The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 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 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
Rank 190 223 212
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -11
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 56 28 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.766% 0.383% 0.257%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.279% 0.623% 0.502%
Number of salaries quoted 48 24 15
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £29,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
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
England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 West region.

North West ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 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 +27 53 £32,500 - 2
Lancashire - 2 £30,000 -
Cheshire +6 1 £28,500 -5.00% 2
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 78 (76.47%) Flash
2 73 (71.57%) JavaScript
3 68 (66.67%) CSS
4 55 (53.92%) ActionScript 3.0
5 50 (49.02%) HTML
6 41 (40.20%) HTML5
7 40 (39.22%) Games
8 34 (33.33%) Java
8 34 (33.33%) OO
9 32 (31.37%) PHP
10 30 (29.41%) XML
10 30 (29.41%) Mobile App
11 29 (28.43%) CSS3
11 29 (28.43%) Web Services
11 29 (28.43%) jQuery
12 27 (26.47%) XHTML
13 26 (25.49%) Internet
13 26 (25.49%) ActionScript 2.0
14 24 (23.53%) Photoshop
15 23 (22.55%) C#
15 23 (22.55%) Dreamweaver
16 22 (21.57%) Web Design
17 21 (20.59%) OOP
18 20 (19.61%) Ruby
18 20 (19.61%) Android
19 19 (18.63%) MySQL
20 17 (16.67%) C++
20 17 (16.67%) Marketing
20 17 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
21 16 (15.69%) BBC

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 78 (76.47%) Flash
2 68 (66.67%) CSS
3 50 (49.02%) HTML
4 41 (40.20%) HTML5
5 30 (29.41%) XML
6 29 (28.43%) CSS3
6 29 (28.43%) Web Services
6 29 (28.43%) jQuery
7 27 (26.47%) XHTML
8 15 (14.71%) .NET
8 15 (14.71%) Ajax
9 14 (13.73%) JSON
10 12 (11.76%) LAMP
10 12 (11.76%) REST
11 9 (8.824%) Qt
12 7 (6.863%) Apache Flex
13 4 (3.922%) Adobe AIR
13 4 (3.922%) XSL
13 4 (3.922%) JSP
13 4 (3.922%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 12 (11.76%) Apache
2 4 (3.922%) GlassFish
2 4 (3.922%) Drupal
2 4 (3.922%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (23.53%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.961%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.961%) Fireworks
2 2 (1.961%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.980%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.980%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 26 (25.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (18.63%) MySQL
2 4 (3.922%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (22.55%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (4.902%) PhoneGap
2 5 (4.902%) Subversion
3 3 (2.941%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.980%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 1 (0.980%) Axure RP
General
1 40 (39.22%) Games
2 17 (16.67%) Marketing
3 6 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (3.922%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.980%) Advertising
5 1 (0.980%) Interactive Media
5 1 (0.980%) Retail
5 1 (0.980%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 40 (39.22%) Developer
2 25 (24.51%) Designer
3 23 (22.55%) Web Designer
4 22 (21.57%) Software Engineer
5 16 (15.69%) Mobile Developer
6 14 (13.73%) Web Developer
7 13 (12.75%) Applications Developer
8 10 (9.804%) Architect
9 8 (7.843%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (7.843%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 6 (5.882%) Software Developer
11 5 (4.902%) PHP Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Flash Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Web Applications Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Senior Web Designer
12 4 (3.922%) Principal Software Engineer
12 4 (3.922%) .NET Developer
12 4 (3.922%) .NET Applications Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Senior Designer
12 4 (3.922%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (29.41%) Mobile App
2 16 (15.69%) BBC
3 12 (11.76%) Semantic Web
3 12 (11.76%) Ontologies
4 9 (8.824%) Blackberry
4 9 (8.824%) Social Network
5 7 (6.863%) MHEG
6 6 (5.882%) Interactive TV
6 6 (5.882%) E-Learning
7 5 (4.902%) Social Media
7 5 (4.902%) SCORM
8 4 (3.922%) Client/Server
8 4 (3.922%) Digital Media
9 3 (2.941%) IPTV
9 3 (2.941%) Web 2.0
10 2 (1.961%) RIA
10 2 (1.961%) Animation
10 2 (1.961%) New Media
11 1 (0.980%) Video on Demand
11 1 (0.980%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.61%) Android
2 16 (15.69%) Apple iOS
3 12 (11.76%) Linux
4 9 (8.824%) Windows
4 9 (8.824%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.33%) OO
2 22 (21.57%) Web Design
3 21 (20.59%) OOP
4 17 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (14.71%) Scrum
6 14 (13.73%) Integration Testing
6 14 (13.73%) Mobile Application Development
7 13 (12.75%) SOA
8 12 (11.76%) UML
8 12 (11.76%) Game Development
9 11 (10.78%) Web Usability
10 10 (9.804%) SEO
11 9 (8.824%) Software Testing
12 8 (7.843%) Analytics
13 6 (5.882%) TDD
14 5 (4.902%) MVC
14 5 (4.902%) Quality Management
14 5 (4.902%) OOD
15 4 (3.922%) User Acceptance Testing
15 4 (3.922%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 73 (71.57%) JavaScript
2 55 (53.92%) ActionScript 3.0
3 34 (33.33%) Java
4 32 (31.37%) PHP
5 26 (25.49%) ActionScript 2.0
6 23 (22.55%) C#
7 20 (19.61%) Ruby
8 17 (16.67%) C++
9 12 (11.76%) SQL
10 10 (9.804%) Objective-C
11 2 (1.961%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 12 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.980%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (14.71%) Adobe
2 9 (8.824%) Symbian
3 6 (5.882%) Facebook
4 4 (3.922%) MEDITECH
4 4 (3.922%) Nokia
5 3 (2.941%) Apple
6 2 (1.961%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.961%) Twitter
Manchester, Lancashire
You should be passionate about web design, HTML/CSS coding and have hands on experience in designing websites. Primary Skills: - XHTML/CSS2 mastery (including thorough knowledge of cross-...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
You should be passionate about web design, HTML/CSS coding and have hands on experience in designing websites. Primary Skills: - XHTML/CSS2 mastery (including thorough knowledge of cross-...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
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