London Adobe Flex Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe Flex over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe Flex (formerly Macromedia Flex)
Location Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brighton Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Devon Dorset Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire High Wycombe Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Lincolnshire Livingston London Luton Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North East North West Northern Ireland Oldham Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Southampton Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Tunbridge Wells UK Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Winchester Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	261	557
Rank change on same period last year	+296
Matching permanent IT job ads	552	161
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.291 %	0.066 %
As % of the category below	2.121 %	0.449 %
Salaries quoted	460	133
Average minimum salary	£42,349	£34,632
Average salary	£45,972	£37,827
% change on same period last year	+21.53 %
Average maximum salary	£49,596	£41,023
UK excluding London average salary	£32,675	£30,777
% change on same period last year	+6.16 %
Application Development London
Matching permanent IT job ads	26026	35822
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	13.74 %	14.67 %
Salaries quoted	22399	28644
Average minimum salary	£43,323	£45,048
Average salary	£47,413	£49,769
% change on same period last year	-4.73 %
Average maximum salary	£51,503	£54,491
UK excluding London average salary	£35,873	£36,830
% change on same period last year	-2.59 %
Adobe Flex England

Adobe Flex
Demand Trend

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

Adobe Flex
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the London region.

Adobe Flex
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe Flex across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Adobe Flex
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Flex within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	+10	56	£47,541	+18.44 %
Feltham	-	10	£29,500	-
Hammersmith	+7	6	£53,333	-
Ealing	-	6	£65,000	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	5	£35,400	-
Luton	+5	2	£42,000	+20.00 %

Adobe Flex England

Adobe Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex.

1 569 (61.98 %) Flash 2 518 (56.43 %) ActionScript 3 401 (43.68 %) JavaScript 4 348 (37.91 %) XML 5 329 (35.84 %) Java 6 318 (34.64 %) CSS 7 298 (32.46 %) HTML 8 292 (31.81 %) OO 9 263 (28.65 %) AJAX 10 241 (26.25 %) Adobe 11 215 (23.42 %) .NET 12 166 (18.08 %) C# 13 163 (17.76 %) OOP 14 150 (16.34 %) Internet 15 119 (12.96 %) WebServices

16 117 (12.75 %) XHTML 17 114 (12.42 %) RIA 18 111 (12.09 %) Banking 19 105 (11.44 %) SQL Server 20 103 (11.22 %) SQL 21 102 (11.11 %) UML 22 99 (10.78 %) PHP 23 98 (10.68 %) J2EE 24 95 (10.35 %) Finance 25 93 (10.13 %) Games 26 92 (10.02 %) Photoshop 27 89 (9.695 %) Oracle 28 88 (9.586 %) TDD 28 88 (9.586 %) Subversion 28 88 (9.586 %) Web Development

