The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 22 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 York 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 5.882% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £343 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £273
% change year-on-year
+17.11% +1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +50.00%
All Programming Languages
York
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
43 22 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 50.59% 35.48% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 4
Average daily rate £363 £325 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% +91.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £251 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £325 £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
ActionScript
North Yorkshire

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York ActionScript Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) Flash
1 5 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) DHTML
3 1 (20.00%) XHTML
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XSLT
3 1 (20.00%) MooTools
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Flash
1 5 (100.00%) Silverlight
2 1 (20.00%) DHTML
2 1 (20.00%) XHTML
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XSLT
2 1 (20.00%) MooTools
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) UI Developer
2 1 (20.00%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
York, Yorkshire
As a skilled Web Developer, you will have exceptional core skills in HTML, CSS and Javascript development... Responsibilities Overview Key responsibilities of the role are to support Technical...
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013