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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills across the UK 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
Rank88120
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads12731342
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.778 %1.348 %
As % of the category below19.23 %15.09 %
Daily rates quoted435356
Average minimum daily rate£264£248
Average daily rate£294£263
% change on same period last year+11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£239£240
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted100105
Average minimum hourly rate£22.74£26.90
Average hourly rate£25.20£29.52
% change on same period last year-14.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.67£32.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.59£27.75
% change on same period last year-11.38 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads66208895
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.248 %8.937 %
Daily rates quoted21302650
Average minimum daily rate£335£348
Average daily rate£360£369
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted480694
Average minimum hourly rate£30.78£30.54
Average hourly rate£32.77£32.43
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.75£34.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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 within the UK.

Flash Daily Rate Trend

Flash
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 within the UK.

Flash Hourly Rate Trend

Flash
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Flash within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Flash Hourly Rate Histogram

Flash
Top 30 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 UK 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
EnglandUp+321236£295+12.16 %
LondonUp+49751£310+12.50 %
South EastUp+6164£243+4.91 %
City of LondonUp+2398£288-3.49 %
North WestUp+4988£208-31.68 %
South WestDown-2163£230-15.90 %
BerkshireUp+4058£257-8.03 %
YorkshireUp+756£231+6.96 %
East of EnglandDown-2343£268+22.11 %
SurreyUp+4240£217+0.47 %
ManchesterUp+1538£210+27.27 %
West MidlandsUp+1035£175-40.42 %
HertfordshireUp+627£295+44.47 %
West YorkshireUp+2025£283-
ReadingUp+1219£256-13.03 %
CheshireUp+2219£150-57.14 %
East MidlandsUp+718£205-36.18 %
ScotlandUp+1118£231-
LeedsUp+618£283-
BathNew entry-15£203-
SloughNo change015£237-9.80 %
WalesUp+815£200-
BristolDown-815£300-11.81 %
SomersetUp+215£203-19.20 %
South WalesNew entry-15£200-
OxfordshireUp+314£216-
HampshireDown-1513£215-13.80 %
MerseysideUp+212£250-
LancashireUp+1512--
MidlandsUp+1712--

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11162 (46.15 %)ActionScript
21155 (45.87 %)HTML
31016 (40.35 %)CSS
4879 (34.91 %)JavaScript
5698 (27.72 %)Photoshop
6695 (27.60 %)XML
7415 (16.48 %)XHTML
8377 (14.97 %)PHP
9367 (14.58 %)Adobe Flex
10329 (13.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
11314 (12.47 %).NET
12284 (11.28 %)AJAX
13268 (10.64 %)Dreamweaver
14267 (10.60 %)Adobe
15262 (10.41 %)OOP
16256 (10.17 %)OO
17235 (9.333 %)Games
18209 (8.300 %)MySQL
19186 (7.387 %)ASP
20173 (6.871 %)ASP.NET
21165 (6.553 %)Internet
22164 (6.513 %)SQL
23162 (6.434 %)Web Development
24156 (6.195 %)Web Design
25153 (6.076 %)Marketing
26151 (5.997 %)Java
27142 (5.639 %)W3C
28137 (5.441 %)SQL Server
29129 (5.123 %)Content Management
30124 (4.925 %)C#

