The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 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 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
Rank 390 241 229
Rank change year-on-year
-149 -12
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 202 553 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.462% 1.031% 1.033%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.862% 1.905% 1.894%
Number of salaries quoted 170 519 551
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
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
England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

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

London ActionScript Salary Histogram

ActionScript
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 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 -20 57 £50,000 +25.00%
Kingston Upon Thames -6 2 £37,500 -2.59%
Twickenham - 1 - -
Feltham - 1 - -
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 318 (67.37%) Flash
2 307 (65.04%) JavaScript
3 233 (49.36%) CSS
4 229 (48.52%) ActionScript 3.0
5 228 (48.31%) HTML
6 159 (33.69%) HTML5
7 143 (30.30%) Photoshop
8 139 (29.45%) Games
9 130 (27.54%) Java
9 130 (27.54%) jQuery
10 111 (23.52%) Adobe
11 107 (22.67%) Adobe Illustrator
11 107 (22.67%) ActionScript 2.0
12 102 (21.61%) OO
13 95 (20.13%) PHP
14 92 (19.49%) Web Services
15 88 (18.64%) CSS3
16 85 (18.01%) Scrum
17 76 (16.10%) Agile Software Development
17 76 (16.10%) XML
17 76 (16.10%) Linux
18 75 (15.89%) Apache Flex
19 74 (15.68%) Git (software)
20 71 (15.04%) TDD
21 69 (14.62%) C++
22 67 (14.19%) XHTML
23 65 (13.77%) SQL
24 64 (13.56%) .NET
24 64 (13.56%) Advertising
24 64 (13.56%) Unit Testing

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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
1 318 (67.37%) Flash
2 233 (49.36%) CSS
3 228 (48.31%) HTML
4 159 (33.69%) HTML5
5 130 (27.54%) jQuery
6 92 (19.49%) Web Services
7 88 (18.64%) CSS3
8 76 (16.10%) XML
9 75 (15.89%) Apache Flex
10 67 (14.19%) XHTML
11 64 (13.56%) .NET
12 47 (9.958%) Spring
13 44 (9.322%) REST
14 25 (5.297%) RESTful
15 24 (5.085%) Ajax
16 23 (4.873%) ASP.NET
17 22 (4.661%) Servlets
17 22 (4.661%) JMS
18 21 (4.449%) DOM
19 20 (4.237%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 33 (6.992%) Amazon AWS
2 21 (4.449%) Amazon EC2
3 18 (3.814%) CMS
4 16 (3.390%) Tomcat
5 14 (2.966%) Lightstreamer
5 14 (2.966%) WordPress
6 12 (2.542%) Apache
7 11 (2.331%) Jetty
8 9 (1.907%) Drupal
9 8 (1.695%) Magento
10 7 (1.483%) Facebook Platform
11 6 (1.271%) Confluence
12 4 (0.847%) MSMQ
12 4 (0.847%) ColdFusion
13 3 (0.636%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.424%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.424%) TYPO3
14 2 (0.424%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.424%) ESB
14 2 (0.424%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 143 (30.30%) Photoshop
2 107 (22.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 46 (9.746%) Adobe After Effects
4 16 (3.390%) InDesign
5 11 (2.331%) Adobe Premiere
6 9 (1.907%) MS Excel
6 9 (1.907%) Fireworks
7 7 (1.483%) MS Office
7 7 (1.483%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.847%) MS PowerPoint
9 3 (0.636%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.636%) Maya
9 3 (0.636%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.636%) Blender
10 2 (0.424%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.636%) WebTrends
1 3 (0.636%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.212%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.212%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.932%) Internet
2 21 (4.449%) AMQP
3 17 (3.602%) HTTP
4 5 (1.059%) FTP
5 4 (0.847%) NFC
5 4 (0.847%) Intranet
6 1 (0.212%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.212%) SMS
6 1 (0.212%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (11.65%) MySQL
2 42 (8.898%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.508%) RDBMS
4 23 (4.873%) CouchDB
5 19 (4.025%) Big Data
6 18 (3.814%) MarkLogic
