The first table below looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 35 38 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing Flash 6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.802% 0.998% 0.478%
As % of the Application Development category 9.091% 4.938% 2.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
Average daily rate £180 £288 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.39% -6.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £278 £302
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £298 £316
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £265 £275
% change year-on-year
+13.20% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £24.39
% change year-on-year
-13.37% -17.99%
All Application Development
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 19.82% 20.20% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 35 36
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
Average hourly rate £36.25 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.81% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Flash
Wales

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales Flash Daily Rate Histogram

Flash
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Flash Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Newport - 3 £180 -
Cardiff +3 2 £238 -17.39%
Flash
Wales

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 7 (87.50%) HTML5
3 6 (75.00%) CSS
4 5 (62.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (62.50%) Time Management
4 5 (62.50%) Digital Media
4 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
5 4 (50.00%) Web Design
5 4 (50.00%) HTML
6 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
6 3 (37.50%) Animation
7 2 (25.00%) CMS
7 2 (25.00%) Degree
7 2 (25.00%) ActionScript
8 1 (12.50%) MySQL
8 1 (12.50%) Publishing
8 1 (12.50%) Statistics
8 1 (12.50%) Perl
8 1 (12.50%) PHP
8 1 (12.50%) XML
8 1 (12.50%) Linux
8 1 (12.50%) Apache
8 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (12.50%) jQuery
8 1 (12.50%) Big Data
8 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
8 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 1 (12.50%) CSS3

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) HTML5
2 6 (75.00%) CSS
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 5 (62.50%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Designer
2 4 (50.00%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (37.50%) Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Interactive Designer
4 2 (25.00%) Interactive Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Media
2 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
2 3 (37.50%) Animation
3 1 (12.50%) Statistics
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
2 4 (50.00%) Web Design
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) ActionScript
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared