England Adobe Flex Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bradford Brighton Buckinghamshire Camberley Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clapham Cobham Colchester Devon Dundee East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Rutland Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Twickenham Uckfield UK Wakefield Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	440	775
Rank change on same period last year	+335
Matching permanent IT job ads	631	178
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.309 %	0.079 %
As % of the category below	1.005 %	0.261 %
Salaries quoted	541	142
Average minimum salary	£39,171	£32,612
Average salary	£42,766	£36,116
% change on same period last year	+18.41 %
Average maximum salary	£46,361	£39,619
UK excluding London average salary	£34,222	£31,154
% change on same period last year	+9.84 %
Application Development England
Matching permanent IT job ads	62788	68252
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	30.79 %	30.22 %
Salaries quoted	53566	56492
Average minimum salary	£37,367	£38,671
Average salary	£41,064	£42,536
% change on same period last year	-3.45 %
Average maximum salary	£44,762	£46,400
UK excluding London average salary	£35,972	£36,627
% change on same period last year	-1.78 %
Adobe Flex UK

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Adobe Flex across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Adobe Flex
Salary Trend

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

Adobe Flex
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the England region over the past 3 months.

Adobe Flex
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Flex within the England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	London	+240	417	£47,406	+29.24 %
2	South East	+131	128	£34,513	-8.45 %
3	North West	-	22	£38,469	-
4	West Midlands	-9	20	£28,286	-8.42 %
5	Yorkshire	-	16	£29,786	-
6	South West	-20	12	£28,333	-
7	East of England	-19	8	£39,071	+15.48 %
8	North East	+2	2	£25,000	+6.38 %
9	Midlands	-	1	£32,500	-
9	East Midlands	-14	1	£22,500	-30.76 %

Adobe Flex UK

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Adobe Flex also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Adobe Flex.

1 675 (59.06 %) Flash 2 558 (48.82 %) ActionScript 3 479 (41.91 %) XML 4 409 (35.78 %) JavaScript 5 369 (32.28 %) CSS 6 349 (30.53 %) HTML 7 337 (29.48 %) Java 8 313 (27.38 %) .NET 9 295 (25.81 %) AJAX 10 279 (24.41 %) Adobe 11 262 (22.92 %) SQL 12 244 (21.35 %) OO 13 223 (19.51 %) WebServices 14 193 (16.89 %) SQL Server 15 179 (15.66 %) C#

16 167 (14.61 %) XHTML 17 158 (13.82 %) PHP 18 156 (13.65 %) ASP.NET 19 151 (13.21 %) Internet 20 149 (13.04 %) OOP 21 136 (11.90 %) Games 22 126 (11.02 %) Degree 23 119 (10.41 %) Photoshop 24 113 (9.886 %) ColdFusion 25 112 (9.799 %) Web Development 26 110 (9.624 %) Windows 27 106 (9.274 %) RIA 28 104 (9.099 %) JSP 29 100 (8.749 %) MySQL 30 95 (8.311 %) Linux

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Adobe Flex also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 479 (41.91 %) XML 2 369 (32.28 %) CSS 3 349 (30.53 %) HTML 4 313 (27.38 %) .NET 5 295 (25.81 %) AJAX 6 223 (19.51 %) WebServices 7 167 (14.61 %) XHTML 8 156 (13.65 %) ASP.NET 9 104 (9.099 %) JSP 10 88 (7.699 %) J2EE 11 75 (6.562 %) XSLT 12 67 (5.862 %) .NET Framework 13 59 (5.162 %) ASP 14 58 (5.074 %) Flex 2 15 56 (4.899 %) SOAP 16 52 (4.549 %) Adobe AIR 17 48 (4.199 %) Servlets 18 36 (3.150 %) Silverlight 18 36 (3.150 %) GWT 19 34 (2.975 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 113 (9.886 %) ColdFusion 2 45 (3.937 %) Apache 3 36 (3.150 %) SharePoint 4 32 (2.800 %) Flash Media Server 5 26 (2.275 %) WebLogic 6 24 (2.100 %) JBoss 7 23 (2.012 %) Tomcat 8 18 (1.575 %) IIS 9 17 (1.487 %) DOC1 10 15 (1.312 %) Papyrus 11 13 (1.137 %) SharePoint Portal Server 12 10 (0.875 %) Exstream Dialogue 12 10 (0.875 %) CMS 13 9 (0.787 %) SharePoint Server 2007 14 8 (0.700 %) Lotus Domino 14 8 (0.700 %) ColdFusion MX 15 7 (0.612 %) Lotus Notes 16 3 (0.262 %) JRun 16 3 (0.262 %) WebLogic Portal 17 2 (0.175 %) WebLogic Integration
Applications 1 119 (10.41 %) Photoshop 2 57 (4.987 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 43 (3.762 %) MS Visio 4 34 (2.975 %) Fireworks 5 21 (1.837 %) MS Excel 6 17 (1.487 %) PrintSoft PReS 7 16 (1.400 %) InDesign 8 11 (0.962 %) MS Project 9 9 (0.787 %) 3ds Max 10 8 (0.700 %) Acrobat 10 8 (0.700 %) Shockwave 11 7 (0.612 %) MS PowerPoint 12 5 (0.437 %) InfoPath 12 5 (0.437 %) MS Office 13 4 (0.350 %) Adobe Director 14 2 (0.175 %) Adobe Captivate 14 2 (0.175 %) ImageReady 15 1 (0.087 %) Quicktime	Business Applications 1 20 (1.750 %) FLEXCUBE 2 10 (0.875 %) Misys Equation 2 10 (0.875 %) Misys Midas 2 10 (0.875 %) WebTrends 2 10 (0.875 %) Temenos T24 3 7 (0.612 %) Google Analytics 4 2 (0.175 %) Oracle 11i 4 2 (0.175 %) Oracle EBS 4 2 (0.175 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 151 (13.21 %) Internet 2 53 (4.637 %) Intranet 3 10 (0.875 %) TCP/IP 4 9 (0.787 %) FTP 5 5 (0.437 %) Wireless 6 4 (0.350 %) IP Telephony 7 2 (0.175 %) Cisco IOS 7 2 (0.175 %) WEP 7 2 (0.175 %) DDNS 7 2 (0.175 %) Firewall 7 2 (0.175 %) SAN 7 2 (0.175 %) LDAP 7 2 (0.175 %) Kerberos 7 2 (0.175 %) VPN 7 2 (0.175 %) DNS 8 1 (0.087 %) SSL 8 1 (0.087 %) HTTP 8 1 (0.087 %) MPLS 8 1 (0.087 %) Network Security 8 1 (0.087 %) VLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 193 (16.89 %) SQL Server 2 100 (8.749 %) MySQL 3 27 (2.362 %) SQL Server 7 4 17 (1.487 %) SQL Server 2000 5 15 (1.312 %) DB2 6 14 (1.225 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 13 (1.137 %) SQL Server 2005 8 11 (0.962 %) RDBMS 9 10 (0.875 %) Oracle 10g 10 8 (0.700 %) Informix 11 7 (0.612 %) PostgreSQL 12 6 (0.525 %) Oracle Reports 12 6 (0.525 %) Crystal Reports 12 6 (0.525 %) GIS 13 4 (0.350 %) Oracle 11g 13 4 (0.350 %) Datawarehouse 14 3 (0.262 %) Oracle 9i 14 3 (0.262 %) EDRMS 14 3 (0.262 %) BusinessObjects 15 2 (0.175 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 675 (59.06 %) Flash 2 55 (4.812 %) Dreamweaver 3 38 (3.325 %) Subversion 4 35 (3.062 %) Eclipse 5 34 (2.975 %) Visual Studio 6 15 (1.312 %) Selenium 7 14 (1.225 %) NUnit 7 14 (1.225 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 11 (0.962 %) Ant 9 8 (0.700 %) CruiseControl 10 2 (0.175 %) MTASC 10 2 (0.175 %) JUnit 11 1 (0.087 %) PVCS 11 1 (0.087 %) Xcode	General 1 136 (11.90 %) Games 2 95 (8.311 %) Finance 3 93 (8.136 %) Marketing 4 56 (4.899 %) Banking 5 38 (3.325 %) Advertising 6 29 (2.537 %) Health 7 27 (2.362 %) Investment Banking 7 27 (2.362 %) Flash Games 8 26 (2.275 %) Multimedia 9 24 (2.100 %) Graphic Design 10 23 (2.012 %) Animation 10 23 (2.012 %) Online Games 11 22 (1.925 %) Interactive Media 11 22 (1.925 %) Pensions 11 22 (1.925 %) Retail 12 20 (1.750 %) Publishing 13 17 (1.487 %) Education 14 16 (1.400 %) Insurance 15 14 (1.225 %) Construction 16 13 (1.137 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 913 (79.88 %) Developer 2 290 (25.37 %) Flash Developer 3 163 (14.26 %) Web Developer 4 154 (13.47 %) Senior Developer 5 143 (12.51 %) Flex Developer 6 108 (9.449 %) Java Developer 7 103 (9.011 %) ActionScript Developer 8 61 (5.337 %) ColdFusion Developer 9 53 (4.637 %) C# Developer 10 49 (4.287 %) .NET Developer 11 48 (4.199 %) Programmer 12 37 (3.237 %) Consultant 12 37 (3.237 %) PHP Developer 13 35 (3.062 %) Senior Flash Developer 14 27 (2.362 %) Applications Developer 15 26 (2.275 %) Junior 16 25 (2.187 %) Architect 16 25 (2.187 %) Junior Developer 16 25 (2.187 %) Senior ColdFusion Developer 16 25 (2.187 %) Senior C# Developer	Miscellaneous 1 106 (9.274 %) RIA 2 76 (6.649 %) Web 2.0 3 51 (4.462 %) W3C 4 47 (4.112 %) Computer Science 5 43 (3.762 %) E-Learning 6 23 (2.012 %) Flash Lite 7 16 (1.400 %) Physics 8 9 (0.787 %) Mathematics 8 9 (0.787 %) Blog 9 8 (0.700 %) Social Network 9 8 (0.700 %) French Language 9 8 (0.700 %) German Language 10 7 (0.612 %) Multithreading 11 5 (0.437 %) Biotechnology 11 5 (0.437 %) Streaming Video 11 5 (0.437 %) Tandem 11 5 (0.437 %) Client/Server 12 3 (0.262 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 12 3 (0.262 %) Interactive TV 12 3 (0.262 %) SCORM
Operating Systems 1 110 (9.624 %) Windows 2 95 (8.311 %) Linux 3 30 (2.625 %) Unix 4 8 (0.700 %) Solaris 5 6 (0.525 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (0.525 %) Fedora 6 5 (0.437 %) FreeBSD 6 5 (0.437 %) Windows Server 2003 7 2 (0.175 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.087 %) Windows XP 8 1 (0.087 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 244 (21.35 %) OO 2 149 (13.04 %) OOP 3 112 (9.799 %) Web Development 4 76 (6.649 %) UML 5 74 (6.474 %) E-Commerce 6 67 (5.862 %) Web Design 7 51 (4.462 %) SOA 8 47 (4.112 %) Project Management 9 41 (3.587 %) OOD 10 35 (3.062 %) Agile Software Development 11 28 (2.450 %) Content Management 12 26 (2.275 %) TDD 13 25 (2.187 %) Internet Marketing 14 23 (2.012 %) Digital Marketing 15 21 (1.837 %) SEO 16 19 (1.662 %) Workflow 16 19 (1.662 %) Unit Testing 17 18 (1.575 %) Usability Testing 18 13 (1.137 %) Continuous Integration 18 13 (1.137 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 558 (48.82 %) ActionScript 2 409 (35.78 %) JavaScript 3 337 (29.48 %) Java 4 262 (22.92 %) SQL 5 179 (15.66 %) C# 6 158 (13.82 %) PHP 7 74 (6.474 %) DHTML 8 54 (4.724 %) VB 9 51 (4.462 %) C++ 10 38 (3.325 %) C 11 32 (2.800 %) VB.NET 12 29 (2.537 %) VB6 13 28 (2.450 %) Ruby 13 28 (2.450 %) Transact-SQL 14 26 (2.275 %) PHP5 15 20 (1.750 %) Perl 16 11 (0.962 %) PL/SQL 17 7 (0.612 %) VBA 18 6 (0.525 %) VC++ 18 6 (0.525 %) Groovy	Qualifications 1 126 (11.02 %) Degree 2 21 (1.837 %) Microsoft Certification 3 19 (1.662 %) MCSD 4 5 (0.437 %) HND 5 4 (0.350 %) CCNA 5 4 (0.350 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.175 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (0.087 %) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 23 (2.012 %) QA 2 13 (1.137 %) WAI 3 9 (0.787 %) WCAG 4 5 (0.437 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 4 (0.350 %) ISO9001 6 3 (0.262 %) SLA 6 3 (0.262 %) Basel II 6 3 (0.262 %) MiFID 6 3 (0.262 %) IAS 39 7 2 (0.175 %) TickIT 8 1 (0.087 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 7 (0.612 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.262 %) MSMQ 3 2 (0.175 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (0.175 %) Squid 3 2 (0.175 %) Xen 3 2 (0.175 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.087 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.087 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (0.087 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 2 (0.175 %) Nagios	Vendors 1 279 (24.41 %) Adobe 2 95 (8.311 %) Microsoft 3 91 (7.962 %) Oracle 4 41 (3.587 %) Google 5 36 (3.150 %) Macromedia 6 19 (1.662 %) Sun 6 19 (1.662 %) Vignette 7 17 (1.487 %) IBM 7 17 (1.487 %) XMPie 8 15 (1.312 %) Quark 9 10 (0.875 %) Misys 9 10 (0.875 %) Temenos 9 10 (0.875 %) SunGard 9 10 (0.875 %) Exstream 10 9 (0.787 %) HP 11 8 (0.700 %) Red Hat 12 7 (0.612 %) Lotus 13 6 (0.525 %) NetApp 13 6 (0.525 %) StreamServe 13 6 (0.525 %) Sony