The first table below looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash 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 Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 105 91 74
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -17
Permanent jobs citing Flash 4 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.237% 0.749% 1.400%
As % of the Application Development category 0.648% 2.153% 4.502%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 19
Average salary £46,000 £30,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.33% -10.44%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
617 511 422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.62% 34.81% 31.10%
Number of salaries quoted 555 473 388
Average salary £38,250 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Flash
West Midlands

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Flash across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Flash across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Flash.

1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) Photoshop
1 5 (62.50%) CSS
2 4 (50.00%) MVC
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) MySQL
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Ajax
2 4 (50.00%) jQuery
3 3 (37.50%) Zend
3 3 (37.50%) Zend Framework
3 3 (37.50%) Google Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) PHP5
3 3 (37.50%) Google
3 3 (37.50%) Pay per click
3 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
3 3 (37.50%) Online Marketing
3 3 (37.50%) Social Media
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Apache
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
3 3 (37.50%) SEO
4 2 (25.00%) Web Design
4 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (25.00%) Adobe
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) Degree

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Flash. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) CSS
2 4 (50.00%) Ajax
2 4 (50.00%) jQuery
3 3 (37.50%) Zend Framework
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) JSON
4 1 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Apache
2 1 (12.50%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Photoshop
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (12.50%) InDesign
2 1 (12.50%) MS Project
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
2 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Web Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) Graphic Design
2 1 (12.50%) iPhone
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
2 1 (12.50%) Kindle
2 1 (12.50%) VLE
2 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) Pay per click
2 3 (37.50%) Online Marketing
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) SEO
3 2 (25.00%) Web Design
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) OOP
4 1 (12.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 3 (37.50%) PHP5
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Zend
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe