The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript 3.0 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 Programming Languages category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 488 392 373
Rank change year-on-year
-96 -19
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 96 263 291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.220% 0.490% 0.502%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.409% 0.906% 0.920%
Number of salaries quoted 76 258 272
Average salary £45,000 £39,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.64% -1.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £54,350
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23444 29032 31633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.61% 54.13% 54.54%
Number of salaries quoted 20129 25775 27093
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region.

London ActionScript 3.0 Salary Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London ActionScript 3.0 Salary Histogram

ActionScript 3.0
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the London 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
City of London -17 21 £50,000 +17.64%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 229 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 198 (86.46%) Flash
3 133 (58.08%) CSS
4 131 (57.21%) HTML
5 130 (56.77%) JavaScript
6 90 (39.30%) ActionScript 2.0
7 88 (38.43%) HTML5
8 87 (37.99%) Games
9 84 (36.68%) Photoshop
10 66 (28.82%) Adobe
11 62 (27.07%) Adobe Illustrator
12 59 (25.76%) jQuery
13 52 (22.71%) OO
14 50 (21.83%) CSS3
15 47 (20.52%) Animation
16 45 (19.65%) OOP
17 44 (19.21%) PHP
18 43 (18.78%) Scrum
19 41 (17.90%) Adobe After Effects
20 40 (17.47%) XHTML
21 39 (17.03%) Advertising
21 39 (17.03%) DoubleClick
22 36 (15.72%) Social Media
23 35 (15.28%) TDD
24 34 (14.85%) Java
24 34 (14.85%) Apache Flex
25 33 (14.41%) Dreamweaver
26 31 (13.54%) Marketing
26 31 (13.54%) Facebook
27 30 (13.10%) Twitter

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 198 (86.46%) Flash
2 133 (58.08%) CSS
3 131 (57.21%) HTML
4 88 (38.43%) HTML5
5 59 (25.76%) jQuery
6 50 (21.83%) CSS3
7 40 (17.47%) XHTML
8 34 (14.85%) Apache Flex
9 26 (11.35%) XML
10 14 (6.114%) JSON
11 13 (5.677%) Web Services
12 10 (4.367%) Adobe AIR
13 9 (3.930%) .NET
14 7 (3.057%) Ajax
14 7 (3.057%) Parsley
15 6 (2.620%) REST
16 5 (2.183%) ASP.NET
17 4 (1.747%) AngularJS
17 4 (1.747%) Google Closure
17 4 (1.747%) JSLint
Application Platforms
1 15 (6.550%) CMS
2 10 (4.367%) WordPress
3 8 (3.493%) Magento
4 3 (1.310%) Drupal
5 2 (0.873%) TYPO3
5 2 (0.873%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.437%) Apache
6 1 (0.437%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.437%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 84 (36.68%) Photoshop
2 62 (27.07%) Adobe Illustrator
3 41 (17.90%) Adobe After Effects
4 11 (4.803%) InDesign
5 9 (3.930%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (2.620%) Fireworks
7 4 (1.747%) MS Visio
8 3 (1.310%) Maya
8 3 (1.310%) 3ds Max
8 3 (1.310%) Blender
8 3 (1.310%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.437%) MS Excel
9 1 (0.437%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.437%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.930%) HTTP
2 5 (2.183%) Internet
3 4 (1.747%) Intranet
4 1 (0.437%) SMS
4 1 (0.437%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.367%) MySQL
2 3 (1.310%) CouchDB
3 1 (0.437%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 33 (14.41%) Dreamweaver
2 20 (8.734%) Subversion
3 17 (7.424%) Git (software)
4 10 (4.367%) Eclipse
5 9 (3.930%) JUnit
5 9 (3.930%) TestNG
6 7 (3.057%) TortoiseSVN
6 7 (3.057%) PhoneGap
7 6 (2.620%) Maven
8 5 (2.183%) Flash Builder
9 4 (1.747%) Jasmine
9 4 (1.747%) Balsamiq Mockups
10 2 (0.873%) JIRA
10 2 (0.873%) FlexUnit
