The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 22 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 52 55 57
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 4 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 1.015% 0.215% 1.080%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.896% 0.474% 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
Average salary £37,500 £24,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.25% -12.72%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
211 211 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 53.55% 45.28% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 194 204 265
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,400 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
Northamptonshire

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northampton ActionScript Salary Histogram

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 17 (100.00%) Flash
2 13 (76.47%) JavaScript
2 13 (76.47%) HTML
2 13 (76.47%) CSS
2 13 (76.47%) XML
2 13 (76.47%) jQuery
3 10 (58.82%) Ajax
3 10 (58.82%) JSON
3 10 (58.82%) XSLT
4 7 (41.18%) Unit Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Multimedia
5 4 (23.53%) Internet
5 4 (23.53%) Time Management
5 4 (23.53%) ActionScript 3.0
6 3 (17.65%) Degree
6 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
6 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
6 3 (17.65%) Android
6 3 (17.65%) C#
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 3 (17.65%) Sun
6 3 (17.65%) Java
6 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
6 3 (17.65%) .NET
6 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
6 3 (17.65%) Streaming Video
7 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
7 2 (11.76%) Remedy
8 1 (5.882%) Finance

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 17 (100.00%) Flash
2 13 (76.47%) HTML
2 13 (76.47%) CSS
2 13 (76.47%) XML
2 13 (76.47%) jQuery
3 10 (58.82%) Ajax
3 10 (58.82%) JSON
3 10 (58.82%) XSLT
4 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.882%) CSS3
5 1 (5.882%) HTML5
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (23.53%) Multimedia
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) UI Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Flash Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Flash Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Flash ActionScript Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Senior ActionScript Developer
4 4 (23.53%) ActionScript Developer
4 4 (23.53%) UI Programmer
5 3 (17.65%) Web Developer
5 3 (17.65%) Software Developer
6 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
7 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Java Developer
7 1 (5.882%) Programmer
7 1 (5.882%) Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) .NET Programmer
7 1 (5.882%) Senior .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
1 3 (17.65%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
1 3 (17.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Unit Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) ActionScript 3.0
3 3 (17.65%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) Sun
2 2 (11.76%) Remedy