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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank106123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads167203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.205 %
As % of the category below14.13 %13.57 %
Daily rates quoted4245
Average minimum daily rate£234£212
Average daily rate£252£226
% change on same period last year+11.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£241
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£240
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
Hourly rates quoted2333
Average minimum hourly rate£23.58£30.31
Average hourly rate£25.29£32.27
% change on same period last year-21.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£34.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.92£28.17
% change on same period last year-15.05 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads11821496
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.664 %1.512 %
Daily rates quoted316385
Average minimum daily rate£323£313
Average daily rate£344£333
% change on same period last year+3.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted126200
Average minimum hourly rate£30.74£30.16
Average hourly rate£32.81£31.92
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.89£33.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.49£31.36
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Flash EnglandFlash
England

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.

Flash
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Flash Daily Rate Histogram

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Flash Hourly Rate Histogram

Flash
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
BerkshireUp+4257£257-0.92 %
SurreyUp+4439£229+5.93 %
HampshireDown-2415£215-13.80 %
OxfordshireUp+314£216-
East SussexUp+1611--
KentUp+1411£500+229.67 %
BuckinghamshireUp+38--
Thames ValleyUp+45£200-33.33 %
MiddlesexDown-63£313+13.63 %
West SussexUp+82--
Home CountiesNew entry-1£450-
Flash EnglandFlash
England

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Flash 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 Flash.

1126 (44.52 %)HTML
2112 (39.58 %)CSS
3111 (39.22 %)ActionScript
498 (34.63 %)Photoshop
594 (33.22 %)JavaScript
660 (21.20 %)XML
753 (18.73 %).NET
848 (16.96 %)Adobe Illustrator
946 (16.25 %)XHTML
1041 (14.49 %)AJAX
1140 (14.13 %)Dreamweaver
1238 (13.43 %)Adobe
1238 (13.43 %)PHP
1333 (11.66 %)ASP.NET
1430 (10.60 %)Marketing
1528 (9.894 %)Multimedia
1627 (9.541 %)Internet
1726 (9.187 %)ASP
1726 (9.187 %)Java
1726 (9.187 %)Web Development
1824 (8.481 %)Web Design
1824 (8.481 %)SQL
1824 (8.481 %)MySQL
1923 (8.127 %)SQL Server
2022 (7.774 %)Games
2022 (7.774 %)Content Management
2022 (7.774 %)Adobe Flex
2121 (7.420 %)OO
2219 (6.714 %)E-Commerce
2318 (6.360 %)C#

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Flash 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 Flash. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1126 (44.52 %)HTML
2112 (39.58 %)CSS
360 (21.20 %)XML
453 (18.73 %).NET
546 (16.25 %)XHTML
641 (14.49 %)AJAX
733 (11.66 %)ASP.NET
826 (9.187 %)ASP
922 (7.774 %)Adobe Flex
1012 (4.240 %)jQuery
1111 (3.887 %)JSP
129 (3.180 %)RSS
137 (2.473 %).NET Framework
146 (2.120 %)XSL
155 (1.767 %)CGI
164 (1.413 %)WAP
164 (1.413 %)XSLT
164 (1.413 %)WebServices
164 (1.413 %)WML
164 (1.413 %)Adobe AIR
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (5.654 %)IIS
212 (4.240 %)CMS
34 (1.413 %)TeamSite
34 (1.413 %)Apache
43 (1.060 %)Tomcat
43 (1.060 %)JBoss
52 (0.707 %)SharePoint
52 (0.707 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (0.353 %)Joomla!
61 (0.353 %)Flash Media Server
61 (0.353 %)Community Server
61 (0.353 %)Sitecore CMS
61 (0.353 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.353 %)ColdFusion MX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
198 (34.63 %)Photoshop
248 (16.96 %)Adobe Illustrator
313 (4.594 %)Fireworks
410 (3.534 %)Shockwave
58 (2.827 %)3ds Max
64 (1.413 %)LightWave 3D
73 (1.060 %)Adobe After Effects
73 (1.060 %)MS Visio
73 (1.060 %)ImageReady
81 (0.353 %)MS Office
81 (0.353 %)Acrobat
81 (0.353 %)FreeHand
81 (0.353 %)Paint Shop Pro
81 (0.353 %)Maya
81 (0.353 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.353 %)InDesign
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.353 %)WebTrends
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (9.541 %)Internet
215 (5.300 %)Intranet
37 (2.473 %)TCP/IP
37 (2.473 %)Extranet
43 (1.060 %)SSH
52 (0.707 %)FTP
61 (0.353 %)SSL
61 (0.353 %)Firewall
61 (0.353 %)Wireless
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (8.481 %)MySQL
223 (8.127 %)SQL Server
37 (2.473 %)DB2
37 (2.473 %)DB2 UDB
44 (1.413 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.707 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.707 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.353 %)MS Access
61 (0.353 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.353 %)SQLBase
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
140 (14.13 %)Dreamweaver
26 (2.120 %)Subversion
26 (2.120 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (1.060 %)Visual Studio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (10.60 %)Marketing
228 (9.894 %)Multimedia
322 (7.774 %)Games
414 (4.947 %)Publishing
511 (3.887 %)Advertising
610 (3.534 %)Animation
79 (3.180 %)Finance
87 (2.473 %)Flash Games
95 (1.767 %)Education
95 (1.767 %)3D Graphics
95 (1.767 %)Telecoms
95 (1.767 %)Graphic Design
103 (1.060 %)Government
103 (1.060 %)Online Games
112 (0.707 %)Video Editing
112 (0.707 %)Retail
121 (0.353 %)Pensions
121 (0.353 %)Electric
121 (0.353 %)Back Office
121 (0.353 %)Electronics
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1152 (53.71 %)Developer
263 (22.26 %)Flash Developer
347 (16.61 %)Web Designer
441 (14.49 %)Web Developer
535 (12.37 %)ActionScript Developer
618 (6.360 %)Photoshop Designer
717 (6.007 %)Flash Designer
813 (4.594 %).NET Developer
910 (3.534 %)Flex Developer
910 (3.534 %)Graphic Designer
109 (3.180 %)Website Developer
109 (3.180 %)ASP.NET Developer
109 (3.180 %)Project Manager
118 (2.827 %)PHP Developer
127 (2.473 %)Junior
127 (2.473 %)Consultant
135 (1.767 %)Junior Developer
135 (1.767 %)C# Developer
135 (1.767 %)Instructional Designer
135 (1.767 %)Web Editor
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (6.007 %)W3C
117 (6.007 %)E-Learning
27 (2.473 %)Web 2.0
36 (2.120 %)Handset
45 (1.767 %)N-Tier
45 (1.767 %)German Language
45 (1.767 %)RIA
53 (1.060 %)French Language
53 (1.060 %)Mathematics
62 (0.707 %)Computer Science
62 (0.707 %)Cryptography
62 (0.707 %)PKI
62 (0.707 %)Client/Server
62 (0.707 %)Blog
62 (0.707 %)Semantic Web
71 (0.353 %)Multithreading
71 (0.353 %)Italian Language
71 (0.353 %)Replication
71 (0.353 %)Clustering
71 (0.353 %)Firmware
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (5.300 %)Windows
212 (4.240 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (2.473 %)UNIX
45 (1.767 %)HPUX
45 (1.767 %)Solaris
53 (1.060 %)Windows XP
61 (0.353 %)Debian
61 (0.353 %)Linux
61 (0.353 %)AIX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (9.187 %)Web Development
224 (8.481 %)Web Design
322 (7.774 %)Content Management
421 (7.420 %)OO
519 (6.714 %)E-Commerce
611 (3.887 %)OOP
77 (2.473 %)Project Management
77 (2.473 %)SEO
84 (1.413 %)Risk Management
84 (1.413 %)CRM
84 (1.413 %)Agile Software Development
84 (1.413 %)Internet Marketing
84 (1.413 %)Direct Marketing
84 (1.413 %)Release Management
84 (1.413 %)SC Cleared
84 (1.413 %)Security Cleared
93 (1.060 %)Email Marketing
102 (0.707 %)PRINCE2
102 (0.707 %)OOD
102 (0.707 %)Migration
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1111 (39.22 %)ActionScript
294 (33.22 %)JavaScript
338 (13.43 %)PHP
426 (9.187 %)Java
524 (8.481 %)SQL
618 (6.360 %)C#
712 (4.240 %)DHTML
811 (3.887 %)Perl
910 (3.534 %)VB.NET
104 (1.413 %)C++
113 (1.060 %)VB
113 (1.060 %)PHP5
122 (0.707 %)C
131 (0.353 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.353 %)PHP4
131 (0.353 %)Lingo
131 (0.353 %)Ruby
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (4.240 %)Degree
26 (2.120 %)HND
35 (1.767 %)HNC
44 (1.413 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (1.413 %)MCP
44 (1.413 %)MCSD
52 (0.707 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.353 %)SLA
11 (0.353 %)TickIT
11 (0.353 %)WAI
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.767 %)Active Directory
15 (1.767 %)ISA Server
15 (1.767 %)Citrix Presentation Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (13.43 %)Adobe
214 (4.947 %)IBM
312 (4.240 %)Microsoft
48 (2.827 %)Macromedia
57 (2.473 %)Sun
57 (2.473 %)Unisys
57 (2.473 %)ICL
65 (1.767 %)Citrix
74 (1.413 %)Motorola
74 (1.413 %)Sony
83 (1.060 %)Oracle
83 (1.060 %)RedDot
92 (0.707 %)Sitecore
101 (0.353 %)MKS
101 (0.353 %)Quark
101 (0.353 %)Remedy
101 (0.353 %)HP