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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank86145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+59
Matching permanent IT job ads231148
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.062 %
As % of the category below21.27 %16.91 %
Salaries quoted198134
Average minimum salary£24,203£23,243
Average salary£26,905£25,426
% change on same period last year+5.81 %
Average maximum salary£29,608£27,610
UK excluding London average salary£30,367£29,009
% change on same period last year+4.68 %
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads1086875
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.601 %0.367 %
Salaries quoted911754
Average minimum salary£28,948£30,387
Average salary£31,981£33,696
% change on same period last year-5.08 %
Average maximum salary£35,014£37,004
UK excluding London average salary£35,110£35,983
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Flash EnglandFlash
England

Flash
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Flash across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West Flash Demand Trend

Flash
Salary Trend

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

North West Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Flash across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+72155£27,735+5.74 %
CheshireUp+663£26,291+7.60 %
LancashireUp+827£25,113+6.86 %
MerseysideUp+2518£27,300-9.00 %
CumbriaDown-82£19,750-28.18 %
Flash EnglandFlash
England

Flash
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1276 (66.99 %)CSS
2234 (56.80 %)HTML
3176 (42.72 %)Photoshop
4174 (42.23 %)JavaScript
5150 (36.41 %)ActionScript
6137 (33.25 %).NET
7131 (31.80 %)PHP
8113 (27.43 %)Adobe Illustrator
9110 (26.70 %)Dreamweaver
10106 (25.73 %)Adobe
1199 (24.03 %)XHTML
1295 (23.06 %)XML
1393 (22.57 %)ASP.NET
1477 (18.69 %)Web Design
1570 (16.99 %)MySQL
1658 (14.08 %)SQL
1757 (13.83 %)SQL Server
1855 (13.35 %)AJAX
1954 (13.11 %)Web Development
1954 (13.11 %)Internet
1954 (13.11 %)SEO
2052 (12.62 %)Marketing
2150 (12.14 %)OO
2246 (11.17 %)E-Commerce
2246 (11.17 %)C#
2246 (11.17 %)Advertising
2345 (10.92 %)Fireworks
2442 (10.19 %)Degree
2540 (9.709 %)ASP
2639 (9.466 %)Intranet

