The first table below looks at the demand for the Flash Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Flash Programmer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands 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
Flash Programmer
Rank - 102 85
Contract jobs requiring a Flash Programmer 0 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.045% 0.475%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.048% 0.513%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
Average daily rate - £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1526 2071 1756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.43% 92.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 944 803
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 171 147
Average hourly rate £18.48 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Flash Programmer
England

Flash Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Flash Programmer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Flash Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Flash Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Flash Programmer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Flash Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Flash Programmer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Flash Programmer in their job title 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 with Flash Programmer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe
1 4 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 4 (100.00%) Flash Builder
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5

Flash Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Flash Programmer in their job title 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 with Flash Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Flash Builder
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe