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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank95132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching permanent IT job ads38393325
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.096 %1.396 %
As % of the category below24.37 %17.10 %
Salaries quoted33972797
Average minimum salary£30,348£28,710
Average salary£33,203£31,387
% change on same period last year+5.78 %
Average maximum salary£36,057£34,064
UK excluding London average salary£30,361£28,949
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads1575619441
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.602 %8.163 %
Salaries quoted1349715673
Average minimum salary£36,371£37,368
Average salary£39,683£40,670
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Average maximum salary£42,995£43,972
UK excluding London average salary£35,140£36,028
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
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UK

Flash
Demand Trend

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

England Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Salary Trend

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

England Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Flash across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Flash Salary Histogram

Flash
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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+581971£36,253+3.92 %
South EastUp+13711£33,598+7.84 %
West MidlandsUp+51280£26,389+2.51 %
North WestUp+58232£27,066+6.50 %
South WestUp+15217£31,824+19.56 %
YorkshireUp+1204£26,777+3.78 %
East of EnglandDown-23160£32,431-1.41 %
East MidlandsDown-2103£27,435+6.83 %
North EastDown-212£25,885+3.75 %
MidlandsUp+228£32,500+7.91 %
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UK

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

14201 (55.04 %)CSS
24124 (54.04 %)HTML
33365 (44.09 %)JavaScript
43107 (40.71 %)Photoshop
53008 (39.41 %)ActionScript
62280 (29.87 %)XHTML
72031 (26.61 %)XML
81836 (24.06 %).NET
91645 (21.55 %)Adobe Illustrator
101610 (21.10 %)PHP
111389 (18.20 %)Dreamweaver
121302 (17.06 %)Marketing
131233 (16.16 %)Adobe
141194 (15.64 %)AJAX
151154 (15.12 %)ASP.NET
161053 (13.80 %)Web Design
171013 (13.27 %)Games
18967 (12.67 %)C#
19914 (11.98 %)Web Development
20892 (11.69 %)SQL
21865 (11.33 %)MySQL
22863 (11.31 %)Adobe Flex
23839 (10.99 %)SQL Server
24829 (10.86 %)OO
25816 (10.69 %)Internet
26796 (10.43 %)ASP
27725 (9.499 %)Java
28668 (8.753 %)Fireworks
29661 (8.661 %)Degree
30648 (8.491 %)OOP

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14201 (55.04 %)CSS
24124 (54.04 %)HTML
32280 (29.87 %)XHTML
42031 (26.61 %)XML
51836 (24.06 %).NET
61194 (15.64 %)AJAX
71154 (15.12 %)ASP.NET
8863 (11.31 %)Adobe Flex
9796 (10.43 %)ASP
10340 (4.455 %)XSLT
11283 (3.708 %)WebServices
12248 (3.249 %)JSP
13218 (2.856 %)DOM
14179 (2.345 %)Silverlight
15171 (2.241 %)J2EE
16137 (1.795 %)LAMP
17134 (1.756 %)XSL
18123 (1.612 %)Adobe AIR
19104 (1.363 %).NET Framework
2090 (1.179 %)MVC
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1307 (4.023 %)CMS
2271 (3.551 %)IIS
3181 (2.372 %)ColdFusion
4179 (2.345 %)Apache
5100 (1.310 %)SharePoint
644 (0.577 %)Flash Media Server
741 (0.537 %)Tomcat
828 (0.367 %)JBoss
923 (0.301 %)WebLogic
1018 (0.236 %)LiveLink
1117 (0.223 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1214 (0.183 %)WordPress
1214 (0.183 %)ArcGIS
139 (0.118 %)Joomla!
148 (0.105 %)BizTalk Server
157 (0.092 %)SharePoint Portal Server
166 (0.079 %)Zope
166 (0.079 %)ArcSDE
166 (0.079 %)ArcIMS
174 (0.052 %)TeamSite
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13107 (40.71 %)Photoshop
21645 (21.55 %)Adobe Illustrator
3668 (8.753 %)Fireworks
4217 (2.843 %)MS Excel
5143 (1.874 %)MS Visio
6123 (1.612 %)InDesign
7109 (1.428 %)MS Office
8102 (1.336 %)ImageReady
980 (1.048 %)Acrobat
1072 (0.943 %)FreeHand
1170 (0.917 %)3ds Max
1257 (0.747 %)MS PowerPoint
1352 (0.681 %)QuarkXPress
1449 (0.642 %)Shockwave
1540 (0.524 %)Adobe Premiere
1626 (0.341 %)MS Project
1724 (0.314 %)Adobe Director
1818 (0.236 %)Adobe After Effects
1915 (0.197 %)Maya
2013 (0.170 %)CINEMA 4D
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
142 (0.550 %)Google Analytics
241 (0.537 %)WebTrends
329 (0.380 %)GoldMine
413 (0.170 %)Summit
54 (0.052 %)Microsoft CRM
62 (0.026 %)Navision
62 (0.026 %)Remedy AR System
71 (0.013 %)Temenos T24
71 (0.013 %)Dynamics CRM
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1816 (10.69 %)Internet
2196 (2.568 %)Intranet
381 (1.061 %)HTTP
469 (0.904 %)DNS
553 (0.694 %)TCP/IP
652 (0.681 %)FTP
746 (0.603 %)SSL
840 (0.524 %)LAN
937 (0.485 %)WAN
1032 (0.419 %)SNMP
1131 (0.406 %)Wireless
1228 (0.367 %)HTTPS
1327 (0.354 %)SSH
1424 (0.314 %)Extranet
1522 (0.288 %)SMTP
1618 (0.236 %)Broadband
1618 (0.236 %)SAN
1717 (0.223 %)Ethernet
1717 (0.223 %)Network Security
1813 (0.170 %)DAB
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1865 (11.33 %)MySQL
2839 (10.99 %)SQL Server
3146 (1.913 %)SQL Server 2005
486 (1.127 %)SQL Server 2000
555 (0.721 %)GIS
644 (0.577 %)PostgreSQL
730 (0.393 %)InterSystems Cache
824 (0.314 %)RDBMS
918 (0.236 %)Crystal Reports
918 (0.236 %)MS Access
1017 (0.223 %)Datawarehouse
1017 (0.223 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1114 (0.183 %)Oracle 10g
1213 (0.170 %)BusinessObjects
1312 (0.157 %)Informix
149 (0.118 %)SQLBase
158 (0.105 %)DTS
167 (0.092 %)FileMaker
174 (0.052 %)Oracle OLAP
174 (0.052 %)DB2
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11389 (18.20 %)Dreamweaver
2241 (3.158 %)Visual Studio
3169 (2.214 %)Subversion
4152 (1.992 %)Eclipse
551 (0.668 %)VSS/SourceSafe
632 (0.419 %)CruiseControl
730 (0.393 %)Mylyn
827 (0.354 %)JIRA
922 (0.288 %)ClearCase
1021 (0.275 %)Selenium
1117 (0.223 %)PVCS
1216 (0.210 %)InterDev
1313 (0.170 %)JUnit
1313 (0.170 %)Oracle Forms
1411 (0.144 %)Ant
1510 (0.131 %)TestDirector
169 (0.118 %)FrontPage
178 (0.105 %)QuickTest Pro
178 (0.105 %)Zend Studio
187 (0.092 %)FitNesse
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11302 (17.06 %)Marketing
21013 (13.27 %)Games
3515 (6.748 %)Advertising
4457 (5.988 %)Finance
5395 (5.176 %)Graphic Design
6390 (5.110 %)Multimedia
7324 (4.245 %)Animation
8264 (3.459 %)Pensions
9263 (3.446 %)Online Games
10242 (3.171 %)Flash Games
11240 (3.145 %)Retail
12225 (2.948 %)Health
13210 (2.752 %)Publishing
14136 (1.782 %)Education
15128 (1.677 %)Insurance
1696 (1.258 %)Banking
1785 (1.114 %)Interactive Media
1876 (0.996 %)Telecoms
1965 (0.852 %)Music
2057 (0.747 %)Video Editing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14549 (59.60 %)Developer
21751 (22.94 %)Web Developer
31503 (19.69 %)Flash Developer
41355 (17.75 %)Web Designer
5439 (5.752 %)ActionScript Developer
6434 (5.687 %).NET Developer
7413 (5.411 %)Senior Developer
8310 (4.062 %)Photoshop Designer
9302 (3.957 %)Graphic Designer
10285 (3.734 %)PHP Developer
11237 (3.105 %)C# Developer
12229 (3.001 %)Flash Designer
13228 (2.987 %)ASP.NET Developer
14176 (2.306 %)Senior Web Designer
15168 (2.201 %)Junior
16150 (1.965 %)Programmer
17149 (1.952 %)Flex Developer
18145 (1.900 %).NET Web Developer
19139 (1.821 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
20132 (1.730 %)Project Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1629 (8.242 %)W3C
2169 (2.214 %)Web 2.0
3167 (2.188 %)E-Learning
4147 (1.926 %)Social Network
5135 (1.769 %)Computer Science
6106 (1.389 %)RIA
7104 (1.363 %)Streaming Video
873 (0.956 %)Flash Lite
970 (0.917 %)BBC
1049 (0.642 %)Client/Server
1140 (0.524 %)iDTV
1239 (0.511 %)IPTV
1239 (0.511 %)Spread Betting
1336 (0.472 %)Mathematics
1336 (0.472 %)iPhone
1435 (0.459 %)Physics
1435 (0.459 %)Streaming Media
1531 (0.406 %)Photography
1630 (0.393 %)MPEG
1726 (0.341 %)Statistics
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1396 (5.189 %)Windows
2287 (3.760 %)Linux
3114 (1.494 %)UNIX
442 (0.550 %)Windows Server 2003
541 (0.537 %)Solaris
639 (0.511 %)Windows XP
734 (0.445 %)Android
827 (0.354 %)Red Hat Linux
914 (0.183 %)Mac OS X
1012 (0.157 %)Windows Mobile
1111 (0.144 %)Ubuntu
1210 (0.131 %)Embedded Linux
138 (0.105 %)Windows Vista
138 (0.105 %)CentOS
147 (0.092 %)Mac OS X Server
153 (0.039 %)Debian
153 (0.039 %)Windows 2000
162 (0.026 %)FreeBSD
162 (0.026 %)Windows 2000 Server
171 (0.013 %)Windows NT
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11053 (13.80 %)Web Design
2914 (11.98 %)Web Development
3829 (10.86 %)OO
4648 (8.491 %)OOP
5573 (7.508 %)E-Commerce
6461 (6.040 %)SEO
7360 (4.717 %)Content Management
8235 (3.079 %)Internet Marketing
9233 (3.053 %)Project Management
10143 (1.874 %)Digital Marketing
11122 (1.599 %)Agile Software Development
12113 (1.481 %)Email Marketing
13111 (1.454 %)UML
1493 (1.219 %)Pay per click
1581 (1.061 %)B2B
1680 (1.048 %)TDD
1770 (0.917 %)Time Management
1861 (0.799 %)OOD
1959 (0.773 %)Continuous Integration
2054 (0.708 %)Web Analytics
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13365 (44.09 %)JavaScript
23008 (39.41 %)ActionScript
31610 (21.10 %)PHP
4967 (12.67 %)C#
5892 (11.69 %)SQL
6725 (9.499 %)Java
7420 (5.503 %)DHTML
8266 (3.485 %)VB.NET
9177 (2.319 %)C
10155 (2.031 %)VB
11152 (1.992 %)C++
12150 (1.965 %)Perl
13143 (1.874 %)PHP5
14117 (1.533 %)Python
15104 (1.363 %)VBScript
1685 (1.114 %)Ruby
1748 (0.629 %)Transact-SQL
1844 (0.577 %)VB6
1941 (0.537 %)PHP4
2030 (0.393 %)Lingo
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1661 (8.661 %)Degree
298 (1.284 %)Microsoft Certification
360 (0.786 %)MCP
453 (0.694 %)MCSD
453 (0.694 %)HND
546 (0.603 %)MCAD
616 (0.210 %)ISEB
76 (0.079 %)PRINCE2 Certification
85 (0.066 %)MCTS
85 (0.066 %)MCPD
92 (0.026 %)CIW
92 (0.026 %)HNC
101 (0.013 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.013 %)PMP
101 (0.013 %)PMI Certification
101 (0.013 %)ISEB Practitioner
101 (0.013 %)Postgraduate
101 (0.013 %)PhD
101 (0.013 %)MySQL Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1138 (1.808 %)QA
2117 (1.533 %)WAI
345 (0.590 %)WCAG
45 (0.066 %)HL7
54 (0.052 %)SLA
62 (0.026 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.026 %)TickIT
62 (0.026 %)ISO9001
71 (0.013 %)PCI DSS
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (0.131 %)Active Directory
22 (0.026 %)ISA Server
22 (0.026 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.013 %)MSMQ
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.092 %)SCOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11233 (16.16 %)Adobe
2444 (5.818 %)Microsoft
3271 (3.551 %)Macromedia
4198 (2.594 %)Oracle
5156 (2.044 %)Quark
698 (1.284 %)Google
759 (0.773 %)Sony
830 (0.393 %)IBM
928 (0.367 %)Apple
1027 (0.354 %)Red Hat
1125 (0.328 %)Perforce
1125 (0.328 %)Zend
1220 (0.262 %)Sun
1317 (0.223 %)Yahoo!
1416 (0.210 %)Symbian
1515 (0.197 %)BEA
1613 (0.170 %)Business Objects
1712 (0.157 %)Cisco
1811 (0.144 %)DoubleClick
198 (0.105 %)Docent