The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Wales region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank - 52 56
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 0.360% 0.463%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.290% 1.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £175 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -43.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £277 £300
% change year-on-year
+17.38% -7.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +50.00%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 155 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 31.93% 27.93% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 76 91
Average daily rate £325 £315 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ActionScript
UK

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wales ActionScript Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript across the Wales region.

Wales ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript across the Wales region.

Wales ActionScript Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Big Data
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (50.00%) Animation

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ActionScript 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 ActionScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared