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This section looks at the demand for Adobe ActionScript skills within the Slough region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ActionScript
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2932
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below7.059 %0.800 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£220
Average daily rate-£220
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£223
% change on same period last year+21.28 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.08£24.26
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
Programming Languages SloughProgramming Languages
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads85125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.133 %
Daily rates quoted2635
Average minimum daily rate£252£297
Average daily rate£265£300
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£277£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted1840
Average minimum hourly rate£36.71£39.99
Average hourly rate£37.77£40.77
% change on same period last year-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.84£41.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
ActionScript BerkshireActionScript
Berkshire

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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough ActionScript Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Slough ActionScript Hourly Rate Histogram

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

112 (100.00 %)HTML
112 (100.00 %)Photoshop
112 (100.00 %)CSS
112 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
112 (100.00 %)Flash
211 (91.67 %)Extranet
211 (91.67 %)DB2
211 (91.67 %)DB2 UDB
211 (91.67 %)IBM
211 (91.67 %)Windows Server 2003
211 (91.67 %)JSP
211 (91.67 %)IIS
211 (91.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
211 (91.67 %)ASP
211 (91.67 %)Java
211 (91.67 %)JavaScript
310 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
310 (83.33 %).NET
49 (75.00 %)Multimedia
58 (66.67 %)Windows
58 (66.67 %)Internet
58 (66.67 %)Release Management
67 (58.33 %)SQL Server
67 (58.33 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (33.33 %)SQL
83 (25.00 %)VB.NET
83 (25.00 %)XHTML
91 (8.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (8.333 %)Marketing
91 (8.333 %)Degree

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Application Development
112 (100.00 %)HTML
112 (100.00 %)CSS
211 (91.67 %)JSP
211 (91.67 %)ASP
310 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
310 (83.33 %).NET
43 (25.00 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
111 (91.67 %)IIS
Applications
112 (100.00 %)Photoshop
21 (8.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)Extranet
28 (66.67 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
111 (91.67 %)DB2
111 (91.67 %)DB2 UDB
27 (58.33 %)SQL Server
27 (58.33 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
112 (100.00 %)Flash
112 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
211 (91.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
19 (75.00 %)Multimedia
21 (8.333 %)Marketing
21 (8.333 %)Video Editing
Job Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
210 (83.33 %)Web Developer
33 (25.00 %)HTML Developer
42 (16.67 %)Internet Developer
51 (8.333 %)Web Designer
51 (8.333 %)Flash Developer
51 (8.333 %)ActionScript Developer
Operating Systems
111 (91.67 %)Windows Server 2003
28 (66.67 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)Release Management
21 (8.333 %)Creative Marketing
Programming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
111 (91.67 %)JavaScript
24 (33.33 %)SQL
33 (25.00 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Vendors
111 (91.67 %)IBM
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