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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank86121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.577 %0.354 %
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£287£310
% change on same period last year-7.44 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£10.00
% change on same period last year+220.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.56£23.75
% change on same period last year+32.89 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads444848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted113158
Average minimum daily rate£334£318
Average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2546
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£26.43
Average hourly rate£27.99£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.10£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Adobe Flex UKAdobe Flex
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.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe Flex
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Flex within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
DundeeUp+45--
Adobe Flex UKAdobe Flex
UK

Adobe Flex
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (83.33 %)Java
29 (75.00 %)Adobe
38 (66.67 %)Tomcat
38 (66.67 %)Finance
47 (58.33 %)Data Mining
47 (58.33 %)WebLogic Portal
47 (58.33 %)OOA/OOD
47 (58.33 %)OO
47 (58.33 %)JBoss
47 (58.33 %)J2EE
47 (58.33 %)OLAP
47 (58.33 %)WebLogic
47 (58.33 %)Spring
47 (58.33 %)AJAX
47 (58.33 %)Google
47 (58.33 %)Requirements Analysis
47 (58.33 %)GWT
51 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
51 (8.333 %)Flash
51 (8.333 %)XML
51 (8.333 %)SQL
51 (8.333 %)ActionScript
51 (8.333 %)Marketing

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (58.33 %)J2EE
17 (58.33 %)Spring
17 (58.33 %)AJAX
17 (58.33 %)GWT
21 (8.333 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (66.67 %)Tomcat
27 (58.33 %)WebLogic Portal
27 (58.33 %)WebLogic
27 (58.33 %)JBoss
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (58.33 %)OLAP
17 (58.33 %)Data Mining
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Flash
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (66.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (58.33 %)Developer
25 (41.67 %)Software Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Flex Developer
32 (16.67 %)Java Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)OOA/OOD
17 (58.33 %)OO
17 (58.33 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (83.33 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)SQL
21 (8.333 %)ActionScript
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (75.00 %)Adobe
27 (58.33 %)Google