The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe AIR skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe AIR over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Integrated Runtime (Adobe AIR)
Rank 520 566 573
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +7
Contract jobs citing Adobe AIR 13 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.012% 0.025%
As % of the Application Development category 0.102% 0.047% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
Average daily rate £400 £263 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.01% -38.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £233 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £433 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate - £276 £375
% change year-on-year
- -26.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12726 14946 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.35% 25.62% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7952 8777 9622
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 376 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Adobe AIR
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Adobe AIR Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe AIR
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK.

Adobe AIR Daily Rate Trend

Adobe AIR
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Adobe AIR Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe AIR
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK.

Adobe AIR Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe AIR
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +69 13 £400 +52.01%
London +27 12 £400 +60.00%
City of London +18 2 £325 -10.34%
South East - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Havant - 1 - -
Hounslow - 1 £400 -

Adobe AIR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR.

1 22 (100.00%) Adobe
2 17 (77.27%) Apache Flex
3 14 (63.64%) Java
4 13 (59.09%) MVC
5 11 (50.00%) CSS
5 11 (50.00%) Windows
6 10 (45.45%) OOP
7 9 (40.91%) UML
7 9 (40.91%) Finance
7 9 (40.91%) Maven
8 8 (36.36%) JIRA
8 8 (36.36%) Front Office
8 8 (36.36%) Investment Management
8 8 (36.36%) Parsley
9 7 (31.82%) Unit Testing
9 7 (31.82%) Confluence
9 7 (31.82%) FlexUnit
9 7 (31.82%) Dependency Injection
9 7 (31.82%) Flash
10 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
10 6 (27.27%) HTML5
11 5 (22.73%) ActionScript
11 5 (22.73%) HTML
11 5 (22.73%) Scrum
11 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (18.18%) Android
12 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
13 3 (13.64%) ActionScript 3.0
13 3 (13.64%) Web Services
13 3 (13.64%) .NET

Adobe AIR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (77.27%) Apache Flex
2 11 (50.00%) CSS
3 8 (36.36%) Parsley
4 7 (31.82%) Flash
5 6 (27.27%) HTML5
6 5 (22.73%) HTML
7 3 (13.64%) .NET
7 3 (13.64%) Web Services
8 2 (9.091%) XML
8 2 (9.091%) Django
8 2 (9.091%) jQuery
8 2 (9.091%) Cocoa
8 2 (9.091%) CSS3
8 2 (9.091%) Cocoa Touch
8 2 (9.091%) BlazeDS
8 2 (9.091%) JSON
9 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (4.545%) Robotlegs
9 1 (4.545%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) Confluence
2 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.545%) Drupal
2 1 (4.545%) WordPress
2 1 (4.545%) Magento
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) HTTP
2 1 (4.545%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQLite
2 1 (4.545%) MySQL
2 1 (4.545%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Maven
2 8 (36.36%) JIRA
3 7 (31.82%) FlexUnit
4 2 (9.091%) PhoneGap
5 1 (4.545%) CruiseControl
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Front Office
3 2 (9.091%) Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Developer
2 12 (54.55%) Flex Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Flash Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Applications Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Drupal Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Designer
5 1 (4.545%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.545%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Open Source
1 2 (9.091%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.545%) RIA
2 1 (4.545%) SaaS
2 1 (4.545%) Social Gaming
2 1 (4.545%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Android
2 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Phone
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Phone 7
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) MVC
2 10 (45.45%) OOP
3 9 (40.91%) UML
4 8 (36.36%) Investment Management
5 7 (31.82%) Dependency Injection
5 7 (31.82%) Unit Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Scrum
6 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (9.091%) TDD
7 2 (9.091%) Web Design
7 2 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Supplier Management
7 2 (9.091%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (9.091%) OO
7 2 (9.091%) RAD
7 2 (9.091%) Workflow
7 2 (9.091%) SOA
7 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
7 2 (9.091%) Responsive Web Design
8 1 (4.545%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) Java
2 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 5 (22.73%) ActionScript
4 3 (13.64%) PHP
4 3 (13.64%) ActionScript 3.0
5 2 (9.091%) Python
5 2 (9.091%) Objective-C
6 1 (4.545%) PHP4
6 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.545%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (9.091%) Sencha
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.545%) Facebook
3 1 (4.545%) Twitter
3 1 (4.545%) InterSystems
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle
3 1 (4.545%) JBoss