The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 21 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 40 45 41
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 13 2 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 4.037% 0.769% 3.472%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.341% 1.370% 5.181%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 10
Average salary £32,500 £26,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.64% -3.63%
UK excluding London average salary £30,750 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-5.38% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
205 146 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 63.66% 56.15% 67.01%
Number of salaries quoted 200 134 181
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
Suffolk

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 14 (100.00%) C#
1 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) Games
1 14 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 12 (85.71%) ActionScript 2.0
2 12 (85.71%) Online Games
2 12 (85.71%) CSS
2 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 12 (85.71%) HTML
3 3 (21.43%) Flash
4 2 (14.29%) OO
4 2 (14.29%) Mobile Games
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (14.29%) HTML5
4 2 (14.29%) Game Development
4 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
5 1 (7.143%) .NET

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 12 (85.71%) CSS
1 12 (85.71%) HTML
2 3 (21.43%) Flash
3 2 (14.29%) HTML5
4 1 (7.143%) .NET
General
1 14 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Online Games
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile Games
2 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) OO
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
1 2 (14.29%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
1 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 12 (85.71%) ActionScript 2.0
2 12 (85.71%) JavaScript