The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 155 161 160
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 37 12 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.904% 0.331% 0.253%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.442% 0.548% 0.513%
Number of salaries quoted 28 12 7
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £32,500 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £32,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2566 2191 1950
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.66% 60.46% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2296 1982 1823
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
North West

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Bolton - 1 - -
Oldham - 1 £50,000 -
ActionScript
North West

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 50 (76.92%) JavaScript
2 41 (63.08%) Flash
3 40 (61.54%) CSS
4 32 (49.23%) HTML
5 31 (47.69%) PHP
6 26 (40.00%) Java
7 23 (35.38%) OO
8 22 (33.85%) Web Services
9 21 (32.31%) Games
9 21 (32.31%) XHTML
9 21 (32.31%) ActionScript 3.0
10 20 (30.77%) MySQL
11 18 (27.69%) BBC
11 18 (27.69%) Ruby
11 18 (27.69%) jQuery
12 17 (26.15%) Photoshop
12 17 (26.15%) OOP
12 17 (26.15%) Dreamweaver
13 16 (24.62%) Web Design
14 15 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
15 14 (21.54%) Internet
15 14 (21.54%) Linux
15 14 (21.54%) SQL
15 14 (21.54%) .NET
15 14 (21.54%) HTML5
15 14 (21.54%) Degree
16 13 (20.00%) XML
16 13 (20.00%) SOA
16 13 (20.00%) Scrum
16 13 (20.00%) Mobile App

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 41 (63.08%) Flash
2 40 (61.54%) CSS
3 32 (49.23%) HTML
4 22 (33.85%) Web Services
5 21 (32.31%) XHTML
6 18 (27.69%) jQuery
7 14 (21.54%) .NET
7 14 (21.54%) HTML5
8 13 (20.00%) XML
9 12 (18.46%) LAMP
9 12 (18.46%) REST
9 12 (18.46%) CSS3
10 9 (13.85%) Ajax
11 5 (7.692%) JSP
11 5 (7.692%) Servlets
11 5 (7.692%) Apache Flex
11 5 (7.692%) JSON
11 5 (7.692%) WebSockets
12 4 (6.154%) XSL
13 2 (3.077%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 12 (18.46%) Apache
2 5 (7.692%) GlassFish
3 4 (6.154%) WordPress
3 4 (6.154%) Drupal
Applications
1 17 (26.15%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.538%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (1.538%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (30.77%) MySQL
2 4 (6.154%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (26.15%) Dreamweaver
2 6 (9.231%) PhoneGap
3 5 (7.692%) Subversion
4 3 (4.615%) Eclipse
5 2 (3.077%) Maven
General
1 21 (32.31%) Games
2 8 (12.31%) Marketing
3 5 (7.692%) Multimedia
4 4 (6.154%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.077%) Music
6 1 (1.538%) Retail
6 1 (1.538%) Interactive Media
6 1 (1.538%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 22 (33.85%) Software Engineer
2 17 (26.15%) Designer
2 17 (26.15%) Web Designer
3 16 (24.62%) Developer
4 8 (12.31%) Applications Developer
4 8 (12.31%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (9.231%) Web Developer
6 5 (7.692%) Development Manager
6 5 (7.692%) Mobile Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (6.154%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Senior Designer
7 4 (6.154%) .NET Applications Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Architect
7 4 (6.154%) PHP Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Web Applications Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Senior Web Designer
7 4 (6.154%) Principal Software Engineer
7 4 (6.154%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.615%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 18 (27.69%) BBC
2 13 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 12 (18.46%) Ontologies
3 12 (18.46%) Semantic Web
4 8 (12.31%) Social Network
5 6 (9.231%) Interactive TV
5 6 (9.231%) E-Learning
6 5 (7.692%) SCORM
6 5 (7.692%) Client/Server
6 5 (7.692%) MHEG
7 4 (6.154%) Digital Media
8 3 (4.615%) Web 2.0
9 2 (3.077%) New Media
10 1 (1.538%) W3C
10 1 (1.538%) Computer Science
10 1 (1.538%) IPTV
10 1 (1.538%) Learning Management System
10 1 (1.538%) Video on Demand
10 1 (1.538%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.54%) Linux
2 6 (9.231%) Android
2 6 (9.231%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.077%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) OO
2 17 (26.15%) OOP
3 16 (24.62%) Web Design
4 15 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (20.00%) SOA
5 13 (20.00%) Scrum
6 12 (18.46%) UML
6 12 (18.46%) Game Development
7 9 (13.85%) SEO
8 8 (12.31%) Web Usability
8 8 (12.31%) Analytics
9 5 (7.692%) Quality Management
9 5 (7.692%) MVC
9 5 (7.692%) Mobile Application Development
10 4 (6.154%) Integration Testing
10 4 (6.154%) CRM
10 4 (6.154%) TDD
11 2 (3.077%) Software Testing
11 2 (3.077%) Content Management
11 2 (3.077%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 50 (76.92%) JavaScript
2 31 (47.69%) PHP
3 26 (40.00%) Java
4 21 (32.31%) ActionScript 3.0
5 18 (27.69%) Ruby
6 14 (21.54%) SQL
7 12 (18.46%) C#
7 12 (18.46%) ActionScript 2.0
8 8 (12.31%) C++
9 2 (3.077%) PHP5
9 2 (3.077%) Perl
10 1 (1.538%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (6.154%) MEDITECH
2 2 (3.077%) Facebook
2 2 (3.077%) Twitter
3 1 (1.538%) Adobe
3 1 (1.538%) Apple
3 1 (1.538%) Sencha
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