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11155 (45.87 %)HTML
21016 (40.35 %)CSS
3695 (27.60 %)XML
4415 (16.48 %)XHTML
5367 (14.58 %)Adobe Flex
6314 (12.47 %).NET
7284 (11.28 %)AJAX
8186 (7.387 %)ASP
9173 (6.871 %)ASP.NET
10112 (4.448 %)XSLT
1186 (3.415 %)JSP
1265 (2.581 %)MVC
1355 (2.184 %)Silverlight
1445 (1.787 %)WebServices
1540 (1.589 %)RSS
1639 (1.549 %)jQuery
1735 (1.390 %)XSL
1832 (1.271 %)Flex 2
1926 (1.033 %).NET Framework
2021 (0.834 %)WAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1113 (4.488 %)CMS
272 (2.859 %)IIS
365 (2.581 %)Apache
438 (1.509 %)ColdFusion
537 (1.469 %)SharePoint
620 (0.794 %)SharePoint Server 2007
715 (0.596 %)WebLogic
89 (0.357 %)TeamSite
95 (0.199 %)Flash Media Server
95 (0.199 %)JBoss
95 (0.199 %)Tomcat
104 (0.159 %)ColdFusion MX
104 (0.159 %)DotNetNuke
112 (0.079 %)SharePoint Portal Server
112 (0.079 %)Joomla!
121 (0.040 %)TYPO3
121 (0.040 %)Content Management Server
121 (0.040 %)Morello
121 (0.040 %)WordPress
121 (0.040 %)Community Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1698 (27.72 %)Photoshop
2329 (13.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
3112 (4.448 %)Fireworks
460 (2.383 %)MS Office
545 (1.787 %)MS Visio
632 (1.271 %)ImageReady
632 (1.271 %)3ds Max
721 (0.834 %)MS Project
820 (0.794 %)MS Excel
916 (0.635 %)FreeHand
1015 (0.596 %)Adobe Premiere
1015 (0.596 %)MS PowerPoint
1114 (0.556 %)Adobe Captivate
1213 (0.516 %)InDesign
1213 (0.516 %)Shockwave
1312 (0.477 %)Adobe After Effects
1411 (0.437 %)Maya
1510 (0.397 %)Acrobat
168 (0.318 %)QuarkXPress
176 (0.238 %)RoboHelp
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.199 %)WebTrends
15 (0.199 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.079 %)Navision
22 (0.079 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.040 %)Khalix
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1165 (6.553 %)Internet
246 (1.827 %)Intranet
321 (0.834 %)FTP
413 (0.516 %)DNS
413 (0.516 %)Firewall
511 (0.437 %)TCP/IP
69 (0.357 %)SAN
78 (0.318 %)Extranet
78 (0.318 %)HTTP
78 (0.318 %)LDAP
87 (0.278 %)SMS
87 (0.278 %)DMZ
87 (0.278 %)SSL
95 (0.199 %)ADSL
104 (0.159 %)IMAP
113 (0.119 %)SSH
113 (0.119 %)SMTP
113 (0.119 %)HTTPS
113 (0.119 %)3G
122 (0.079 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1209 (8.300 %)MySQL
2137 (5.441 %)SQL Server
321 (0.834 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (0.635 %)SQL Server 2005
59 (0.357 %)MS Access
67 (0.278 %)DB2
67 (0.278 %)Crystal Reports
67 (0.278 %)DB2 UDB
73 (0.119 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.119 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.079 %)TOAD
82 (0.079 %)RDBMS
82 (0.079 %)GIS
82 (0.079 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.079 %)SQLBase
91 (0.040 %)WebFOCUS
91 (0.040 %)Hyperion Essbase
91 (0.040 %)IDOL
91 (0.040 %)Informix
91 (0.040 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1268 (10.64 %)Dreamweaver
235 (1.390 %)Subversion
330 (1.191 %)Eclipse
424 (0.953 %)Visual Studio
516 (0.635 %)VSS/SourceSafe
610 (0.397 %)MTASC
76 (0.238 %)JUnit
76 (0.238 %)Selenium
85 (0.199 %)FrontPage
94 (0.159 %)Firebug
103 (0.119 %)Mylyn
103 (0.119 %)InterDev
103 (0.119 %)Ant
112 (0.079 %)WinRunner
112 (0.079 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.079 %)CruiseControl
112 (0.079 %)WATIR
112 (0.079 %)FitNesse
121 (0.040 %)NUnit
121 (0.040 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1235 (9.333 %)Games
2153 (6.076 %)Marketing
3109 (4.329 %)Animation
4102 (4.051 %)Multimedia
586 (3.415 %)Advertising
669 (2.740 %)Finance
761 (2.423 %)Graphic Design
852 (2.065 %)Online Games
948 (1.906 %)Telecoms
1043 (1.708 %)Publishing
1141 (1.628 %)Flash Games
1234 (1.350 %)Education
1326 (1.033 %)Retail
1326 (1.033 %)Video Editing
1423 (0.913 %)Banking
1522 (0.874 %)Music
1618 (0.715 %)Health
