The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages category for the South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 216 234 241
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +7
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 4 11 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.108% 0.117%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.152% 0.363% 0.345%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
Average daily rate £350 £298 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +35.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £278 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2637 3034 3475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.29% 29.87% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1295 1477 1507
Average daily rate £342 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 202 294
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.91 £20.50 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the South East region.

South East ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the South East region.

South East ActionScript 3.0 Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +6 2 £350 +17.64%
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 6 (100.00%) Flash
1 6 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 5 (83.33%) ActionScript 2.0
3 4 (66.67%) HTML5
3 4 (66.67%) CSS3
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (66.67%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) PHP
5 2 (33.33%) MODX
5 2 (33.33%) New Media
5 2 (33.33%) MySQL
5 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
5 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) Flash Lite
5 2 (33.33%) Apache Flex
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (33.33%) Android
5 2 (33.33%) HTML
5 2 (33.33%) CMS
5 2 (33.33%) Adobe
5 2 (33.33%) Fireworks
6 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
6 1 (16.67%) STB
6 1 (16.67%) Java
6 1 (16.67%) Perl
6 1 (16.67%) XML
6 1 (16.67%) UNIX
6 1 (16.67%) UML

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) Flash
2 4 (66.67%) HTML5
2 4 (66.67%) CSS3
2 4 (66.67%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) Apache Flex
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MODX
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 2 (33.33%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) PHP MySQL Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 2 (33.33%) PHP Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) New Media
1 2 (33.33%) Flash Lite
2 1 (16.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 5 (83.33%) ActionScript 2.0
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) PHP
5 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) Perl
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
Reading, Thames Valley
The successful candidate will have experience developing flash applications using AS3 (actionscript 3). You will have experience of working with Adobe Creative Studio including Flash Pro, Photoshop and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013