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1276 (66.99 %)CSS
2234 (56.80 %)HTML
3137 (33.25 %).NET
499 (24.03 %)XHTML
595 (23.06 %)XML
693 (22.57 %)ASP.NET
755 (13.35 %)AJAX
840 (9.709 %)ASP
933 (8.010 %)WebServices
1026 (6.311 %)Adobe Flex
1117 (4.126 %)Silverlight
1214 (3.398 %)LAMP
1313 (3.155 %)XSLT
1410 (2.427 %)JSP
159 (2.184 %)WPF
164 (0.971 %)WinForms
164 (0.971 %)ActiveX
173 (0.728 %).NET Framework
182 (0.485 %)XSL
182 (0.485 %)Spring
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (5.583 %)Apache
221 (5.097 %)CMS
318 (4.369 %)IIS
44 (0.971 %)ColdFusion
44 (0.971 %)Flash Media Server
52 (0.485 %)SharePoint
61 (0.243 %)Community Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1176 (42.72 %)Photoshop
2113 (27.43 %)Adobe Illustrator
345 (10.92 %)Fireworks
410 (2.427 %)MS Excel
59 (2.184 %)Adobe Director
67 (1.699 %)Acrobat
76 (1.456 %)ImageReady
85 (1.214 %)Shockwave
94 (0.971 %)MS Office
94 (0.971 %)FreeHand
94 (0.971 %)FrameMaker
103 (0.728 %)InDesign
112 (0.485 %)QuarkXPress
121 (0.243 %)MS Visio
121 (0.243 %)MS PowerPoint
121 (0.243 %)LightWave 3D
121 (0.243 %)AutoCAD
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.243 %)WebTrends
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (13.11 %)Internet
239 (9.466 %)Intranet
310 (2.427 %)SMTP
42 (0.485 %)SMS
42 (0.485 %)WEP
51 (0.243 %)NFC
51 (0.243 %)DVB
51 (0.243 %)Wi-Fi
51 (0.243 %)UMTS
51 (0.243 %)VoIP
51 (0.243 %)WLAN
51 (0.243 %)Bluetooth
51 (0.243 %)GPRS
51 (0.243 %)GSM
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
170 (16.99 %)MySQL
257 (13.83 %)SQL Server
320 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (1.214 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.485 %)DB2
61 (0.243 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1110 (26.70 %)Dreamweaver
224 (5.825 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.243 %)Synon
31 (0.243 %)Subversion
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (12.62 %)Marketing
246 (11.17 %)Advertising
327 (6.553 %)Graphic Design
422 (5.340 %)Multimedia
519 (4.612 %)Pensions
615 (3.641 %)Games
615 (3.641 %)Finance
710 (2.427 %)Education
87 (1.699 %)Insurance
87 (1.699 %)Flash Games
96 (1.456 %)Animation
105 (1.214 %)Banking
114 (0.971 %)Government
123 (0.728 %)3D Graphics
123 (0.728 %)Online Games
132 (0.485 %)Local Government
132 (0.485 %)Retail
141 (0.243 %)Publishing
141 (0.243 %)Health
141 (0.243 %)Interactive Media
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1255 (61.89 %)Developer
2137 (33.25 %)Web Developer
398 (23.79 %)Web Designer
477 (18.69 %)Flash Developer
540 (9.709 %)PHP Developer
634 (8.252 %)Photoshop Designer
726 (6.311 %).NET Developer
821 (5.097 %).NET Web Developer
821 (5.097 %)Software Developer
919 (4.612 %)Graphic Designer
919 (4.612 %)PHP Web Developer
1017 (4.126 %)Senior Developer
1115 (3.641 %)C# Developer
1214 (3.398 %)ActionScript Developer
1313 (3.155 %)Senior Web Designer
1412 (2.913 %)C# Web Developer
1511 (2.670 %)Senior Flash Developer
1511 (2.670 %)Programmer
1511 (2.670 %)Junior
1610 (2.427 %)Software Engineer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
133 (8.010 %)W3C
214 (3.398 %)E-Learning
38 (1.942 %)Web 2.0
46 (1.456 %)Streaming Video
55 (1.214 %)BBC
64 (0.971 %)VLE
64 (0.971 %)iDTV
73 (0.728 %)Tandem
73 (0.728 %)Streaming Media
73 (0.728 %)Semantic Web
82 (0.485 %)IPTV
82 (0.485 %)PDA
82 (0.485 %)IVR
91 (0.243 %)Device Driver
91 (0.243 %)MPEG
91 (0.243 %)Management Information System
91 (0.243 %)Photography
91 (0.243 %)Computer Science
91 (0.243 %)RIA
91 (0.243 %)Speech Recognition
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (8.252 %)Linux
217 (4.126 %)Windows
35 (1.214 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.243 %)Windows Mobile
41 (0.243 %)Nucleus RTOS
41 (0.243 %)UNIX
41 (0.243 %)Mac OS X
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
177 (18.69 %)Web Design
254 (13.11 %)Web Development
254 (13.11 %)SEO
350 (12.14 %)OO
446 (11.17 %)E-Commerce
522 (5.340 %)OOP
522 (5.340 %)Content Management
618 (4.369 %)Search Engine Marketing
716 (3.883 %)Pay per click
813 (3.155 %)OOD
97 (1.699 %)Internet Marketing
105 (1.214 %)Digital Marketing
105 (1.214 %)Validation
114 (0.971 %)B2B
114 (0.971 %)CRM
123 (0.728 %)E-business
123 (0.728 %)Project Management
123 (0.728 %)Time Management
132 (0.485 %)Unit Testing
132 (0.485 %)Release Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1174 (42.23 %)JavaScript
2150 (36.41 %)ActionScript
3131 (31.80 %)PHP
458 (14.08 %)SQL
546 (11.17 %)C#
631 (7.524 %)DHTML
730 (7.282 %)Java
827 (6.553 %)VB.NET
919 (4.612 %)PHP5
1013 (3.155 %)VBScript
1111 (2.670 %)Perl
1210 (2.427 %)PHP4
135 (1.214 %)VB
135 (1.214 %)VB6
143 (0.728 %)XAML
143 (0.728 %)C++
152 (0.485 %)C
161 (0.243 %)XPath
161 (0.243 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
142 (10.19 %)Degree
24 (0.971 %)HND
31 (0.243 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.485 %)ISO9001
12 (0.485 %)TickIT
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1106 (25.73 %)Adobe
226 (6.311 %)Microsoft
313 (3.155 %)Oracle
412 (2.913 %)Quark
58 (1.942 %)Macromedia
64 (0.971 %)Sony
64 (0.971 %)IBM
73 (0.728 %)Google
82 (0.485 %)MKS
82 (0.485 %)Yahoo!
91 (0.243 %)Symbian