Adobe Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Adobe Flex 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 Adobe Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 348 (37.91 %) XML 2 318 (34.64 %) CSS 3 298 (32.46 %) HTML 4 263 (28.65 %) AJAX 5 215 (23.42 %) .NET 6 119 (12.96 %) WebServices 7 117 (12.75 %) XHTML 8 98 (10.68 %) J2EE 9 80 (8.715 %) JSP 9 80 (8.715 %) ASP.NET 10 74 (8.061 %) Adobe AIR 11 66 (7.190 %) Silverlight 12 64 (6.972 %) .NET Framework 13 58 (6.318 %) SOAP 14 47 (5.120 %) XSLT 15 40 (4.357 %) jQuery 16 39 (4.248 %) GWT 16 39 (4.248 %) YUI 17 38 (4.139 %) DOM 17 38 (4.139 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 38 (4.139 %) ColdFusion 2 34 (3.704 %) Apache 3 30 (3.268 %) WebLogic 4 25 (2.723 %) Flash Media Server 4 25 (2.723 %) CMS 5 20 (2.179 %) IIS 6 16 (1.743 %) Tomcat 7 12 (1.307 %) Papyrus 8 9 (0.980 %) JBoss 9 7 (0.763 %) WordPress 10 6 (0.654 %) Exstream Dialogue 10 6 (0.654 %) OpenCms 11 3 (0.327 %) WebLogic Portal 11 3 (0.327 %) SharePoint 12 2 (0.218 %) SAS 12 2 (0.218 %) JRun 12 2 (0.218 %) Lotus Notes 12 2 (0.218 %) Lotus Domino 13 1 (0.109 %) Exchange Server 2000 13 1 (0.109 %) ColdFusion MX
Applications 1 92 (10.02 %) Photoshop 2 48 (5.229 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 28 (3.050 %) Fireworks 4 27 (2.941 %) MS Visio 5 17 (1.852 %) MS Excel 6 12 (1.307 %) DOC1 6 12 (1.307 %) PrintSoft PReS 7 10 (1.089 %) 3ds Max 8 9 (0.980 %) InDesign 9 4 (0.436 %) Adobe Director 9 4 (0.436 %) MS PowerPoint 10 1 (0.109 %) Shockwave 10 1 (0.109 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 27 (2.941 %) FLEXCUBE 2 18 (1.961 %) Temenos T24 3 17 (1.852 %) Misys Equation 3 17 (1.852 %) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking 1 150 (16.34 %) Internet 2 10 (1.089 %) HTTP 3 5 (0.545 %) Wireless 4 3 (0.327 %) SSH 5 2 (0.218 %) LDAP 5 2 (0.218 %) Kerberos 5 2 (0.218 %) SSL 5 2 (0.218 %) SAN 6 1 (0.109 %) MPLS 6 1 (0.109 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.109 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.109 %) VPN 6 1 (0.109 %) Intrusion Detection 6 1 (0.109 %) VLAN 6 1 (0.109 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 105 (11.44 %) SQL Server 2 52 (5.664 %) MySQL 3 17 (1.852 %) SQL Server 7 4 13 (1.416 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 11 (1.198 %) SQL Server 2005 6 6 (0.654 %) Oracle 11g 6 6 (0.654 %) PostgreSQL 6 6 (0.654 %) Informix 7 5 (0.545 %) SQL Server 2000 8 4 (0.436 %) BusinessObjects 9 3 (0.327 %) RDBMS 10 2 (0.218 %) DB2 10 2 (0.218 %) Crystal Reports 11 1 (0.109 %) Oracle 10g 11 1 (0.109 %) Oracle 9i 11 1 (0.109 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 569 (61.98 %) Flash 2 88 (9.586 %) Subversion 3 75 (8.170 %) Eclipse 4 32 (3.486 %) NUnit 5 28 (3.050 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 27 (2.941 %) CruiseControl 7 20 (2.179 %) Visual Studio 8 19 (2.070 %) JIRA 9 16 (1.743 %) PVCS 10 15 (1.634 %) Selenium 11 13 (1.416 %) Dreamweaver 12 12 (1.307 %) Oracle Forms 13 5 (0.545 %) JUnit 13 5 (0.545 %) Bugzilla 14 4 (0.436 %) ClearCase 15 3 (0.327 %) Ant 15 3 (0.327 %) TestDirector 15 3 (0.327 %) QuickTest Pro 16 2 (0.218 %) PowerBuilder 16 2 (0.218 %) MTASC	General 1 111 (12.09 %) Banking 2 95 (10.35 %) Finance 3 93 (10.13 %) Games 4 47 (5.120 %) Investment Banking 5 46 (5.011 %) Retail 5 46 (5.011 %) Advertising 5 46 (5.011 %) Marketing 6 35 (3.813 %) Animation 7 30 (3.268 %) Interactive Media 8 26 (2.832 %) Education 9 18 (1.961 %) Publishing 9 18 (1.961 %) Online Games 10 16 (1.743 %) Flash Games 11 14 (1.525 %) Graphic Design 12 13 (1.416 %) Financial Institution 13 10 (1.089 %) Telecoms 13 10 (1.089 %) Multimedia 13 10 (1.089 %) Retail Banking 14 8 (0.871 %) Online Gambling 14 8 (0.871 %) Health