11 1 (0.437%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.437%) Fiddler
General
1 87 (37.99%) Games
2 39 (17.03%) Advertising
3 31 (13.54%) Marketing
4 10 (4.367%) Finance
5 5 (2.183%) Multimedia
6 4 (1.747%) Interactive Media
7 3 (1.310%) Legal
8 2 (0.873%) Law
8 2 (0.873%) Publishing
8 2 (0.873%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.873%) Banking
8 2 (0.873%) Retail
8 2 (0.873%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.437%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.437%) Electronics
9 1 (0.437%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 138 (60.26%) Developer
2 57 (24.89%) Designer
3 45 (19.65%) Flash Developer
4 44 (19.21%) Front-End Developer
5 34 (14.85%) Flash Designer
6 25 (10.92%) ActionScript Developer
7 18 (7.860%) Software Engineer
8 17 (7.424%) Photoshop Designer
9 16 (6.987%) Games Developer
10 15 (6.550%) Flash ActionScript Developer
11 14 (6.114%) Senior Developer
12 13 (5.677%) Flex Developer
13 11 (4.803%) C++ Developer
14 10 (4.367%) Flash Games Developer
14 10 (4.367%) Junior
15 8 (3.493%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 7 (3.057%) Web Developer
17 6 (2.620%) Digital Designer
17 6 (2.620%) Senior Designer
17 6 (2.620%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.52%) Animation
2 36 (15.72%) Social Media
3 23 (10.04%) Online Games
4 20 (8.734%) Social Gaming
5 16 (6.987%) Computer Science
6 12 (5.240%) Flash Games
6 12 (5.240%) Mobile Games
6 12 (5.240%) Mobile App
7 10 (4.367%) Digital Media
8 9 (3.930%) Social Network
9 6 (2.620%) Physics
9 6 (2.620%) Online Gambling
9 6 (2.620%) Interactive TV
10 5 (2.183%) BBC
10 5 (2.183%) Open Source
10 5 (2.183%) Flash Lite
11 4 (1.747%) New Media
12 3 (1.310%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.310%) E-Learning
12 3 (1.310%) MHEG
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.367%) Apple iOS
1 10 (4.367%) Linux
2 4 (1.747%) Android
2 4 (1.747%) Windows
3 3 (1.310%) UNIX
4 1 (0.437%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.71%) OO
2 45 (19.65%) OOP
3 43 (18.78%) Scrum
4 35 (15.28%) TDD
5 28 (12.23%) Game Development
6 27 (11.79%) Agile Software Development
7 19 (8.297%) 3D Modelling
7 19 (8.297%) Unit Testing
8 14 (6.114%) Digital Marketing
9 13 (5.677%) Workflow
9 13 (5.677%) Web Design
9 13 (5.677%) E-Commerce
10 10 (4.367%) MVC
11 9 (3.930%) OOD
12 8 (3.493%) Web Development
13 7 (3.057%) Project Management
13 7 (3.057%) Kanban
13 7 (3.057%) Web Accessibility
13 7 (3.057%) Information Architecture
14 6 (2.620%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 130 (56.77%) JavaScript
3 90 (39.30%) ActionScript 2.0
4 44 (19.21%) PHP
5 34 (14.85%) Java
6 16 (6.987%) C++
7 8 (3.493%) C#
8 6 (2.620%) Objective-C
9 5 (2.183%) SQL
9 5 (2.183%) Lua
10 3 (1.310%) Perl
10 3 (1.310%) C
10 3 (1.310%) Ruby
11 1 (0.437%) Python
11 1 (0.437%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.437%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.437%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 19 (8.297%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.803%) QA
2 2 (0.873%) WAI
2 2 (0.873%) Section 508
Vendors
1 66 (28.82%) Adobe
2 39 (17.03%) DoubleClick
3 31 (13.54%) Facebook
4 30 (13.10%) Twitter
5 9 (3.930%) Zend
6 6 (2.620%) Apple
7 5 (2.183%) Sony
7 5 (2.183%) Google
8 3 (1.310%) OpenTV
9 2 (0.873%) Microsoft
10 1 (0.437%) SAP
10 1 (0.437%) BT
London
Skills/Experience required: ** 1+ Years experience using Flash ActionScript 3.0 ** OO Javascript ** HTML4/XHTML ** CSS ** Familiarity with cross-platform, cross device, multi broser issues ** Excellent ability to...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City Of London
Flash/Actionscript/AS3 developerOpus Recruitment Solutions are seeking a Flash/Actionscript/AS3 developer to work on a short term project in Central London- The successful Flash/Actionscript/AS3...
