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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank329537
Rank change on same period last yearUp+208
Matching contract IT job ads27986
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.358 %0.097 %
As % of the category below1.471 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted11628
Average minimum daily rate£325£300
Average daily rate£355£344
% change on same period last year+3.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£413
% change on same period last year-24.07 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£14.50£21.67
Average hourly rate£16.13£28.33
% change on same period last year-43.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.75£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£9.00£25.00
% change on same period last year-64.00 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1896821523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.34 %24.18 %
Daily rates quoted62326473
Average minimum daily rate£359£371
Average daily rate£384£395
% change on same period last year-2.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10471303
Average minimum hourly rate£29.78£29.78
Average hourly rate£32.46£31.71
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.14£33.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %

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.

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Adobe Flex across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Adobe Flex Demand Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Adobe Flex across the UK.

Adobe Flex Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the UK over the past 3 months.

Adobe Flex Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe Flex
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Adobe Flex across the UK.

Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Flex
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the UK over the past 3 months.

Adobe Flex Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Flex within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+184251£355+10.86 %
2LondonUp+150188£363+14.61 %
3City of LondonNew entry-33£417-
4South EastUp+6130£232-
5ScotlandUp+2718£375-6.25 %
6GlasgowNew entry-13£375-
7North WestNew entry-11--
8YorkshireUp+98--
8SurreyUp+228£300-
8HampshireNew entry-8£200-
9ManchesterNew entry-7--
10BuckinghamshireNew entry-6£246-
11SouthamptonNew entry-5£200-
12Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-4--
12Milton KeynesNew entry-4£246-
12CobhamNew entry-4--
12StaffordshireNew entry-4--
12West MidlandsDown-124--
12East of EnglandNew entry-4£363-
13South WestNew entry-3--
13West YorkshireNew entry-3--
13North YorkshireNew entry-3--
13CheshireNew entry-3--
13WarringtonNew entry-3--
13WatfordNew entry-3£363-
13BerkshireNew entry-3--
13HertfordshireNew entry-3£363-
13MiddlesbroughNew entry-3--
14BrightonNew entry-2£190-
14CardiffNew entry-2--

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Adobe Flex also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Adobe Flex.

1294 (58.92 %)Flash
2277 (55.51 %)ActionScript
3201 (40.28 %)JavaScript
4163 (32.67 %)HTML
5146 (29.26 %)CSS
6143 (28.66 %)XML
7139 (27.86 %)OO
8133 (26.65 %)AJAX
9126 (25.25 %)Adobe
10118 (23.65 %)Java
1185 (17.03 %)OOP
1282 (16.43 %)PHP
1371 (14.23 %)SQL
1470 (14.03 %)XHTML
1557 (11.42 %)RIA
1655 (11.02 %).NET
1753 (10.62 %)Internet
1851 (10.22 %)SQL Server
1949 (9.820 %)ColdFusion
2044 (8.818 %)C#
2141 (8.216 %)MySQL
2141 (8.216 %)Games
2236 (7.214 %)Flex 2
2335 (7.014 %)Web Design
2434 (6.814 %)J2EE
2434 (6.814 %)Photoshop
2533 (6.613 %)Agile Software Development
2631 (6.212 %)Banking
2631 (6.212 %)WebServices
2729 (5.812 %)JSON

