The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Flex skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Flex over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Application Development category for the Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex)
Rank 85 101 108
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +7
Contract jobs citing Apache Flex 36 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.453% 0.149% 0.073%
As % of the Application Development category 4.396% 0.941% 0.362%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £288 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £40.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+22.69% -2.97%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
819 425 553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.05% 15.88% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 181 289
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £214 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.09% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Apache Flex
UK

Apache Flex
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apache Flex across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland Apache Flex Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Flex
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Apache Flex Daily Rate Trend

Apache Flex
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache Flex across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Apache Flex Daily Rate Histogram

Apache Flex
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Apache Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Apache Flex
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Flex within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow - 31 £350 -
Apache Flex
UK

Apache Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex.

1 35 (92.11%) Java
1 35 (92.11%) HTML5
2 30 (78.95%) Adobe
3 26 (68.42%) JavaScript
4 24 (63.16%) Cairngorm
4 24 (63.16%) Parsley
5 19 (50.00%) Fixed Income
6 17 (44.74%) Sencha
7 14 (36.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (31.58%) Finance
9 11 (28.95%) TIBCO
9 11 (28.95%) Multithreading
10 10 (26.32%) Banking
11 7 (18.42%) Business Analysis
12 6 (15.79%) Degree
13 3 (7.895%) Electronic Trading
14 2 (5.263%) RIA
14 2 (5.263%) Spring
14 2 (5.263%) RDBMS
14 2 (5.263%) Hibernate
14 2 (5.263%) OOP
14 2 (5.263%) OO
14 2 (5.263%) ActionScript
14 2 (5.263%) C#
14 2 (5.263%) CSS
15 1 (2.632%) JSP
15 1 (2.632%) DHTML
15 1 (2.632%) HTML
15 1 (2.632%) J2EE
15 1 (2.632%) Sybase

Apache Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apache 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 Apache Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 35 (92.11%) HTML5
2 24 (63.16%) Cairngorm
2 24 (63.16%) Parsley
3 2 (5.263%) Spring
3 2 (5.263%) Hibernate
3 2 (5.263%) CSS
4 1 (2.632%) JSP
4 1 (2.632%) DHTML
4 1 (2.632%) HTML
4 1 (2.632%) J2EE
4 1 (2.632%) jQuery
4 1 (2.632%) Ext JS
4 1 (2.632%) Apache CXF
4 1 (2.632%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (2.632%) AngularJS
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.632%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.263%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.632%) DB2
2 1 (2.632%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.632%) IntelliJ
1 1 (2.632%) Aptana Studio
General
1 12 (31.58%) Finance
2 10 (26.32%) Banking
3 1 (2.632%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 38 (100.00%) Developer
2 29 (76.32%) Java Developer
3 24 (63.16%) Flex Developer
4 1 (2.632%) Software Developer
4 1 (2.632%) Senior Developer
4 1 (2.632%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (2.632%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (2.632%) Senior Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (50.00%) Fixed Income
2 14 (36.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (5.263%) RIA
4 1 (2.632%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Multithreading
2 7 (18.42%) Business Analysis
3 3 (7.895%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (5.263%) OOP
4 2 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (2.632%) OOD
5 1 (2.632%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 35 (92.11%) Java
2 26 (68.42%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.263%) ActionScript
3 2 (5.263%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 30 (78.95%) Adobe
2 17 (44.74%) Sencha
3 11 (28.95%) TIBCO
4 1 (2.632%) Sybase