Job Titles 1 703 (76.58 %) Developer 2 242 (26.36 %) Flash Developer 3 148 (16.12 %) Senior Developer 4 130 (14.16 %) Flex Developer 5 114 (12.42 %) Web Developer 6 86 (9.368 %) ActionScript Developer 7 67 (7.298 %) Java Developer 8 43 (4.684 %) C# Developer 9 37 (4.031 %) Senior Flash Developer 10 36 (3.922 %) .NET Developer 11 34 (3.704 %) Applications Developer 12 32 (3.486 %) Architect 12 32 (3.486 %) Senior C# Developer 13 31 (3.377 %) Senior .NET Developer 14 29 (3.159 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 15 27 (2.941 %) Senior ASP.NET Developer 15 27 (2.941 %) ASP.NET Developer 16 25 (2.723 %) Software Engineer 16 25 (2.723 %) Consultant 17 22 (2.397 %) Lead Developer	Miscellaneous 1 114 (12.42 %) RIA 2 49 (5.338 %) W3C 3 46 (5.011 %) Computer Science 4 31 (3.377 %) Flash Lite 5 30 (3.268 %) E-Learning 6 29 (3.159 %) Web 2.0 7 28 (3.050 %) Physics 8 21 (2.288 %) Social Network 9 14 (1.525 %) Fixed Income 10 13 (1.416 %) Streaming Video 11 6 (0.654 %) Interactive TV 11 6 (0.654 %) IPTV 12 5 (0.545 %) BBC 12 5 (0.545 %) Blackberry 12 5 (0.545 %) Mathematics 12 5 (0.545 %) Life Science 13 4 (0.436 %) Client/Server 14 3 (0.327 %) Tandem 14 3 (0.327 %) Credit Risk 14 3 (0.327 %) Spread Betting
Operating Systems 1 63 (6.863 %) Windows 2 36 (3.922 %) Linux 3 13 (1.416 %) UNIX 4 5 (0.545 %) Windows Mobile 5 4 (0.436 %) Embedded Linux 5 4 (0.436 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (0.327 %) Solaris 7 2 (0.218 %) Ubuntu 8 1 (0.109 %) Fedora 8 1 (0.109 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 292 (31.81 %) OO 2 163 (17.76 %) OOP 3 102 (11.11 %) UML 4 88 (9.586 %) TDD 4 88 (9.586 %) Web Development 5 52 (5.664 %) E-Commerce 6 45 (4.902 %) Web Design 7 41 (4.466 %) Agile Software Development 8 36 (3.922 %) OOD 9 35 (3.813 %) Project Management 10 32 (3.486 %) Continuous Integration 11 31 (3.377 %) Unit Testing 11 31 (3.377 %) Scrum 12 30 (3.268 %) Data Modelling 13 20 (2.179 %) Technical Architecture 14 14 (1.525 %) Digital Marketing 15 12 (1.307 %) Usability Testing 15 12 (1.307 %) B2B 15 12 (1.307 %) SEO 15 12 (1.307 %) Software Engineering
Programming Languages 1 518 (56.43 %) ActionScript 2 401 (43.68 %) JavaScript 3 329 (35.84 %) Java 4 166 (18.08 %) C# 5 103 (11.22 %) SQL 6 99 (10.78 %) PHP 7 64 (6.972 %) DHTML 8 30 (3.268 %) PHP5 9 29 (3.159 %) VB 10 27 (2.941 %) VB6 11 21 (2.288 %) Ruby 12 19 (2.070 %) C++ 13 18 (1.961 %) C 14 16 (1.743 %) Groovy 15 13 (1.416 %) Transact-SQL 16 9 (0.980 %) ECMAScript 16 9 (0.980 %) Perl 17 7 (0.763 %) PHP4 18 6 (0.654 %) PL/SQL 19 5 (0.545 %) Python	Qualifications 1 82 (8.932 %) Degree 2 30 (3.268 %) MCSD 2 30 (3.268 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 26 (2.832 %) QA 2 12 (1.307 %) WCAG 3 9 (0.980 %) WAI 4 3 (0.327 %) MiFID 4 3 (0.327 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 3 (0.327 %) Basel II 4 3 (0.327 %) IAS 39	System Software 1 5 (0.545 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 2 (0.218 %) Squid 2 2 (0.218 %) Xen 3 1 (0.109 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 2 (0.218 %) Nagios	Vendors 1 241 (26.25 %) Adobe 2 89 (9.695 %) Oracle 3 61 (6.645 %) Microsoft 4 38 (4.139 %) Google 5 20 (2.179 %) Perforce 6 17 (1.852 %) Misys 6 17 (1.852 %) Temenos 6 17 (1.852 %) SunGard 7 13 (1.416 %) Sun 8 12 (1.307 %) Macromedia 8 12 (1.307 %) Vignette 8 12 (1.307 %) Quark 8 12 (1.307 %) XMPie 9 10 (1.089 %) Symbian 10 9 (0.980 %) Yahoo! 11 6 (0.654 %) Exstream 11 6 (0.654 %) Cisco 12 5 (0.545 %) Progress 12 5 (0.545 %) VMware 12 5 (0.545 %) Red Hat