The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 20 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 48 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 17 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 2.690% 0.445% 1.480%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.749% 0.641% 2.642%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 7
Average salary £40,000 £22,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+81.81% -26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
358 312 265
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 56.65% 69.49% 56.03%
Number of salaries quoted 328 302 244
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
South West

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bath - 17 £40,000 -
ActionScript
South West

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (89.47%) .NET
1 17 (89.47%) XML
2 16 (84.21%) C#
2 16 (84.21%) C++
2 16 (84.21%) Java
2 16 (84.21%) Software Engineering
2 16 (84.21%) Ada
3 11 (57.89%) Java EE
4 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) DV Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) OO
5 5 (26.32%) J2EE
5 5 (26.32%) Software Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (10.53%) Flash
7 1 (5.263%) XSLT
7 1 (5.263%) PHP
7 1 (5.263%) HTML
7 1 (5.263%) MySQL
7 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
7 1 (5.263%) CSS
7 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.263%) TDD
7 1 (5.263%) Subversion
7 1 (5.263%) Web Development
7 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
7 1 (5.263%) SEO
7 1 (5.263%) CMS
7 1 (5.263%) Games

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (89.47%) .NET
1 17 (89.47%) XML
2 11 (57.89%) Java EE
3 5 (26.32%) J2EE
4 2 (10.53%) Flash
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.263%) HTML
5 1 (5.263%) CSS
5 1 (5.263%) XSLT
5 1 (5.263%) jQuery
5 1 (5.263%) HTML5
5 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
1 1 (5.263%) Drupal
1 1 (5.263%) Umbraco
1 1 (5.263%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) MySQL
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Subversion
General
1 1 (5.263%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Programmer
4 3 (15.79%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Java Programmer
4 3 (15.79%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (15.79%) C++/Java Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Software Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Web Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) ActionScript Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Graduate
5 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Flash Developer
5 1 (5.263%) C++ Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Flash Games
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Software Architecture
2 5 (26.32%) OO
3 1 (5.263%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) SEO
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.263%) TDD
3 1 (5.263%) Game Development
3 1 (5.263%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) C#
1 16 (84.21%) C++
1 16 (84.21%) Java
1 16 (84.21%) Ada
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) PHP
3 1 (5.263%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (52.63%) DV Cleared
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Sitecore
1 1 (5.263%) Ektron
Clevedon, Avon
Opportunity: We looking for a talented ActionScript developer to take an active lead in our dynamic, growing team... You may have worked in the following capacities: ActionScript Software...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013