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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe ActionScript skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ActionScript
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank168247
Rank change on same period last yearUp+79
Matching permanent IT job ads17271530
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.114 %0.685 %
As % of the category below2.491 %1.565 %
Salaries quoted14751330
Average minimum salary£31,690£29,567
Average salary£35,032£32,431
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum salary£38,375£35,295
UK excluding London average salary£31,917£29,787
% change on same period last year+7.15 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads6933597753
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.73 %43.76 %
Salaries quoted6015080591
Average minimum salary£37,367£38,271
Average salary£41,047£42,112
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum salary£44,726£45,953
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
ActionScript UKActionScript
UK

ActionScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England ActionScript Demand Trend

ActionScript
Salary Trend

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

England ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England ActionScript Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+88871£38,407+8.76 %
South EastUp+105327£35,995+15.26 %
West MidlandsUp+113158£30,507+4.55 %
South WestUp+81138£29,631-3.14 %
North WestUp+988£26,970-0.79 %
YorkshireUp+3782£27,753+2.97 %
East of EnglandDown-7839£42,043+30.59 %
East MidlandsDown-136£32,443+27.22 %
North EastUp+74£23,833-13.93 %
ActionScript UKActionScript
UK

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

13078 (87.57 %)Flash
21727 (49.13 %)CSS
31640 (46.66 %)JavaScript
41541 (43.84 %)HTML
51210 (34.42 %)XML
61035 (29.45 %)Photoshop
7948 (26.97 %)XHTML
8815 (23.19 %)PHP
9788 (22.42 %).NET
10743 (21.14 %)Adobe Flex
11693 (19.72 %)OO
12677 (19.26 %)Games
13670 (19.06 %)OOP
14635 (18.07 %)Adobe
15483 (13.74 %)AJAX
16460 (13.09 %)Adobe Illustrator
17421 (11.98 %)Java
18392 (11.15 %)MySQL
19376 (10.70 %)ASP.NET
20369 (10.50 %)Dreamweaver
21359 (10.21 %)C#
22356 (10.13 %)Internet
23352 (10.01 %)Marketing
24323 (9.189 %)SQL
25316 (8.990 %)Degree
26314 (8.933 %)Web Development
27302 (8.592 %)ASP
28287 (8.165 %)Web Design
29284 (8.080 %)W3C
30270 (7.681 %)Animation

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11727 (49.13 %)CSS
21541 (43.84 %)HTML
31210 (34.42 %)XML
4948 (26.97 %)XHTML
5788 (22.42 %).NET
6743 (21.14 %)Adobe Flex
7483 (13.74 %)AJAX
8376 (10.70 %)ASP.NET
9302 (8.592 %)ASP
10183 (5.206 %)XSLT
11166 (4.723 %)WebServices
12157 (4.467 %)JSP
13146 (4.154 %)MVC
14114 (3.243 %)Silverlight
15107 (3.044 %)Adobe AIR
1685 (2.418 %)DOM
1754 (1.536 %)J2EE
1754 (1.536 %).NET Framework
1851 (1.451 %)Hibernate
1947 (1.337 %)Spring
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1132 (3.755 %)CMS
295 (2.703 %)Apache
372 (2.048 %)IIS
469 (1.963 %)ColdFusion
535 (0.996 %)WebLogic
631 (0.882 %)SharePoint
730 (0.853 %)WebLogic Portal
829 (0.825 %)Movable Type
926 (0.740 %)Mambo
1016 (0.455 %)JBoss
1113 (0.370 %)Flash Media Server
1212 (0.341 %)Tomcat
139 (0.256 %)OpenCms
148 (0.228 %)WordPress
157 (0.199 %)SharePoint Portal Server
164 (0.114 %)Joomla!
164 (0.114 %)SharePoint Server 2007
172 (0.057 %)ColdFusion MX
181 (0.028 %)TeamSite
181 (0.028 %)Mule
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11035 (29.45 %)Photoshop
2460 (13.09 %)Adobe Illustrator
3154 (4.381 %)Fireworks
446 (1.309 %)MS Excel
536 (1.024 %)ImageReady
625 (0.711 %)MS Visio
723 (0.654 %)3ds Max
813 (0.370 %)Adobe Director
813 (0.370 %)MS Office
99 (0.256 %)InDesign
99 (0.256 %)Adobe After Effects
107 (0.199 %)FreeHand
116 (0.171 %)Maya
116 (0.171 %)Acrobat
116 (0.171 %)Spreadsheet
125 (0.142 %)Shockwave
133 (0.085 %)Quicktime
133 (0.085 %)Adobe Premiere
133 (0.085 %)MS PowerPoint
133 (0.085 %)CINEMA 4D
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.256 %)WebTrends
19 (0.256 %)Google Analytics
21 (0.028 %)Apache OFBiz
21 (0.028 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.028 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.028 %)Navision
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1356 (10.13 %)Internet
256 (1.593 %)Intranet
331 (0.882 %)HTTP
415 (0.427 %)Wireless
510 (0.284 %)DNS
510 (0.284 %)SMTP
67 (0.199 %)FTP
67 (0.199 %)SSH
74 (0.114 %)3G
74 (0.114 %)Broadband
83 (0.085 %)SSL
91 (0.028 %)Extranet
91 (0.028 %)SMS
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1392 (11.15 %)MySQL
2230 (6.543 %)SQL Server
347 (1.337 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (1.110 %)SQL Server 2000
59 (0.256 %)SQL Server 2008
67 (0.199 %)GIS
75 (0.142 %)Oracle 9i
75 (0.142 %)RDBMS
83 (0.085 %)MS Access
83 (0.085 %)PostgreSQL
83 (0.085 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.057 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.028 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.028 %)DTS
101 (0.028 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13078 (87.57 %)Flash
2369 (10.50 %)Dreamweaver
3110 (3.129 %)Subversion
4106 (3.016 %)Eclipse
582 (2.333 %)Visual Studio
647 (1.337 %)VSS/SourceSafe
736 (1.024 %)Ant
833 (0.939 %)JIRA
932 (0.910 %)PVCS
932 (0.910 %)CruiseControl
1029 (0.825 %)Mylyn
1118 (0.512 %)JUnit
1212 (0.341 %)Oracle Forms
138 (0.228 %)NUnit
144 (0.114 %)ClearCase
144 (0.114 %)Visual Studio Team System
152 (0.057 %)Selenium
161 (0.028 %)MTASC
161 (0.028 %)HttpUnit
161 (0.028 %)Bugzilla
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1677 (19.26 %)Games
2352 (10.01 %)Marketing
3270 (7.681 %)Animation
4232 (6.600 %)Flash Games
5214 (6.088 %)Online Games
6204 (5.804 %)Advertising
7154 (4.381 %)Finance
8142 (4.040 %)Multimedia
9139 (3.954 %)Graphic Design
10137 (3.898 %)Retail
11103 (2.930 %)Pensions
1284 (2.390 %)Education
1371 (2.020 %)Interactive Media
1463 (1.792 %)Health
1559 (1.679 %)Publishing
