The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 213 237 222
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -15
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 33 14 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.451% 0.191% 0.114%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.754% 0.311% 0.223%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 6
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £31,150
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,500 £42,650
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +4.61%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4377 4497 3584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 59.84% 61.43% 51.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3860 4090 3246
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the North West region.

North West ActionScript 3.0 Salary Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West ActionScript 3.0 Salary Histogram

ActionScript 3.0
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +8 30 £50,000 +53.84%
Lancashire - 2 £30,000 -
Cheshire +13 1 £28,500 -
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 55 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 52 (94.55%) Flash
3 43 (78.18%) CSS
4 41 (74.55%) JavaScript
5 39 (70.91%) HTML5
6 28 (50.91%) OO
6 28 (50.91%) CSS3
7 26 (47.27%) ActionScript 2.0
7 26 (47.27%) XML
8 25 (45.45%) HTML
9 22 (40.00%) Games
9 22 (40.00%) Mobile App
10 21 (38.18%) Internet
11 20 (36.36%) jQuery
11 20 (36.36%) Android
12 17 (30.91%) Java
12 17 (30.91%) C#
12 17 (30.91%) Web Services
13 16 (29.09%) Apple iOS
14 15 (27.27%) Adobe
15 14 (25.45%) Integration Testing
15 14 (25.45%) JSON
16 13 (23.64%) C++
17 12 (21.82%) Ajax
18 11 (20.00%) OOP
19 10 (18.18%) Objective-C
20 9 (16.36%) Windows
20 9 (16.36%) Blackberry
20 9 (16.36%) Symbian
20 9 (16.36%) Qt

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 52 (94.55%) Flash
2 43 (78.18%) CSS
3 39 (70.91%) HTML5
4 28 (50.91%) CSS3
5 26 (47.27%) XML
6 25 (45.45%) HTML
7 20 (36.36%) jQuery
8 17 (30.91%) Web Services
9 14 (25.45%) JSON
10 12 (21.82%) Ajax
11 9 (16.36%) Qt
12 7 (12.73%) Apache Flex
13 6 (10.91%) XHTML
14 4 (7.273%) OpenGL
14 4 (7.273%) JSP
14 4 (7.273%) Servlets
14 4 (7.273%) WebSockets
14 4 (7.273%) Adobe AIR
15 2 (3.636%) RESTful
16 1 (1.818%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.273%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (3.636%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.636%) Photoshop
1 2 (3.636%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.818%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.818%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 21 (38.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.091%) PhoneGap
1 5 (9.091%) Subversion
2 3 (5.455%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.818%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 1 (1.818%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.818%) Dreamweaver
General
1 22 (40.00%) Games
2 6 (10.91%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (10.91%) Marketing
3 4 (7.273%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.818%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (61.82%) Developer
2 16 (29.09%) Mobile Developer
3 13 (23.64%) Web Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Architect
5 9 (16.36%) Applications Developer
6 8 (14.55%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 6 (10.91%) Software Developer
8 4 (7.273%) Flash Developer
8 4 (7.273%) Web Applications Developer
8 4 (7.273%) Development Manager
8 4 (7.273%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (5.455%) Designer
9 3 (5.455%) Platform Architect
9 3 (5.455%) Software Architect
9 3 (5.455%) Software Engineer
10 2 (3.636%) Junior
10 2 (3.636%) Senior Developer
10 2 (3.636%) Senior Flash Developer
10 2 (3.636%) ActionScript Developer
10 2 (3.636%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 9 (16.36%) Blackberry
3 5 (9.091%) Social Media
3 5 (9.091%) E-Learning
3 5 (9.091%) SCORM
4 4 (7.273%) Client/Server
5 3 (5.455%) MHEG
6 2 (3.636%) Interactive TV
6 2 (3.636%) IPTV
6 2 (3.636%) RIA
6 2 (3.636%) Animation
7 1 (1.818%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.818%) Social Network
7 1 (1.818%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (36.36%) Android
2 16 (29.09%) Apple iOS
3 9 (16.36%) Windows
3 9 (16.36%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) OO
2 14 (25.45%) Integration Testing
3 11 (20.00%) OOP
4 8 (14.55%) Software Testing
5 6 (10.91%) Mobile Application Development
6 5 (9.091%) Quality Management
6 5 (9.091%) MVC
6 5 (9.091%) OOD
7 4 (7.273%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (7.273%) TDD
7 4 (7.273%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (5.455%) Scrum
9 2 (3.636%) RAD
9 2 (3.636%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.636%) Software Engineering
9 2 (3.636%) Market Research
10 1 (1.818%) Information Architecture
10 1 (1.818%) Marketing Strategy
10 1 (1.818%) Web Design
10 1 (1.818%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 55 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 41 (74.55%) JavaScript
3 26 (47.27%) ActionScript 2.0
4 17 (30.91%) Java
4 17 (30.91%) C#
5 13 (23.64%) C++
6 10 (18.18%) Objective-C
7 7 (12.73%) PHP
8 3 (5.455%) Ruby
9 1 (1.818%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Adobe
2 9 (16.36%) Symbian
3 6 (10.91%) Facebook
4 4 (7.273%) Nokia
4 4 (7.273%) MEDITECH
5 3 (5.455%) Apple
6 2 (3.636%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.636%) Twitter
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