1714 (0.556 %)Investment Banking
1714 (0.556 %)Government
1811 (0.437 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11604 (63.70 %)Developer
2775 (30.78 %)Flash Developer
3366 (14.54 %)Web Developer
4304 (12.07 %)Web Designer
5254 (10.09 %)ActionScript Developer
6163 (6.473 %)Flash Designer
794 (3.733 %)Flex Developer
881 (3.217 %)PHP Developer
967 (2.661 %)Senior Developer
1064 (2.542 %)Photoshop Designer
1161 (2.423 %)Project Manager
1258 (2.303 %).NET Developer
1258 (2.303 %)Graphic Designer
1348 (1.906 %)Junior
1436 (1.430 %)C# Developer
1436 (1.430 %)Senior Flash Developer
1533 (1.311 %)Analyst
1632 (1.271 %)ASP.NET Developer
1731 (1.231 %)HTML Developer
1731 (1.231 %)Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1142 (5.639 %)W3C
282 (3.257 %)E-Learning
370 (2.780 %)Web 2.0
444 (1.747 %)RIA
535 (1.390 %)Social Network
631 (1.231 %)IPTV
730 (1.191 %)Streaming Video
822 (0.874 %)SCORM
919 (0.755 %)Handset
919 (0.755 %)Streaming Media
1015 (0.596 %)Computer Science
1015 (0.596 %)Flash Lite
1114 (0.556 %)Blog
1213 (0.516 %)STB
1213 (0.516 %)Interactive TV
1312 (0.477 %)BBC
1410 (0.397 %)NHS
1410 (0.397 %)DTV
159 (0.357 %)Photography
168 (0.318 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (3.058 %)Windows
236 (1.430 %)Linux
331 (1.231 %)UNIX
331 (1.231 %)Windows Server 2003
423 (0.913 %)Solaris
514 (0.556 %)Windows XP
65 (0.199 %)HPUX
65 (0.199 %)Android
74 (0.159 %)Windows Vista
74 (0.159 %)Mac OS X Server
74 (0.159 %)Mac OS X
83 (0.119 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.079 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (0.079 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.040 %)AIX
101 (0.040 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.040 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1262 (10.41 %)OOP
2256 (10.17 %)OO
3162 (6.434 %)Web Development
4156 (6.195 %)Web Design
5129 (5.123 %)Content Management
6123 (4.885 %)E-Commerce
772 (2.859 %)Project Management
863 (2.502 %)SEO
946 (1.827 %)Agile Software Development
1033 (1.311 %)UML
1123 (0.913 %)Digital Marketing
1220 (0.794 %)OOD
1318 (0.715 %)TDD
1417 (0.675 %)Continuous Integration
1516 (0.635 %)Security Cleared
1516 (0.635 %)Business Analysis
1516 (0.635 %)Internet Marketing
1615 (0.596 %)Scrum
1714 (0.556 %)CRM
1714 (0.556 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11162 (46.15 %)ActionScript
2879 (34.91 %)JavaScript
3377 (14.97 %)PHP
4164 (6.513 %)SQL
5151 (5.997 %)Java
6124 (4.925 %)C#
7110 (4.369 %)DHTML
848 (1.906 %)C++
944 (1.747 %)Perl
1032 (1.271 %)VB.NET
1131 (1.231 %)PHP5
1221 (0.834 %)VB
1318 (0.715 %)VBScript
1318 (0.715 %)C
148 (0.318 %)PHP4
148 (0.318 %)Ruby
148 (0.318 %)XPath
157 (0.278 %)VB6
165 (0.199 %)Lingo
165 (0.199 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
167 (2.661 %)Degree
216 (0.635 %)ISEB
315 (0.596 %)HND
45 (0.199 %)HNC
54 (0.159 %)MCP
54 (0.159 %)MCSD
54 (0.159 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (0.159 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.119 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.040 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.509 %)QA
223 (0.913 %)WAI
33 (0.119 %)SLA
42 (0.079 %)WCAG
51 (0.040 %)TickIT
51 (0.040 %)PAS 78
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.278 %)Active Directory
25 (0.199 %)ISA Server
25 (0.199 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.040 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1267 (10.60 %)Adobe
299 (3.932 %)Microsoft
362 (2.462 %)Macromedia
445 (1.787 %)Oracle
521 (0.834 %)IBM
618 (0.715 %)Perforce
714 (0.556 %)Quark
714 (0.556 %)Sun
813 (0.516 %)Google
97 (0.278 %)Fujitsu
97 (0.278 %)RedDot
97 (0.278 %)ICL
97 (0.278 %)EMC
97 (0.278 %)Unisys
97 (0.278 %)VERITAS
97 (0.278 %)Sony
106 (0.238 %)Citrix
106 (0.238 %)Brocade
115 (0.199 %)Remedy
115 (0.199 %)Autodesk