Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkAdobe Flash
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank107100
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads5161249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.502 %1.622 %
As % of the Application Development category6.334 %6.765 %
Daily rates quoted202387
Average daily rate£255£275
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.270 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£190
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£260
% change on same period last year-13.46 %
Hourly rates quoted4380
Average hourly rate£17.50£22.25
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-21.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.95£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.25
% change on same period last year-21.34 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
814618463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.71 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted32236002
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4421034
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-24.24 %

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.

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 Application Development 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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+3504£255-7.27 %
LondonDown-15291£275-3.50 %
South EastUp+5489£211-23.18 %
City of LondonUp+3163£275+4.76 %
North WestUp+3335£206+14.42 %
South WestUp+3031£225-10.00 %
BerkshireUp+2428£250-4.76 %
East of EnglandUp+1028£250-9.09 %
SurreyUp+2722£200-27.27 %
West MidlandsUp+2413£225+1.12 %
HampshireUp+3412£265-5.35 %
OxfordshireUp+2312£183-
CambridgeshireUp+2011£225-10.00 %
YorkshireUp+1311£225+28.57 %
HertfordshireDown-111£259-5.90 %
CambridgeUp+2410£225-
BristolUp+510£275+22.22 %
ScotlandUp+339--
ReadingUp+249£280+36.58 %
MaidenheadNew entry-8£213-
CheshireUp+427--
BuckinghamshireUp+456£200-
East MidlandsUp+216£188-28.57 %
West YorkshireUp+136£225+20.00 %
StaffordshireUp+96--
ManchesterUp+76£220+22.22 %
LeedsUp+185£225+52.54 %
LancashireUp+155--
East SussexUp+145£338-
GloucestershireUp+135--

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1553 (45.63 %)ActionScript
2493 (40.68 %)CSS
3482 (39.77 %)HTML
4430 (35.48 %)JavaScript
5329 (27.15 %)Photoshop
6290 (23.93 %)XML
7252 (20.79 %)PHP
8242 (19.97 %)Adobe Flex
9216 (17.82 %)XHTML
10184 (15.18 %).NET
11176 (14.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
12154 (12.71 %)Adobe
13148 (12.21 %)AJAX
14121 (9.983 %)OOP
15119 (9.818 %)Games
16116 (9.571 %)Dreamweaver
17106 (8.746 %)MySQL
1899 (8.168 %)OO
1996 (7.921 %)Java
2094 (7.756 %)SQL
2094 (7.756 %)ASP.NET
2183 (6.848 %)CMS
2282 (6.766 %)Content Management
2376 (6.271 %)Internet
2475 (6.188 %)Animation
2572 (5.941 %)SQL Server
2671 (5.858 %)E-Learning
2768 (5.611 %)Web Development
2768 (5.611 %)Marketing
2867 (5.528 %)C#

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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
1493 (40.68 %)CSS
2482 (39.77 %)HTML
3290 (23.93 %)XML
4242 (19.97 %)Adobe Flex
5216 (17.82 %)XHTML
6184 (15.18 %).NET
7148 (12.21 %)AJAX
894 (7.756 %)ASP.NET
964 (5.281 %)ASP
1062 (5.116 %)MVC
1154 (4.455 %)DHTML
1245 (3.713 %)WebServices
1344 (3.630 %)Silverlight
1442 (3.465 %)jQuery
1539 (3.218 %)JSP
1635 (2.888 %)XSLT
1720 (1.650 %)LAMP
1815 (1.238 %)PureMVC
1815 (1.238 %)Papervision3D
1914 (1.155 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
183 (6.848 %)CMS
230 (2.475 %)Apache
326 (2.145 %)Drupal
423 (1.898 %)IIS
517 (1.403 %)Joomla!
