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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the Surrey 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5496
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads4021
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.021 %
As % of the category below16.00 %8.300 %
Daily rates quoted116
Average minimum daily rate£209£204
Average daily rate£217£216
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£226£229
UK excluding London average daily rate£239£240
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£22.33£32.50
Average hourly rate£24.17£35.00
% change on same period last year-30.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.59£27.75
% change on same period last year-11.38 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads250253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.254 %
Daily rates quoted8270
Average minimum daily rate£312£326
Average daily rate£328£341
% change on same period last year-3.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted1525
Average minimum hourly rate£31.21£29.30
Average hourly rate£35.02£30.56
% change on same period last year+14.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.83£31.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Flash South EastFlash
South East

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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 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
WokingNew entry-4--
StainesDown-82£288-
GuildfordUp+112£363-
CamberleyNew entry-1--
Flash South EastFlash
South East

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

139 (48.15 %)HTML
236 (44.44 %)CSS
332 (39.51 %)ActionScript
430 (37.04 %)XML
529 (35.80 %)Photoshop
628 (34.57 %)JavaScript
717 (20.99 %)XHTML
816 (19.75 %)PHP
816 (19.75 %)Dreamweaver
816 (19.75 %)AJAX
915 (18.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
1014 (17.28 %)Games
1113 (16.05 %)Content Management
1113 (16.05 %)Adobe
1212 (14.81 %).NET
1212 (14.81 %)Adobe Flex
1311 (13.58 %)Marketing
1311 (13.58 %)OO
1311 (13.58 %)W3C
1311 (13.58 %)E-Commerce
1410 (12.35 %)MySQL
159 (11.11 %)Web Development
168 (9.877 %)Web Design
168 (9.877 %)Finance
177 (8.642 %)SQL Server
177 (8.642 %)ASP.NET
186 (7.407 %)SQL
186 (7.407 %)Publishing
186 (7.407 %)CMS
186 (7.407 %)Internet

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (48.15 %)HTML
236 (44.44 %)CSS
330 (37.04 %)XML
417 (20.99 %)XHTML
516 (19.75 %)AJAX
612 (14.81 %)Adobe Flex
612 (14.81 %).NET
77 (8.642 %)ASP.NET
85 (6.173 %)JSP
85 (6.173 %)CGI
85 (6.173 %)Adobe AIR
94 (4.938 %)WebServices
94 (4.938 %)ASP
102 (2.469 %)XSLT
102 (2.469 %)MVC
102 (2.469 %)Silverlight
111 (1.235 %)DOM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (7.407 %)CMS
24 (4.938 %)TeamSite
33 (3.704 %)Apache
42 (2.469 %)Tomcat
42 (2.469 %)JBoss
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (35.80 %)Photoshop
215 (18.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (4.938 %)Fireworks
42 (2.469 %)ImageReady
51 (1.235 %)MS Office
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.235 %)WebTrends
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (7.407 %)Internet
25 (6.173 %)Intranet
32 (2.469 %)FTP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (12.35 %)MySQL
27 (8.642 %)SQL Server
32 (2.469 %)SQLBase
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (19.75 %)Dreamweaver
22 (2.469 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.235 %)Subversion
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (17.28 %)Games
211 (13.58 %)Marketing
38 (9.877 %)Finance
46 (7.407 %)Publishing
46 (7.407 %)Flash Games
54 (4.938 %)Multimedia
63 (3.704 %)Online Games
63 (3.704 %)Advertising
72 (2.469 %)Graphic Design
72 (2.469 %)Animation
72 (2.469 %)Government
81 (1.235 %)3D Graphics
81 (1.235 %)Insurance
81 (1.235 %)Pensions
81 (1.235 %)Online Gambling
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
148 (59.26 %)Developer
222 (27.16 %)Flash Developer
316 (19.75 %)ActionScript Developer
415 (18.52 %)Web Designer
57 (8.642 %)Web Developer
66 (7.407 %).NET Developer
66 (7.407 %)ASP.NET Developer
75 (6.173 %)Flash Designer
84 (4.938 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
84 (4.938 %)Photoshop Designer
84 (4.938 %)SQL Developer
84 (4.938 %)SQL Server Developer
84 (4.938 %)Games Developer
84 (4.938 %)VB.NET Developer
93 (3.704 %)C# Developer
93 (3.704 %)Web Editor
93 (3.704 %)Flash Games Developer
102 (2.469 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
102 (2.469 %)Marketing Consultant
102 (2.469 %)Flex Developer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (13.58 %)W3C
25 (6.173 %)N-Tier
25 (6.173 %)German Language
25 (6.173 %)RIA
33 (3.704 %)French Language
42 (2.469 %)Semantic Web
42 (2.469 %)Client/Server
42 (2.469 %)E-Learning
42 (2.469 %)Web 2.0
42 (2.469 %)Mathematics
42 (2.469 %)Computer Science
51 (1.235 %)Italian Language
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (16.05 %)Content Management
211 (13.58 %)OO
211 (13.58 %)E-Commerce
39 (11.11 %)Web Development
48 (9.877 %)Web Design
55 (6.173 %)OOP
55 (6.173 %)SEO
64 (4.938 %)Internet Marketing
72 (2.469 %)Agile Software Development
81 (1.235 %)B2B
81 (1.235 %)B2C
81 (1.235 %)CRM
81 (1.235 %)Usability Testing
81 (1.235 %)Email Marketing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (39.51 %)ActionScript
228 (34.57 %)JavaScript
316 (19.75 %)PHP
46 (7.407 %)SQL
55 (6.173 %)Perl
55 (6.173 %)DHTML
55 (6.173 %)Java
64 (4.938 %)VB.NET
73 (3.704 %)C#
82 (2.469 %)VB
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (4.938 %)MCP
14 (4.938 %)MCSD
14 (4.938 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (4.938 %)Degree
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (16.05 %)Adobe
25 (6.173 %)Macromedia
25 (6.173 %)Microsoft
34 (4.938 %)Motorola
34 (4.938 %)Sony
42 (2.469 %)RedDot