The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 108 108 95
Rank change year-on-year
0 -13
Contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 4 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.215% 0.089% 0.431%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.601% 0.269% 1.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
Average daily rate £293 £213 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.64% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £213 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £213 £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £278 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
666 743 663
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 35.81% 33.07% 35.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 442 331
Average daily rate £290 £315 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.93% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 39
Average hourly rate £14.75 £20.00 £30.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.25% -33.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.48 £12.00 £17.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Yorkshire ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire ActionScript 3.0 Daily Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire ActionScript 3.0 Hourly Rate Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
South Yorkshire - 4 £293 -
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 7 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 5 (71.43%) SCORM
4 4 (57.14%) OOP
4 4 (57.14%) OO
4 4 (57.14%) Flash
5 2 (28.57%) CSS
5 2 (28.57%) HTML
6 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (14.29%) OOD
6 1 (14.29%) Adobe
6 1 (14.29%) Internet
6 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
6 1 (14.29%) Apache Flex
6 1 (14.29%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
6 1 (14.29%) Flash Builder
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) Backbone.js
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (14.29%) Web Services
6 1 (14.29%) MVC
6 1 (14.29%) Mobile Games
6 1 (14.29%) Games

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) Flash
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Flex
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) Backbone.js
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
1 1 (14.29%) Flash Builder
General
1 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ActionScript Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) SCORM
2 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) OOP
1 4 (57.14%) OO
2 1 (14.29%) OOD
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe