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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 69 58 61
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 2 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.290% 1.742% 1.093%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.556% 3.916% 2.133%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 5
Average salary £24,250 £21,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.47% -36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
360 383 375
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 52.17% 44.48% 51.23%
Number of salaries quoted 322 303 305
Average salary £33,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.47% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,000 £50,000
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East ActionScript Salary Trend

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -16 2 £24,250 +15.47%
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) OO
1 11 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 11 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 10 (90.91%) C++
3 9 (81.82%) Games
4 6 (54.55%) JSON
4 6 (54.55%) Flash
4 6 (54.55%) XML
5 5 (45.45%) OOP
5 5 (45.45%) OOD
5 5 (45.45%) Adobe
5 5 (45.45%) C#
5 5 (45.45%) PHP
5 5 (45.45%) Android
5 5 (45.45%) ActionScript 2.0
5 5 (45.45%) HTML5
5 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
5 5 (45.45%) Game Development
5 5 (45.45%) Mobile Games
6 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (18.18%) MVC
7 2 (18.18%) Robotlegs
7 2 (18.18%) PureMVC
8 1 (9.091%) Open Source
8 1 (9.091%) Animation

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 6 (54.55%) JSON
1 6 (54.55%) Flash
1 6 (54.55%) XML
2 5 (45.45%) HTML5
3 2 (18.18%) Robotlegs
3 2 (18.18%) PureMVC
General
1 9 (81.82%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Games Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Mobile Games
2 1 (9.091%) Open Source
2 1 (9.091%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Android
1 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) OO
2 5 (45.45%) OOP
2 5 (45.45%) OOD
2 5 (45.45%) Game Development
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (18.18%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 11 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 10 (90.91%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) PHP
3 5 (45.45%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Adobe