 (18.75 %)Animation
31 (6.250 %)Multimedia
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (62.50 %)Developer
28 (50.00 %)Flash Developer
34 (25.00 %)Web Designer
42 (12.50 %)ActionScript Developer
51 (6.250 %)Flex Developer
51 (6.250 %)ColdFusion Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)W3C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (18.75 %)SEO
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (43.75 %)JavaScript
21 (6.250 %)Java
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (25.00 %)Adobe