The first table below looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Development category for the Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 60 61 52
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Permanent jobs citing Flash 3 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.617% 0.546% 0.260%
As % of the Application Development category 1.095% 1.049% 0.446%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £30,000 £18,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+64.38% -59.44%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
274 286 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 56.38% 52.09% 58.18%
Number of salaries quoted 255 271 203
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Flash
North West

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Flash across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Flash Salary Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lancaster - 3 £30,000 -
Flash
North West

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 13 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 13 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 12 (92.31%) Android
3 11 (84.62%) Mobile App
4 10 (76.92%) Apple iOS
4 10 (76.92%) JSON
5 9 (69.23%) Qt
5 9 (69.23%) Windows Phone
5 9 (69.23%) Blackberry
5 9 (69.23%) C#
5 9 (69.23%) C++
5 9 (69.23%) Java
5 9 (69.23%) Windows
5 9 (69.23%) Symbian
6 8 (61.54%) XML
6 8 (61.54%) HTML5
7 7 (53.85%) Objective-C
8 5 (38.46%) OOD
9 4 (30.77%) OO
9 4 (30.77%) Adobe
9 4 (30.77%) Nokia
9 4 (30.77%) OpenGL
9 4 (30.77%) HTML
9 4 (30.77%) CSS
9 4 (30.77%) Games
9 4 (30.77%) Mobile Application Development
9 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (30.77%) Marketing
10 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
11 2 (15.38%) Web Services

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 10 (76.92%) JSON
2 9 (69.23%) Qt
3 8 (61.54%) XML
3 8 (61.54%) HTML5
4 4 (30.77%) OpenGL
4 4 (30.77%) HTML
4 4 (30.77%) CSS
5 2 (15.38%) Web Services
5 2 (15.38%) Apache Flex
5 2 (15.38%) RESTful
5 2 (15.38%) Adobe AIR
5 2 (15.38%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.692%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 1 (7.692%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (30.77%) Games
1 4 (30.77%) Marketing
2 1 (7.692%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Mobile Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Applications Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C++ Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Flash Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Flash Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Symbian Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C++/Java Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Designer
5 2 (15.38%) Java Mobile Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Android Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (7.692%) Creative Designer
6 1 (7.692%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (7.692%) PHP Developer
6 1 (7.692%) ActionScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Mobile App
2 9 (69.23%) Blackberry
3 2 (15.38%) RIA
3 2 (15.38%) Social Media
4 1 (7.692%) Social Network
4 1 (7.692%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Android
2 10 (76.92%) Apple iOS
3 9 (69.23%) Windows Phone
3 9 (69.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) OOD
2 4 (30.77%) OO
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile Application Development
2 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) RAD
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Market Research
4 1 (7.692%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (7.692%) Web Design
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 13 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 9 (69.23%) C#
2 9 (69.23%) C++
2 9 (69.23%) Java
3 7 (53.85%) Objective-C
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (7.692%) PHP
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Symbian
2 4 (30.77%) Adobe
2 4 (30.77%) Nokia
3 2 (15.38%) Facebook