7 8 (1.695%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.847%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (0.847%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.847%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (0.847%) OLAP
8 4 (0.847%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (0.636%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.424%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.212%) GIS
11 1 (0.212%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.212%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 74 (15.68%) Git (software)
2 50 (10.59%) Subversion
3 47 (9.958%) Maven
4 40 (8.475%) Dreamweaver
5 32 (6.780%) Jenkins
6 21 (4.449%) Eclipse
7 20 (4.237%) Cucumber
8 19 (4.025%) Hudson
9 10 (2.119%) JIRA
9 10 (2.119%) Mercurial
9 10 (2.119%) JUnit
10 9 (1.907%) Ant
10 9 (1.907%) PhoneGap
10 9 (1.907%) TestNG
11 7 (1.483%) TortoiseSVN
12 5 (1.059%) Jasmine
12 5 (1.059%) Flash Builder
12 5 (1.059%) RSpec
12 5 (1.059%) Selenium
13 4 (0.847%) GitHub
General
1 139 (29.45%) Games
2 64 (13.56%) Advertising
3 63 (13.35%) Marketing
4 49 (10.38%) Finance
5 17 (3.602%) Publishing
6 16 (3.390%) Front Office
7 9 (1.907%) Retail
8 6 (1.271%) Multimedia
9 5 (1.059%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.847%) Legal
10 4 (0.847%) Interactive Media
10 4 (0.847%) Music
11 3 (0.636%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.424%) Banking
12 2 (0.424%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.424%) Law
12 2 (0.424%) Music Industry
12 2 (0.424%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.212%) Electronics
13 1 (0.212%) German Language
Job Titles
1 260 (55.08%) Developer
2 91 (19.28%) Designer
3 75 (15.89%) Front-End Developer
4 48 (10.17%) Flash Developer
5 39 (8.263%) Web Developer
5 39 (8.263%) Flash Designer
6 37 (7.839%) Software Engineer
7 32 (6.780%) ActionScript Developer
7 32 (6.780%) Photoshop Designer
8 30 (6.356%) Senior Developer
9 29 (6.144%) Flex Developer
10 18 (3.814%) Games Developer
11 16 (3.390%) Senior Designer
11 16 (3.390%) PHP Developer
12 15 (3.178%) Flash ActionScript Developer
13 14 (2.966%) Junior
14 13 (2.754%) Software Developer
15 12 (2.542%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (2.542%) Front Office Developer
16 11 (2.331%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.59%) Animation
1 50 (10.59%) Computer Science
2 46 (9.746%) Social Media
3 45 (9.534%) Digital Media
3 45 (9.534%) Online Games
4 44 (9.322%) Open Source
5 32 (6.780%) Social Gaming
6 26 (5.508%) Social Network
7 23 (4.873%) BBC
8 22 (4.661%) Mobile App
9 21 (4.449%) MHEG
10 20 (4.237%) Video Editing
11 16 (3.390%) iPhone
11 16 (3.390%) Mobile Games
12 13 (2.754%) Flash Games
12 13 (2.754%) Linked Data
13 9 (1.907%) Graphic Design
13 9 (1.907%) Interactive TV
13 9 (1.907%) iPad
14 8 (1.695%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 76 (16.10%) Linux
2 31 (6.568%) Apple iOS
3 26 (5.508%) Windows
4 24 (5.085%) UNIX
5 18 (3.814%) Android
6 2 (0.424%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (21.61%) OO
2 85 (18.01%) Scrum
3 76 (16.10%) Agile Software Development
4 71 (15.04%) TDD
5 64 (13.56%) Unit Testing
6 60 (12.71%) Continuous Integration
7 53 (11.23%) OOP
8 51 (10.81%) E-Commerce
9 45 (9.534%) Web Development
10 39 (8.263%) Game Development
11 35 (7.415%) Web Design
12 33 (6.992%) Kanban
13 30 (6.356%) Digital Marketing
14 28 (5.932%) Content Management
15 27 (5.720%) SOA
16 25 (5.297%) Information Architecture
17 21 (4.449%) Project Management
17 21 (4.449%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 20 (4.237%) MVC
19 19 (4.025%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 307 (65.04%) JavaScript
2 229 (48.52%) ActionScript 3.0
3 130 (27.54%) Java
4 107 (22.67%) ActionScript 2.0
5 95 (20.13%) PHP
6 69 (14.62%) C++
7 65 (13.77%) SQL
8 49 (10.38%) C#
9 39 (8.263%) Perl
10 38 (8.051%) Python
11 32 (6.780%) Scala
12 30 (6.356%) Ruby
13 24 (5.085%) Objective-C
14 21 (4.449%) Bash shell
15 18 (3.814%) SPARQL
15 18 (3.814%) Groovy