1657 (1.622 %)Insurance
1743 (1.223 %)Pharmaceutical
1839 (1.110 %)Banking
1935 (0.996 %)Telecoms
2029 (0.825 %)Video Editing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12729 (77.64 %)Developer
21410 (40.11 %)Flash Developer
3752 (21.39 %)Web Developer
4521 (14.82 %)ActionScript Developer
5321 (9.132 %)Senior Developer
6310 (8.819 %)Web Designer
7184 (5.235 %)Flash Designer
8158 (4.495 %)PHP Developer
9140 (3.983 %)Senior Flash Developer
10136 (3.869 %)Flex Developer
11112 (3.186 %)Programmer
1293 (2.646 %).NET Developer
1386 (2.447 %)Junior
1477 (2.191 %)Games Developer
1575 (2.134 %)Development Manager
1575 (2.134 %)Senior Web Developer
1674 (2.105 %)JavaScript Developer
1769 (1.963 %)Flash Programmer
1865 (1.849 %)Junior Developer
1865 (1.849 %)Lead Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1284 (8.080 %)W3C
2120 (3.414 %)E-Learning
395 (2.703 %)Computer Science
468 (1.935 %)Streaming Video
567 (1.906 %)RIA
661 (1.735 %)Flash Lite
755 (1.565 %)Social Network
851 (1.451 %)Web 2.0
937 (1.053 %)Client/Server
1031 (0.882 %)SCORM
1129 (0.825 %)iPhone
1228 (0.797 %)BBC
1228 (0.797 %)Physics
1322 (0.626 %)Mathematics
1420 (0.569 %)iDTV
1516 (0.455 %)Tandem
1614 (0.398 %)N-Tier
1713 (0.370 %)Interactive TV
1811 (0.313 %)Spread Betting
1910 (0.284 %)Handset
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1136 (3.869 %)Windows
2102 (2.902 %)Linux
377 (2.191 %)UNIX
447 (1.337 %)Solaris
529 (0.825 %)Android
623 (0.654 %)Windows XP
719 (0.541 %)Windows 2000
89 (0.256 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (0.085 %)Debian
102 (0.057 %)FreeBSD
111 (0.028 %)Windows Vista
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1693 (19.72 %)OO
2670 (19.06 %)OOP
3314 (8.933 %)Web Development
4287 (8.165 %)Web Design
5226 (6.430 %)E-Commerce
6160 (4.552 %)Agile Software Development
7137 (3.898 %)Content Management
8116 (3.300 %)SEO
972 (2.048 %)TDD
972 (2.048 %)Digital Marketing
1065 (1.849 %)UML
1164 (1.821 %)Project Management
1259 (1.679 %)Scrum
1351 (1.451 %)Internet Marketing
1446 (1.309 %)Software Engineering
1446 (1.309 %)OOD
1529 (0.825 %)Continuous Integration
1627 (0.768 %)Time Management
1723 (0.654 %)B2B
1814 (0.398 %)Unit Testing
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11640 (46.66 %)JavaScript
2815 (23.19 %)PHP
3421 (11.98 %)Java
4359 (10.21 %)C#
5323 (9.189 %)SQL
6251 (7.141 %)DHTML
7103 (2.930 %)Python
8100 (2.845 %)C++
987 (2.475 %)Perl
1077 (2.191 %)VB.NET
1176 (2.162 %)PHP5
1256 (1.593 %)VB
1344 (1.252 %)C
1440 (1.138 %)VBScript
1539 (1.110 %)Ruby
1630 (0.853 %)PHP4
1722 (0.626 %)Transact-SQL
1813 (0.370 %)XPath
1911 (0.313 %)Lingo
208 (0.228 %)XAML
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1316 (8.990 %)Degree
243 (1.223 %)Microsoft Certification
338 (1.081 %)MCP
338 (1.081 %)MCSD
437 (1.053 %)MCAD
57 (0.199 %)HND
61 (0.028 %)PhD
61 (0.028 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
152 (1.479 %)QA
228 (0.797 %)WAI
318 (0.512 %)WCAG
41 (0.028 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.171 %)Active Directory
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.057 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1635 (18.07 %)Adobe
2142 (4.040 %)Microsoft
374 (2.105 %)Macromedia
473 (2.077 %)Oracle
537 (1.053 %)Perforce
630 (0.853 %)BEA
727 (0.768 %)IBM
826 (0.740 %)FatWire
921 (0.597 %)Zend
1019 (0.541 %)Google
118 (0.228 %)Quark
127 (0.199 %)telerik
135 (0.142 %)Omniture
135 (0.142 %)DoubleClick
143 (0.085 %)Sony
152 (0.057 %)Ericsson
161 (0.028 %)Nokia
161 (0.028 %)Siemens
161 (0.028 %)TOWER Software
161 (0.028 %)Mercator