The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Flex 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 Apache Flex over the 3 months to 23 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex)
Rank 226 202 214
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +12
Permanent jobs citing Apache Flex 23 34 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.322% 0.478% 0.329%
As % of the Application Development category 0.652% 0.972% 0.746%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 22
Average salary £42,500 £36,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.43% +21.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,700 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -3.84%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3528 3497 3083
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.37% 49.14% 44.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3140 3164 2822
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Apache Flex
England

Apache Flex
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Apache Flex across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West Apache Flex Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Flex
Salary Trend

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

North West Apache Flex Salary Trend

Apache Flex
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apache Flex across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Apache Flex Salary Histogram

Apache Flex
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Flex within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester -11 11 £37,500 +15.38%
Cheshire -1 10 £45,000 +18.42%
Merseyside +17 2 £44,500 +18.66%
Apache Flex
England

Apache Flex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Apache Flex 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 Apache Flex.

1 31 (59.62%) Java
2 24 (46.15%) SQL
3 21 (40.38%) HTML
4 19 (36.54%) MVC
4 19 (36.54%) C#
5 18 (34.62%) Web Services
6 17 (32.69%) JavaScript
7 15 (28.85%) XML
7 15 (28.85%) .NET
7 15 (28.85%) JSP
7 15 (28.85%) Unit Testing
8 14 (26.92%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (26.92%) ASP.NET
9 13 (25.00%) ADO.NET
9 13 (25.00%) Oracle
9 13 (25.00%) Project Management
9 13 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
9 13 (25.00%) NUnit
9 13 (25.00%) WCF
9 13 (25.00%) WPF
9 13 (25.00%) LINQ
9 13 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
10 12 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (21.15%) Internet
11 11 (21.15%) iSeries
12 9 (17.31%) Tomcat
12 9 (17.31%) DB2
13 8 (15.38%) RPG
13 8 (15.38%) Linux
13 8 (15.38%) Eclipse

Apache Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Apache Flex 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 Apache Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (40.38%) HTML
2 18 (34.62%) Web Services
3 15 (28.85%) XML
3 15 (28.85%) .NET
3 15 (28.85%) JSP
4 14 (26.92%) ASP.NET
5 13 (25.00%) ADO.NET
5 13 (25.00%) WCF
5 13 (25.00%) WPF
5 13 (25.00%) LINQ
6 8 (15.38%) Hibernate
7 6 (11.54%) WSDL
7 6 (11.54%) jQuery
7 6 (11.54%) Spring
7 6 (11.54%) HTML5
8 5 (9.615%) CSS3
8 5 (9.615%) Java EE
8 5 (9.615%) Struts
8 5 (9.615%) CSS
8 5 (9.615%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 9 (17.31%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.923%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.15%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) DB2
Development Applications
1 13 (25.00%) NUnit
2 8 (15.38%) Eclipse
2 8 (15.38%) Subversion
3 6 (11.54%) Synon
3 6 (11.54%) Ant
4 5 (9.615%) PhoneGap
5 4 (7.692%) JBuilder
5 4 (7.692%) NetBeans
6 3 (5.769%) JUnit
6 3 (5.769%) Redmine
7 1 (1.923%) JMeter
7 1 (1.923%) JIRA
General
1 5 (9.615%) Retail
2 4 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (7.692%) Multimedia
3 2 (3.846%) Finance
4 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.923%) Billing
4 1 (1.923%) Banking
4 1 (1.923%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (84.62%) Developer
2 20 (38.46%) Java Developer
3 13 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 13 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 13 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 12 (23.08%) Senior Developer
5 10 (19.23%) .NET Software Engineer
5 10 (19.23%) Senior Java Developer
5 10 (19.23%) C# Software Engineer
5 10 (19.23%) Software Engineer
6 7 (13.46%) Analyst
7 6 (11.54%) Analyst Programmer
7 6 (11.54%) Programmer
7 6 (11.54%) Graduate
7 6 (11.54%) Graduate Java Developer
7 6 (11.54%) Senior Programmer
7 6 (11.54%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
7 6 (11.54%) Senior Java Programmer
7 6 (11.54%) Java Analyst Developer
7 6 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (21.15%) iSeries
3 6 (11.54%) Derivative
4 5 (9.615%) Mobile App
4 5 (9.615%) E-Learning
4 5 (9.615%) SCORM
5 4 (7.692%) AS400
6 3 (5.769%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.923%) Online Banking
8 1 (1.923%) Social Media
8 1 (1.923%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Linux
2 5 (9.615%) Apple iOS
2 5 (9.615%) Android
3 3 (5.769%) UNIX
3 3 (5.769%) Windows
3 3 (5.769%) AIX
3 3 (5.769%) Solaris
4 2 (3.846%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) MVC
2 15 (28.85%) Unit Testing
3 14 (26.92%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (25.00%) Project Management
4 13 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
5 7 (13.46%) Web Development
5 7 (13.46%) OO
6 6 (11.54%) Integration Testing
7 5 (9.615%) Quality Management
7 5 (9.615%) OOP
8 4 (7.692%) Waterfall
9 3 (5.769%) ETL
9 3 (5.769%) UML
10 2 (3.846%) OOD
10 2 (3.846%) Software Engineering
11 1 (1.923%) Stakeholder Management
11 1 (1.923%) Enterprise Architecture
11 1 (1.923%) E-Commerce
11 1 (1.923%) ITIL
11 1 (1.923%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (59.62%) Java
2 24 (46.15%) SQL
3 19 (36.54%) C#
4 17 (32.69%) JavaScript
5 8 (15.38%) RPG
6 6 (11.54%) Python
6 6 (11.54%) VBA
6 6 (11.54%) VB
6 6 (11.54%) Perl
6 6 (11.54%) PHP
6 6 (11.54%) RPG/400
6 6 (11.54%) RPG IV
7 5 (9.615%) ActionScript 3.0
7 5 (9.615%) ActionScript
8 3 (5.769%) ActionScript 2.0
8 3 (5.769%) Shell Script
8 3 (5.769%) C++
9 2 (3.846%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.923%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Oracle
1 13 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
2 6 (11.54%) JD Edwards
2 6 (11.54%) IBM
3 4 (7.692%) MEDITECH
4 3 (5.769%) HP
5 1 (1.923%) Perforce
Warrington, Cheshire
iseries developer, ideries, AS400, Designer, Software Developer, Software Designer, Architect. Java, Oracle, Flex... Our client, a global software organisation is looking for an iseries Developer/Designer to join...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Java Developer, Web development, Web services, DB2, Flex, XML, SOAP, Windows, UNIX, Hibernate, programmer, engineer/ Manchester / up to 38K Well-establish global software house, excelling through the quality...
Salary: £27000 - £38000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Java Developer, Web development, Web services, DB2, Flex, XML, SOAP, Windows, UNIX, Hibernate, programmer, engineer/ Manchester / up to 38K... Web Services (XML / SOAP) XML. Windows. UNIX (Solaris/AIX/...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £27000 - £38000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Key skills: - NET 2.x to 4.x (MVC ASP.NET) - C# - WCF, SOAP - SQL Server and T-SQL, Oracle and PL/SQL - IIS, Apache, Tomcat - Javascript, jQuery -...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheshire
The environment is currently Java, and candidates would ideally have exposure to the following: Jmeter SoapUI LoadUI Experience required: 2 years working within a structured performance test environment...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013