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Adobe Flex also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1163 (32.67 %)HTML
2146 (29.26 %)CSS
3143 (28.66 %)XML
4133 (26.65 %)AJAX
570 (14.03 %)XHTML
655 (11.02 %).NET
736 (7.214 %)Flex 2
834 (6.814 %)J2EE
931 (6.212 %)WebServices
1029 (5.812 %)JSON
1127 (5.411 %)ASP.NET
1225 (5.010 %)XSLT
1320 (4.008 %)Adobe AIR
1417 (3.407 %)SOAP
1516 (3.206 %)JSP
1516 (3.206 %)Spring
169 (1.804 %)EJB
178 (1.603 %)Swing
178 (1.603 %)Fusebox
187 (1.403 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
149 (9.820 %)ColdFusion
213 (2.605 %)ColdFusion MX
311 (2.204 %)Tomcat
311 (2.204 %)SharePoint
46 (1.202 %)WebSphere Application Server
46 (1.202 %)Flash Media Server
55 (1.002 %)Apache
64 (0.802 %)CMS
73 (0.601 %)Community Server
73 (0.601 %)ESB
73 (0.601 %)IIS
82 (0.401 %)JBoss
91 (0.200 %)SAS
91 (0.200 %)NetWeaver
91 (0.200 %)SAP Web AS
91 (0.200 %)eRoom
91 (0.200 %)TIBCO EMS
Applications
134 (6.814 %)Photoshop
220 (4.008 %)Adobe Illustrator
38 (1.603 %)Fireworks
44 (0.802 %)3ds Max
53 (0.601 %)MS Visio
62 (0.401 %)ImageReady
62 (0.401 %)Maya
62 (0.401 %)Adobe Premiere
62 (0.401 %)Adobe After Effects
62 (0.401 %)CINEMA 4D
71 (0.200 %)Adobe Director
71 (0.200 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
11 (0.200 %)Oracle Financials
11 (0.200 %)SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
153 (10.62 %)Internet
24 (0.802 %)SDH
33 (0.601 %)NetScreen
33 (0.601 %)Firewall
33 (0.601 %)WEP
42 (0.401 %)HTTP
51 (0.200 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.200 %)Intranet
51 (0.200 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
151 (10.22 %)SQL Server
241 (8.216 %)MySQL
311 (2.204 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (1.603 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (1.403 %)SQL Server 7
66 (1.202 %)Informix
74 (0.802 %)ETL
82 (0.401 %)RDBMS
82 (0.401 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.401 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.200 %)DB2
91 (0.200 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.200 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.200 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.200 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.200 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.200 %)SAP BI
91 (0.200 %)GIS
91 (0.200 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1294 (58.92 %)Flash
218 (3.607 %)Ant
313 (2.605 %)JUnit
313 (2.605 %)Dreamweaver
412 (2.405 %)Subversion
59 (1.804 %)QuickTest Pro
59 (1.804 %)LoadRunner
65 (1.002 %)Eclipse
74 (0.802 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.601 %)NUnit
83 (0.601 %)Selenium
83 (0.601 %)MSI
92 (0.401 %)Visual Studio
101 (0.200 %)IntelliJ
101 (0.200 %)InstallShield
101 (0.200 %)FrontPage
101 (0.200 %)StarTeam
General
141 (8.216 %)Games
231 (6.212 %)Banking
327 (5.411 %)Investment Banking
422 (4.409 %)Telecoms
517 (3.407 %)Animation
613 (2.605 %)Finance
613 (2.605 %)Advertising
712 (2.405 %)Graphic Design
89 (1.804 %)Marketing
97 (1.403 %)Multimedia
97 (1.403 %)Online Games
105 (1.002 %)Flash Games
114 (0.802 %)Pharmaceutical
114 (0.802 %)Back Office
114 (0.802 %)Government
114 (0.802 %)Health
123 (0.601 %)Construction
123 (0.601 %)Insurance
132 (0.401 %)Interactive Media
141 (0.200 %)Music
Job Titles
1419 (83.97 %)Developer
2145 (29.06 %)Flex Developer
3139 (27.86 %)Flash Developer
456 (11.22 %)ActionScript Developer
547 (9.419 %)Web Developer
640 (8.016 %)Senior Developer
731 (6.212 %)Senior Flash Developer
830 (6.012 %)ColdFusion Developer
923 (4.609 %)JavaScript Developer
1021 (4.208 %)Java Developer
1115 (3.006 %)Programmer
1115 (3.006 %)Analyst
1115 (3.006 %)PHP Developer
1214 (2.806 %).NET Developer
1312 (2.405 %)C# Developer
1312 (2.405 %)Web Designer
1411 (2.204 %)Applications Developer
159 (1.804 %)HTML Developer
168 (1.603 %)Lead Developer
177 (1.403 %)Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
157 (11.42 %)RIA
211 (2.204 %)Web 2.0
38 (1.603 %)W3C
45 (1.002 %)Flash Lite
45 (1.002 %)Mathematics
53 (0.601 %)Social Network
53 (0.601 %)Client/Server
53 (0.601 %)Fixed Income
53 (0.601 %)E-Learning
53 (0.601 %)PDA
53 (0.601 %)Streaming Media
62 (0.401 %)Streaming Video
62 (0.401 %)Statistics
62 (0.401 %)SCORM
62 (0.401 %)Arabic Language
71 (0.200 %)CMDB
71 (0.200 %)Wiki
71 (0.200 %)Bioinformatics
71 (0.200 %)N-Tier
71 (0.200 %)Handset
Operating Systems
116 (3.206 %)Unix
214 (2.806 %)Windows
38 (1.603 %)Linux
44 (0.802 %)VMS
44 (0.802 %)OpenVMS
53 (0.601 %)SUSE
61 (0.200 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1139 (27.86 %)OO
285 (17.03 %)OOP
335 (7.014 %)Web Design
433 (6.613 %)Agile Software Development
528 (5.611 %)MVC
625 (5.010 %)Web Development
724 (4.810 %)TDD
823 (4.609 %)OOD
915 (3.006 %)Unit Testing
1014 (2.806 %)UML
1014 (2.806 %)Workflow
1110 (2.004 %)Software Engineering
129 (1.804 %)Extreme Programming
129 (1.804 %)E-Commerce
137 (1.403 %)Pair Programming
137 (1.403 %)Internet Marketing
146 (1.202 %)Scrum
155 (1.002 %)Usability Testing
163 (0.601 %)Content Management
163 (0.601 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
1277 (55.51 %)ActionScript
2201 (40.28 %)JavaScript
3118 (23.65 %)Java
482 (16.43 %)PHP
571 (14.23 %)SQL
644 (8.818 %)C#
720 (4.008 %)Perl
818 (3.607 %)Ruby
912 (2.405 %)Transact-SQL
1010 (2.004 %)VB
1010 (2.004 %)PHP5
117 (1.403 %)DHTML
123 (0.601 %)VB.NET
123 (0.601 %)Lingo
123 (0.601 %)Python
132 (0.401 %)Shell Script
132 (0.401 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.401 %)Delphi
141 (0.200 %)C
141 (0.200 %)C++
Qualifications
18 (1.603 %)Degree
21 (0.200 %)Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.401 %)QA
21 (0.200 %)WAI
Systems Management
11 (0.200 %)Unicenter
11 (0.200 %)Tivoli
11 (0.200 %)CONTROL-M
11 (0.200 %)Foglight
Vendors
1126 (25.25 %)Adobe
224 (4.810 %)Oracle
317 (3.407 %)Sybase
412 (2.405 %)Google
55 (1.002 %)HP
64 (0.802 %)Cisco
64 (0.802 %)Fujitsu
64 (0.802 %)BT
64 (0.802 %)Microsoft
73 (0.601 %)VMware
73 (0.601 %)Macromedia
82 (0.401 %)IBM
82 (0.401 %)Business Objects
82 (0.401 %)Infragistics
91 (0.200 %)Atlassian
91 (0.200 %)Vignette
91 (0.200 %)SAP
91 (0.200 %)Siebel
91 (0.200 %)BMC
91 (0.200 %)CA
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