OPUS
Salary: GBP240 to GBP340 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
London
Lead Flash Actionscript, XML - Genius Developer!!... We are urgently looking for ambitious and talented Flash Actionscript experts for this agency located in central London... - Excellent Core knowledge of...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
If you have experience within game development using C++/Java and have a solid understanding of AS3 then this would be a great opportunity to join a growing...
Amiqus
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
North London
The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computer Science, or a related subject, be highly proficient with Object Orientated ActionScript 3.0 and understanding of MVC frameworks.
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 to 50,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Main technologies are PHP, Java and some Flash... Experience with Javascript ideally with JQuery (3 years+) Experience and understanding of server side coding with Java or PHP Highly...
greywood
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Main technologies are PHP, Java and some Flash... Javascript ideally with JQuery... PHP frameworks... Experience with Javascript libraries, BackboneJS, RequireJS, YUI or similar. Experience with Actionscript 3 using...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Lead Flash Actionscript, XML - Genius Developer!!... We are urgently looking for ambitious and talented Flash Actionscript experts for this agency located in central London... - Excellent Core knowledge of...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Central London / West End
Game Developer / Social Games Creator (ActionScript / AS3 Flash C++)... Good knowledge of ActionScript / AS3 and Flash, ideally also with knowledge of object orientated C++ Familiar with agile development...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
One of the UKs fastest growing games development companies is seeking a skilled Game Developer to join their expanding team. As a Game Developer you will work closely...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Proven experience using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, including HTML5 CSS3, in fast paced environment... Our development team has around 25 developers and use a variety of technologies including...
BrightTALK
Salary: Competative + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Front End Web Developer (Flash ActionScript 3.0 / AS3, OO JavaScript, HTML 3 / XHTML CSS 3, Sprites, TDD, Jasmine, Flex, Photoshop / Illustrator, JSLint, SVN, JQuery, Angular Js, Google...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
You will be working predominantly with PHP but these guys also use Spring/ROO, Javascript and Flex... Experience with PHP (2-3 years+) Experience with with Javascript ideally...
greywood
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Job Summary: The Senior Web Developer works as a member of the Online Gaming R&D staff to develop gaming software and tools of the highest caliber in...
WIlliams Interactive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Central London / West End
C++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer / Programmer (Social Gaming C / C++). Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
ASP.Net Developer... Experience required: - 5 years’ experience implementing web-based layouts for consumer-facing web sites using HTML and CSS required - Experience implementing user interfaces using interactive...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will simply have: *Extensive experience developing casual/social games with Flash / ActionScript 3 *An impressive portfolio of web/mobile based games *An enthusiastic personality and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + top benefits/bonus/perks package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
b) Excellent knowledge of HTML and CSS and good knowledge of PHP5. c) Knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery library... f) Knowledge of the Drupal CMS... c) Experience using...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £22k - £26k DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
JavaScript, OO & AJAX) * Experience of at least one DCVS (SVN, Git, Mercurial) * Understanding of responsive Web Design and its limitations * Deep understanding of web design (typography, layouts, colours...
Opilio Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - 45000 Per Annum dependent on Experience and Seniority
Posted: 20 May 2013