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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 52 74 61
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -13
Permanent jobs citing Flash 9 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.013% 1.189% 0.864%
As % of the Application Development category 4.018% 2.312% 1.905%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 4
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +23.33%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
All Application Development
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
224 346 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 50.11% 51.41% 45.36%
Number of salaries quoted 194 311 168
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Salary Histogram

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

Merseyside Flash Salary Histogram

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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool +19 9 £40,000 +8.10%
Flash
North West

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (73.33%) JavaScript
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 9 (60.00%) Social Media
3 9 (60.00%) HTML
3 9 (60.00%) CSS
4 7 (46.67%) HTML5
4 7 (46.67%) PHP
4 7 (46.67%) Photoshop
5 6 (40.00%) OO
5 6 (40.00%) Java
5 6 (40.00%) Open Source
5 6 (40.00%) Symfony
5 6 (40.00%) jQuery
5 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Graphic Design
5 6 (40.00%) Web Design
6 5 (33.33%) Ruby
6 5 (33.33%) Python
7 4 (26.67%) Internet
7 4 (26.67%) C#
7 4 (26.67%) C++
7 4 (26.67%) .NET
7 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (26.67%) Physics
7 4 (26.67%) Games
7 4 (26.67%) 3ds Max
7 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video
7 4 (26.67%) Groovy
7 4 (26.67%) ZBrush
8 3 (20.00%) CSS3

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 9 (60.00%) HTML
1 9 (60.00%) CSS
2 7 (46.67%) HTML5
3 6 (40.00%) Symfony
3 6 (40.00%) jQuery
4 4 (26.67%) .NET
5 3 (20.00%) CSS3
6 2 (13.33%) XHTML
6 2 (13.33%) XML
6 2 (13.33%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Photoshop
2 4 (26.67%) 3ds Max
2 4 (26.67%) ZBrush
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Internet
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
3 1 (6.667%) VoIP
3 1 (6.667%) SNMP
3 1 (6.667%) VPN
3 1 (6.667%) DNS
3 1 (6.667%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MySQL
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (26.67%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Front-End Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Games Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Games Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Designer
4 3 (20.00%) Digital Designer
5 2 (13.33%) Tester
5 2 (13.33%) Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Social Media
2 6 (40.00%) Open Source
2 6 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 4 (26.67%) Physics
3 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Solaris
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) OO
1 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (40.00%) Web Design
2 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security
3 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Web Development
4 1 (6.667%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) B2B
4 1 (6.667%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (46.67%) PHP
3 6 (40.00%) Java
4 5 (33.33%) Ruby
4 5 (33.33%) Python
5 4 (26.67%) C#
5 4 (26.67%) C++
5 4 (26.67%) Groovy
6 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 1 (6.667%) Bash shell
7 1 (6.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
Liverpool, Merseyside
4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over Internet (via HTML5 or Flash)... Knowledge of 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
4+ years Unity 3.x experience on commercial or open source projects 4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013