15 18 (3.814%) Clojure
16 14 (2.966%) Erlang
17 11 (2.331%) AspectJ
18 10 (2.119%) Lua
Qualifications
1 63 (13.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.508%) QA
2 18 (3.814%) WAI
3 2 (0.424%) Section 508
4 1 (0.212%) SLA
4 1 (0.212%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (2.119%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (1.271%) Plesk
Vendors
1 111 (23.52%) Adobe
2 52 (11.02%) Facebook
3 43 (9.110%) DoubleClick
4 36 (7.627%) Twitter
5 24 (5.085%) Google
6 19 (4.025%) Oracle
7 13 (2.754%) Zend
8 10 (2.119%) Apple
9 6 (1.271%) Microsoft
10 5 (1.059%) Sony
11 4 (0.847%) Nokia
12 3 (0.636%) Omniture
12 3 (0.636%) OpenTV
12 3 (0.636%) comScore
13 2 (0.424%) Terracotta
13 2 (0.424%) Perforce
14 1 (0.212%) BT
14 1 (0.212%) TIBCO
14 1 (0.212%) JBoss
14 1 (0.212%) SAP
Central London / West End
They are looking for a Front End Developer with strong exposure to Flash and JavaScript... It is essential that you have strong understanding of Flash ActionScript 1.0,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
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
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
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: 24 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
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
City, London
Your Skills: - In-depth knowledge of UMBRACO or Drupal. - Knowledge of DotNetNuke and/or Wordpress an advantage. - Excellent PHP or ASP.Net. - Excellent HTML, XHTML, CSS programming skills... -...
Embrace
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 9 May 2013
Central London, City of London, London, UK
Job Title: Web Developer (DRUPAL, WordPress, PHP)Location: Central LondonDescription: Job SummaryIt's exciting times here, and we're looking to strengthen our skilled digital team... This is...
Dogstar Abstracts
Salary: 30-40K
Posted: 24 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
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
Strong Front end development experience Experience with different Javascript frameworks (Native Javascript,backbone.js, Dojo, Mootools) HTML5 / CSS3. Animation tools (Flash, Action Script, CSS3 Animation, RequireJS) - cool drop...
Computer Futures
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
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
North London
The successful candidate will ideally have knowledge of the following, as well as an inquisitive outlook: HTML, HTML5, CSS, ASP/ PHP, SQL/MySQL, Javascript, Sharepoint, familiarity with web...
Give-A-Grad-A-Go Ltd
Salary: £20000 per annum
Posted: 20 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
Essential Skill s Superior skills in the Adobe product set including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver‚ Fireworks‚ and Flash. High-level HTML and CSS... Desirable Skills PHP‚ WordPress, Flash...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 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
All Developers are expected to work on multiple technologies such as Java, PHP, Python, Flash ActionScript, JavaScript and HTML... Currently, the technology stack is 50% PHP, 40% Java...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: HIGHLY COMPETITIVE
Posted: 22 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
Central London / West End
You have experience using at least one of PureMVC, Robotlegs or Parsley... You're familiar with Scrum and/or Kanban... Experience using RPC and/or RESTful web services,...
Moonfruit
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Exc Bens
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
All Developers are expected to work on the back and front end, coding with multiple technologies such as Java, PHP, Python, Flash ActionScript, JavaScript and HTML... Currently, the...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 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
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: 17 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