The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 63 63 57
Rank change year-on-year
0 -6
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 16 3 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.296% 0.539% 1.855%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.774% 0.955% 2.970%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 10
Average salary £32,500 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
424 314 404
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 60.83% 56.37% 62.44%
Number of salaries quoted 399 273 358
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
East of England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 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
Ipswich +3 14 £32,500 +22.64%
ActionScript
East of England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 19 (100.00%) Java
1 19 (100.00%) Games
1 19 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 16 (84.21%) Online Games
3 15 (78.95%) C#
4 12 (63.16%) ActionScript 2.0
4 12 (63.16%) HTML
4 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
4 12 (63.16%) CSS
5 7 (36.84%) Flash
6 6 (31.58%) OO
7 4 (21.05%) JBoss
7 4 (21.05%) Apache
7 4 (21.05%) Tomcat
7 4 (21.05%) JSP
7 4 (21.05%) Servlets
7 4 (21.05%) SOAP
7 4 (21.05%) Struts
7 4 (21.05%) Web Services
7 4 (21.05%) UML
7 4 (21.05%) Oracle
7 4 (21.05%) Ant
7 4 (21.05%) Photoshop
7 4 (21.05%) WebLogic
7 4 (21.05%) IIS
7 4 (21.05%) EJB
7 4 (21.05%) JMS
7 4 (21.05%) JAXB
7 4 (21.05%) Resin
7 4 (21.05%) Mathematics

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 12 (63.16%) HTML
1 12 (63.16%) CSS
2 7 (36.84%) Flash
3 4 (21.05%) JSP
3 4 (21.05%) Servlets
3 4 (21.05%) SOAP
3 4 (21.05%) Struts
3 4 (21.05%) Web Services
3 4 (21.05%) EJB
3 4 (21.05%) JMS
3 4 (21.05%) JAXB
3 4 (21.05%) Hibernate
3 4 (21.05%) Spring
3 4 (21.05%) JSF
3 4 (21.05%) Ajax
3 4 (21.05%) JPA
3 4 (21.05%) EJB 3.0
4 3 (15.79%) HTML5
5 1 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) Apache
1 4 (21.05%) Tomcat
1 4 (21.05%) WebLogic
1 4 (21.05%) IIS
1 4 (21.05%) Resin
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Ant
1 4 (21.05%) Subversion
General
1 19 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 15 (78.95%) Software Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) Online Games
2 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
2 4 (21.05%) Physics
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.79%) Mobile App
3 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (15.79%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) OO
2 4 (21.05%) UML
2 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
3 3 (15.79%) Game Development
3 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) Java
1 19 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 15 (78.95%) C#
3 12 (63.16%) ActionScript 2.0
3 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) JBoss
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle