Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Essex region.

 Adobe Flash
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank286168
Rank change year-on-year
Up+33Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads412857
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex6.021 %2.679 %2.611 %
As % of the Application Development category15.65 %6.422 %5.263 %
Salaries quoted342839
Average salary£40,000£30,000£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33 %+9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,800£27,500£21,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,500£41,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£28,000
% change year-on-year
-+7.140 %
Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2624361083
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex38.47 %41.72 %49.61 %
Salaries quoted215407971
Average salary£37,500£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£40,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Flash East of EnglandFlash
East of England

Flash
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Flash across the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Essex Flash Salary Histogram

Flash
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HarlowUp+613£42,500+21.42 %
ColchesterDown-55£18,500-47.14 %
Southend-on-SeaUp+171£27,500-
Flash East of EnglandFlash
East of England

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

132 (55.17 %)PHP
230 (51.72 %)C#
230 (51.72 %).NET
329 (50.00 %)CSS
425 (43.10 %)SQL
425 (43.10 %)HTML
523 (39.66 %)MySQL
620 (34.48 %)JavaScript
718 (31.03 %)Microsoft
817 (29.31 %)OO
817 (29.31 %)ActionScript
916 (27.59 %)SQL Server
916 (27.59 %)MS Excel
916 (27.59 %)Sitecore
916 (27.59 %)Image Processing
916 (27.59 %)ActionScript 3.0
1014 (24.14 %)Adobe
1014 (24.14 %)Linux
1014 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
1113 (22.41 %)Apache
1113 (22.41 %)Adobe Flex
1211 (18.97 %)E-Commerce
1310 (17.24 %)ActionScript 2.0
149 (15.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
158 (13.79 %)Health
158 (13.79 %)Banking
158 (13.79 %)Python
158 (13.79 %)IIS
158 (13.79 %)Perl
167 (12.07 %)Pensions

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (51.72 %).NET
229 (50.00 %)CSS
325 (43.10 %)HTML
414 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
513 (22.41 %)Adobe Flex
66 (10.34 %)AJAX
66 (10.34 %)XML
75 (8.621 %)jQuery
75 (8.621 %)XHTML
84 (6.897 %)XSLT
84 (6.897 %)Ruby on Rails
84 (6.897 %)LAMP
92 (3.448 %)Adobe AIR
92 (3.448 %)Papervision3D
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (22.41 %)Apache
28 (13.79 %)IIS
34 (6.897 %)CMS
34 (6.897 %)ExpressionEngine
34 (6.897 %)WordPress
41 (1.724 %)Umbraco
41 (1.724 %)Joomla!
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (27.59 %)MS Excel
29 (15.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (8.621 %)Photoshop
44 (6.897 %)Fireworks
Essex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (5.172 %)Google Analytics
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (10.34 %)Internet
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (39.66 %)MySQL
216 (27.59 %)SQL Server
32 (3.448 %)MS Access
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (6.897 %)Visual Studio
14 (6.897 %)Dreamweaver
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (13.79 %)Health
18 (13.79 %)Banking
27 (12.07 %)Pensions
36 (10.34 %)Marketing
44 (6.897 %)Social Media
53 (5.172 %)Games
61 (1.724 %)Advertising
61 (1.724 %)Multimedia
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
145 (77.59 %)Developer
216 (27.59 %)Software Developer
310 (17.24 %)Designer
49 (15.52 %)Senior Developer
49 (15.52 %)Senior Software Developer
58 (13.79 %)C# Developer
58 (13.79 %)Flash Developer
66 (10.34 %)Web Designer
66 (10.34 %)ActionScript Developer
74 (6.897 %)Interactive Developer
83 (5.172 %)Digital Designer
83 (5.172 %)Senior Designer
83 (5.172 %)PHP Developer
83 (5.172 %)Web Manager
92 (3.448 %)Web Developer
101 (1.724 %)Flash Designer
101 (1.724 %)Programmer
101 (1.724 %)Webmaster
101 (1.724 %)Web Programmer
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (10.34 %)Social Network
24 (6.897 %)Statistics
33 (5.172 %)Blog
33 (5.172 %)Web 2.0
41 (1.724 %)Open Source
41 (1.724 %)W3C
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (24.14 %)Linux
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (29.31 %)OO
216 (27.59 %)Image Processing
311 (18.97 %)E-Commerce
47 (12.07 %)SEO
54 (6.897 %)OOP
54 (6.897 %)Content Management
54 (6.897 %)Online Marketing
63 (5.172 %)B2B
72 (3.448 %)Project Management
72 (3.448 %)Web Design
81 (1.724 %)Web Development
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
132 (55.17 %)PHP
230 (51.72 %)C#
325 (43.10 %)SQL
420 (34.48 %)JavaScript
517 (29.31 %)ActionScript
616 (27.59 %)ActionScript 3.0
710 (17.24 %)ActionScript 2.0
88 (13.79 %)Python
88 (13.79 %)Perl
94 (6.897 %)Ruby
101 (1.724 %)PHP5
101 (1.724 %)C
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (3.448 %)Degree
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (31.03 %)Microsoft
216 (27.59 %)Sitecore
314 (24.14 %)Adobe
43 (5.172 %)Google