612 (0.990 %)ColdFusion
711 (0.908 %)SharePoint
86 (0.495 %)Moodle
95 (0.413 %)WordPress
95 (0.413 %)Jetty
95 (0.413 %)Flash Media Server
95 (0.413 %)ColdFusion MX
95 (0.413 %)TYPO3
95 (0.413 %)TeamSite
104 (0.330 %)SharePoint Server 2007
104 (0.330 %)EPiServer
104 (0.330 %)LiveCycle
113 (0.248 %)Oracle Application Server
122 (0.165 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.165 %)Magento
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1329 (27.15 %)Photoshop
2176 (14.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
346 (3.795 %)Fireworks
416 (1.320 %)MS Excel
514 (1.155 %)MS Office
514 (1.155 %)3ds Max
610 (0.825 %)MS PowerPoint
79 (0.743 %)ImageReady
88 (0.660 %)Shockwave
88 (0.660 %)InDesign
97 (0.578 %)MS Visio
106 (0.495 %)Adobe Captivate
115 (0.413 %)CINEMA 4D
115 (0.413 %)Adobe Director
115 (0.413 %)MS Project
124 (0.330 %)Maya
124 (0.330 %)FreeHand
124 (0.330 %)Authorware
124 (0.330 %)Adobe Premiere
131 (0.083 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.495 %)Google Analytics
23 (0.248 %)WebTrends
23 (0.248 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
176 (6.271 %)Internet
219 (1.568 %)Intranet
310 (0.825 %)SSL
48 (0.660 %)Wireless
48 (0.660 %)SSH
57 (0.578 %)TCP/IP
57 (0.578 %)Broadband
66 (0.495 %)HTTP
66 (0.495 %)DNS
75 (0.413 %)Extranet
84 (0.330 %)WAN
84 (0.330 %)Ethernet
84 (0.330 %)FTP
84 (0.330 %)LAN
93 (0.248 %)ISDN
93 (0.248 %)PPP
93 (0.248 %)SNMP
93 (0.248 %)IMAP
102 (0.165 %)Frame Relay
111 (0.083 %)WPA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1106 (8.746 %)MySQL
272 (5.941 %)SQL Server
313 (1.073 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (0.578 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (0.413 %)Informix
63 (0.248 %)PostgreSQL
63 (0.248 %)Xcelsius
72 (0.165 %)MS Access
81 (0.083 %)Data Mining
81 (0.083 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.083 %)MSDE
81 (0.083 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.083 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.083 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.083 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.083 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1116 (9.571 %)Dreamweaver
229 (2.393 %)Subversion
324 (1.980 %)Visual Studio
415 (1.238 %)Eclipse
510 (0.825 %)Flex Builder
69 (0.743 %)CruiseControl
69 (0.743 %)VSS/SourceSafe
78 (0.660 %)Ant
86 (0.495 %)QuickTest Pro
86 (0.495 %)MTASC
94 (0.330 %)ClearCase
103 (0.248 %)OpenDeploy
103 (0.248 %)ClearQuest
103 (0.248 %)Selenium
112 (0.165 %)NUnit
121 (0.083 %)Bugzilla
121 (0.083 %)Xcode
121 (0.083 %)LoadRunner
121 (0.083 %)XMLSpy
121 (0.083 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1119 (9.818 %)Games
275 (6.188 %)Animation
368 (5.611 %)Marketing
456 (4.620 %)Graphic Design
542 (3.465 %)Multimedia
640 (3.300 %)Advertising
737 (3.053 %)Publishing
834 (2.805 %)Finance
921 (1.733 %)Telecoms
1020 (1.650 %)Government
1020 (1.650 %)Flash Games
1118 (1.485 %)Online Games
1216 (1.320 %)Retail
1315 (1.238 %)Education
1412 (0.990 %)Music
1510 (0.825 %)3D Graphics
167 (0.578 %)Video Editing
176 (0.495 %)Interactive Media
176 (0.495 %)Banking
185 (0.413 %)Music Industry
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1788 (65.02 %)Developer
2343 (28.30 %)Flash Developer
3152 (12.54 %)Web Developer
4137 (11.30 %)Web Designer
5119 (9.818 %)ActionScript Developer
674 (6.106 %)PHP Developer
769 (5.693 %)Flex Developer
854 (4.455 %)Flash Designer
948 (3.960 %)Front-End Developer
1039 (3.218 %)Project Manager
