The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 230 215 222
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +7
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 34 52 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.411% 0.598% 0.587%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.726% 0.953% 1.027%
Number of salaries quoted 33 50 49
Average salary £28,000 £33,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +20.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £42,750 £40,100
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4682 5456 5452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 56.65% 62.71% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4182 4594 4788
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England ActionScript Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript across the East of England region.

East of England ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Suffolk 0 16 £32,500 +30.00%
Hertfordshire +3 9 £25,500 -18.40%
Norfolk +2 6 £28,000 -25.33%
Essex +8 2 £20,500 -43.44%
Cambridgeshire -3 1 - -
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ActionScript.

1 40 (78.43%) JavaScript
1 40 (78.43%) CSS
2 39 (76.47%) HTML
3 31 (60.78%) Flash
4 30 (58.82%) ActionScript 3.0
5 27 (52.94%) Java
6 26 (50.98%) ActionScript 2.0
7 23 (45.10%) Photoshop
8 20 (39.22%) Games
9 17 (33.33%) Online Games
10 15 (29.41%) C#
11 14 (27.45%) HTML5
11 14 (27.45%) Adobe Illustrator
12 13 (25.49%) Ajax
12 13 (25.49%) XML
13 12 (23.53%) Dreamweaver
13 12 (23.53%) jQuery
13 12 (23.53%) Degree
14 10 (19.61%) Fireworks
14 10 (19.61%) XHTML
15 9 (17.65%) XSLT
15 9 (17.65%) Web Services
16 8 (15.69%) Web Design
16 8 (15.69%) CSS3
16 8 (15.69%) SQL
17 7 (13.73%) EDI
17 7 (13.73%) GIS
17 7 (13.73%) EDIFACT
17 7 (13.73%) B2B
17 7 (13.73%) HTTPS

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ActionScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (78.43%) CSS
2 39 (76.47%) HTML
3 31 (60.78%) Flash
4 14 (27.45%) HTML5
5 13 (25.49%) Ajax
5 13 (25.49%) XML
6 12 (23.53%) jQuery
7 10 (19.61%) XHTML
8 9 (17.65%) XSLT
8 9 (17.65%) Web Services
9 8 (15.69%) CSS3
10 7 (13.73%) EDI
10 7 (13.73%) EDIFACT
11 4 (7.843%) Hibernate
11 4 (7.843%) Spring
11 4 (7.843%) JSF
11 4 (7.843%) JPA
11 4 (7.843%) EJB 3.0
11 4 (7.843%) JAXB
11 4 (7.843%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.73%) Gentran
1 7 (13.73%) Sonic ESB
1 7 (13.73%) ESB
2 5 (9.804%) IIS
3 4 (7.843%) Resin
3 4 (7.843%) WebLogic
3 4 (7.843%) Apache
3 4 (7.843%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.961%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (45.10%) Photoshop
2 14 (27.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (19.61%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) HTTPS
1 7 (13.73%) FTP
1 7 (13.73%) HTTP
2 6 (11.76%) Intranet
3 1 (1.961%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) Dreamweaver
2 6 (11.76%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 4 (7.843%) Subversion
3 4 (7.843%) Ant
4 1 (1.961%) Xcode
General
1 20 (39.22%) Games
2 4 (7.843%) Marketing
3 2 (3.922%) Publishing
4 1 (1.961%) Electronics
4 1 (1.961%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (56.86%) Developer
2 17 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 13 (25.49%) Web Designer
3 13 (25.49%) Designer
4 11 (21.57%) Photoshop Designer
5 7 (13.73%) Consultant
6 6 (11.76%) Web Developer
7 5 (9.804%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (7.843%) Games Developer
8 4 (7.843%) Junior
9 3 (5.882%) Junior Developer
10 2 (3.922%) SAP Consultant
10 2 (3.922%) HTML Developer
10 2 (3.922%) Junior Software Developer
10 2 (3.922%) EDI Consultant
10 2 (3.922%) SAP EDI Consultant
10 2 (3.922%) JavaScript Developer
11 1 (1.961%) Account Manager
11 1 (1.961%) Development Manager
11 1 (1.961%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Online Games
2 6 (11.76%) Graphic Design
2 6 (11.76%) Animation
3 5 (9.804%) Mobile App
3 5 (9.804%) Computer Science
4 4 (7.843%) Mathematics
4 4 (7.843%) Physics
5 3 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.882%) Mobile Games
6 2 (3.922%) Video Editing
6 2 (3.922%) W3C
7 1 (1.961%) Firmware
7 1 (1.961%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.961%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.961%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.922%) Apple iOS
1 2 (3.922%) Android
1 2 (3.922%) Mac OS X
2 1 (1.961%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) Linux
2 1 (1.961%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.69%) Web Design
2 7 (13.73%) B2B
2 7 (13.73%) EAI
3 6 (11.76%) Compatibility Testing
3 6 (11.76%) OO
4 5 (9.804%) SOA
4 5 (9.804%) Risk Analysis
4 5 (9.804%) Migration
5 4 (7.843%) Web Development
5 4 (7.843%) Software Engineering
5 4 (7.843%) UML
6 3 (5.882%) OOP
6 3 (5.882%) Game Development
6 3 (5.882%) Data Protection
7 2 (3.922%) Content Management
7 2 (3.922%) TDD
7 2 (3.922%) Online Marketing
7 2 (3.922%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (3.922%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (3.922%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 40 (78.43%) JavaScript
2 30 (58.82%) ActionScript 3.0
3 27 (52.94%) Java
4 26 (50.98%) ActionScript 2.0
5 15 (29.41%) C#
6 8 (15.69%) SQL
7 7 (13.73%) XPath
8 3 (5.882%) PHP
9 1 (1.961%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (9.804%) Adobe
2 4 (7.843%) Oracle
2 4 (7.843%) JBoss
3 2 (3.922%) Google
3 2 (3.922%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.922%) SAP
4 1 (1.961%) Apple
4 1 (1.961%) Intel
4 1 (1.961%) Nokia
4 1 (1.961%) Symbian
Cambridge, East Anglia
Your portfolio will be broad, and also includes extending existing UI framework (Flash/Flex, Kendo, for example)... Knowledge of Flash and ActionScript is essential, and you will know...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £30k
Posted: 26 April 2013