The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Flex 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 Apache Flex over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex)
Rank 213 217 203
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Contract jobs citing Apache Flex 11 22 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.217% 0.482%
As % of the Application Development category 0.580% 0.968% 1.838%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 28
Average daily rate £188 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.30% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £288 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
Average hourly rate £50.00 £40.75 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.69% -2.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £40.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+22.69% -2.97%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2272 2721
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.31% 22.39% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1005 1122 1263
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 103 197
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Apache Flex
England

Apache Flex
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Apache Flex Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +16 5 £188 -31.81%
Oxfordshire +9 4 - -
Hampshire -17 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £188 -
Apache Flex
England

Apache Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 8 (57.14%) HTML
1 8 (57.14%) CSS
2 7 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 5 (35.71%) Advertising
3 5 (35.71%) Marketing
4 4 (28.57%) Adobe
4 4 (28.57%) MySQL
4 4 (28.57%) PHP
4 4 (28.57%) ActionScript
4 4 (28.57%) Flash
4 4 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
5 3 (21.43%) XML
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Java
5 3 (21.43%) J2EE
5 3 (21.43%) MS Office
6 2 (14.29%) Oracle
6 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
6 2 (14.29%) FTP
6 2 (14.29%) ERP
6 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 2 (14.29%) UML
6 2 (14.29%) JBoss
6 2 (14.29%) CMS
6 2 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (14.29%) InDesign
6 2 (14.29%) MVC
6 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing

Apache Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (57.14%) HTML
1 8 (57.14%) CSS
2 4 (28.57%) Flash
3 3 (21.43%) XML
3 3 (21.43%) J2EE
4 2 (14.29%) JSON
4 2 (14.29%) HTML5
4 2 (14.29%) Adobe AIR
4 2 (14.29%) Cairngorm
4 2 (14.29%) BlazeDS
4 2 (14.29%) CSS3
4 2 (14.29%) Robotlegs
4 2 (14.29%) Parsley
5 1 (7.143%) jQuery
5 1 (7.143%) REST
5 1 (7.143%) ArcObjects
5 1 (7.143%) Dojo
5 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
5 1 (7.143%) Ajax
5 1 (7.143%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
1 2 (14.29%) CMS
1 2 (14.29%) MODX
2 1 (7.143%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (21.43%) MS Office
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (14.29%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) MySQL
2 1 (7.143%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Maven
1 2 (14.29%) CruiseControl
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (35.71%) Advertising
1 5 (35.71%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.143%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
1 6 (42.86%) Designer
2 4 (28.57%) Web Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) PHP Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Flex Developer
3 2 (14.29%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Product Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Web Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Database Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Software Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Flash Developer
4 1 (7.143%) GIS Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Android
1 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) ERP
1 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
1 2 (14.29%) UML
1 2 (14.29%) MVC
1 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (14.29%) Web Development
2 1 (7.143%) Data Management
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) PHP
2 4 (28.57%) ActionScript
2 4 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (7.143%) Python
5 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Adobe
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) JBoss
4 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.143%) ESRI