1137 (3.053 %)Graphic Designer
1236 (2.970 %).NET Developer
1326 (2.145 %)Senior Developer
1423 (1.898 %)ASP.NET Developer
1519 (1.568 %)Analyst
1618 (1.485 %)Front-End Web Developer
1717 (1.403 %)Programmer
1717 (1.403 %)Games Developer
1717 (1.403 %)HTML Developer
1816 (1.320 %)C# Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (5.858 %)E-Learning
255 (4.538 %)W3C
347 (3.878 %)RIA
438 (3.135 %)Flash Lite
527 (2.228 %)Web 2.0
620 (1.650 %)Interactive TV
715 (1.238 %)iPhone
814 (1.155 %)SCORM
913 (1.073 %)Streaming Video
913 (1.073 %)Computer Science
1011 (0.908 %)Social Network
1011 (0.908 %)Physics
118 (0.660 %)IPTV
118 (0.660 %)BBC
127 (0.578 %)Learning Management System
136 (0.495 %)Blog
136 (0.495 %)Handset
145 (0.413 %)Device Driver
145 (0.413 %)Firmware
145 (0.413 %)Photography
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
157 (4.703 %)Linux
231 (2.558 %)Windows
312 (0.990 %)Android
48 (0.660 %)UNIX
55 (0.413 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.248 %)SUSE
63 (0.248 %)Fedora
63 (0.248 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.248 %)Windows XP
63 (0.248 %)Mac OS X
63 (0.248 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.248 %)Solaris
63 (0.248 %)Embedded Linux
63 (0.248 %)Mac OS X Server
72 (0.165 %)Mac OS
72 (0.165 %)openSUSE
72 (0.165 %)Ubuntu
81 (0.083 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.083 %)Windows CE
81 (0.083 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1121 (9.983 %)OOP
299 (8.168 %)OO
382 (6.766 %)Content Management
468 (5.611 %)Web Development
566 (5.446 %)Web Design
646 (3.795 %)E-Commerce
731 (2.558 %)UML
731 (2.558 %)Project Management
731 (2.558 %)SEO
731 (2.558 %)Unit Testing
830 (2.475 %)Agile Software Development
927 (2.228 %)TDD
1024 (1.980 %)Regression Testing
1116 (1.320 %)Workflow
1213 (1.073 %)OOD
1213 (1.073 %)Continuous Integration
1311 (0.908 %)User Experience Design
1410 (0.825 %)Scrum
159 (0.743 %)Test Automation
168 (0.660 %)Web Usability
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1553 (45.63 %)ActionScript
2430 (35.48 %)JavaScript
3252 (20.79 %)PHP
496 (7.921 %)Java
594 (7.756 %)SQL
667 (5.528 %)C#
732 (2.640 %)Perl
829 (2.393 %)C
928 (2.310 %)PHP5
1023 (1.898 %)C++
1120 (1.650 %)VB
1120 (1.650 %)VB.NET
1210 (0.825 %)Ruby
139 (0.743 %)Python
148 (0.660 %)VBScript
157 (0.578 %)PHP4
166 (0.495 %)T-SQL
175 (0.413 %)Lingo
184 (0.330 %)VC++
193 (0.248 %)Objective-C
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (3.548 %)Degree
29 (0.743 %)ISEB
34 (0.330 %)Security Cleared
43 (0.248 %)PRINCE2 Certification
52 (0.165 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
61 (0.083 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.083 %)HND
61 (0.083 %)MOS
61 (0.083 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (1.320 %)QA
24 (0.330 %)WCAG
31 (0.083 %)WAI
31 (0.083 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.413 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.083 %)OpenLDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.083 %)Tivoli
11 (0.083 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1154 (12.71 %)Adobe
234 (2.805 %)Microsoft
329 (2.393 %)Macromedia
419 (1.568 %)Oracle
514 (1.155 %)Zend
69 (0.743 %)Google
77 (0.578 %)VMware
77 (0.578 %)Interwoven
86 (0.495 %)Quark
95 (0.413 %)HP
95 (0.413 %)Symbian
104 (0.330 %)Mediasurface
113 (0.248 %)Autodesk
113 (0.248 %)Red Hat
113 (0.248 %)Omniture
113 (0.248 %)Yahoo!
122 (0.165 %)RedDot
122 (0.165 %)IBM
122 (0.165 %)Tridion
122 (0.165 %)Lotus