The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript 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 Programming Languages category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 148 143 132
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 9 5 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.288% 0.145% 0.710%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.494% 0.313% 1.525%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 19
Average salary £35,500 £42,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.47% +54.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,250 £31,200 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,800 £44,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1823 1597 1639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.34% 46.38% 46.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1105 1233 1195
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £48,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
UK

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland ActionScript Salary Trend

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 Scotland 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
Dundee -7 5 £33,750 -20.58%
Aberdeen - 3 £38,000 -
West Lothian - 1 - -
ActionScript
UK

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (83.33%) C#
2 9 (75.00%) Flash
2 9 (75.00%) Degree
3 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 8 (66.67%) C++
3 8 (66.67%) Java
4 7 (58.33%) OO
4 7 (58.33%) Android
4 7 (58.33%) ActionScript 3.0
5 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
5 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (50.00%) .NET
6 5 (41.67%) UNIX
6 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
6 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
7 4 (33.33%) jQuery
7 4 (33.33%) E-Learning
7 4 (33.33%) Games
7 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
7 4 (33.33%) CSS
7 4 (33.33%) OOD
8 3 (25.00%) HTML
8 3 (25.00%) Web Development
8 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
8 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
8 3 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
9 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
9 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
9 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (16.67%) iPhone

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 9 (75.00%) Flash
2 6 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (33.33%) jQuery
3 4 (33.33%) CSS
4 3 (25.00%) HTML
5 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
6 1 (8.333%) Web Services
6 1 (8.333%) XML
6 1 (8.333%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (8.333%) Ajax
6 1 (8.333%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) MySQL
1 1 (8.333%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (8.333%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) MySQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (33.33%) E-Learning
4 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Android
2 5 (41.67%) UNIX
2 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.333%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) OO
2 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) OOD
4 3 (25.00%) Web Development
4 3 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) OOP
6 1 (8.333%) Change Management
6 1 (8.333%) MVC
6 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.333%) Web Usability
6 1 (8.333%) Game Development
6 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
6 1 (8.333%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 8 (66.67%) C++
2 8 (66.67%) Java
3 7 (58.33%) ActionScript 3.0
4 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
7 1 (8.333%) C
7 1 (8.333%) Perl
7 1 (8.333%) PHP
7 1 (8.333%) Python
7 1 (8.333%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Adobe
Dundee, Angus
C++, AS3, C#, Java) and have... - Knowledge of agile and lean development, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Integration, Pair Programming. - Experience with MVC web development frameworks, particularly Ruby on Rails.
Jefferson Wolfe
Salary: From £300 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013