The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 654 529 471
Rank change year-on-year
-125 -58
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 206 403 477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.191% 0.333% 0.386%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.358% 0.621% 0.734%
Number of salaries quoted 154 391 433
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57481 64876 64959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.33% 53.64% 52.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49463 57203 56281
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ActionScript 3.0 Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the UK.

ActionScript 3.0 Salary Trend

ActionScript 3.0
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

ActionScript 3.0 Salary Histogram

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England -132 195 £37,500 -
London -116 101 £45,000 +12.50%
South East -28 28 £50,000 +25.00%
East of England +17 25 £30,000 -7.69%
City of London -14 21 £48,500 -0.51%
Suffolk +2 16 £32,500 +30.00%
North West +6 15 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire -16 14 £30,000 -11.76%
Ipswich -1 13 £32,500 +22.64%
Oxford -11 13 £25,000 -24.24%
Manchester -16 11 £32,500 -
South West +9 9 £30,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire -16 8 £21,500 -28.33%
Surrey -20 8 £50,000 +11.11%
West Yorkshire +5 7 £21,500 -28.33%
Thames Ditton 0 7 £50,000 -
Wakefield - 7 £21,500 -
Scotland -2 6 £35,000 -17.64%
Dundee -6 6 £35,000 -17.64%
Norwich - 6 £28,000 -
Norfolk - 6 £28,000 -
West Midlands -18 5 £29,500 +40.47%
Gloucestershire - 4 £30,000 -
Essex +32 3 £20,000 -52.94%
North East +7 3 £24,250 -25.38%
Cheshire +5 3 £28,500 -
Bristol - 3 - -
Telford - 3 £26,500 -
Sunderland - 3 £24,250 -
Shropshire - 3 £26,500 -

ActionScript 3.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0.

1 457 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 393 (86.00%) Flash
3 273 (59.74%) CSS
4 245 (53.61%) JavaScript
5 226 (49.45%) HTML
6 159 (34.79%) Games
6 159 (34.79%) HTML5
7 150 (32.82%) ActionScript 2.0
8 130 (28.45%) Photoshop
9 129 (28.23%) Adobe
10 123 (26.91%) OO
11 118 (25.82%) Java
12 105 (22.98%) jQuery
13 101 (22.10%) XML
14 98 (21.44%) Degree
15 91 (19.91%) XHTML
16 89 (19.47%) C#
16 89 (19.47%) CSS3
17 88 (19.26%) Web Services
18 86 (18.82%) Scrum
18 86 (18.82%) Adobe Illustrator
19 84 (18.38%) OOP
20 80 (17.51%) PHP
21 79 (17.29%) TDD
22 68 (14.88%) Ajax
23 65 (14.22%) C++
24 62 (13.57%) .NET
25 59 (12.91%) Animation
26 56 (12.25%) Apache Flex
27 54 (11.82%) Unit Testing

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ActionScript 3.0 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 3.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 393 (86.00%) Flash
2 273 (59.74%) CSS
3 226 (49.45%) HTML
4 159 (34.79%) HTML5
5 105 (22.98%) jQuery
6 101 (22.10%) XML
7 91 (19.91%) XHTML
8 89 (19.47%) CSS3
9 88 (19.26%) Web Services
10 68 (14.88%) Ajax
11 62 (13.57%) .NET
12 56 (12.25%) Apache Flex
13 44 (9.628%) ASP.NET
14 40 (8.753%) JSON
15 36 (7.877%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
16 35 (7.659%) WF
17 20 (4.376%) Adobe AIR
18 10 (2.188%) Spring
19 9 (1.969%) JSP
19 9 (1.969%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 20 (4.376%) CMS
2 12 (2.626%) WordPress
3 8 (1.751%) Magento
4 5 (1.094%) Facebook Platform
4 5 (1.094%) IIS
5 4 (0.875%) Apache
5 4 (0.875%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.875%) TYPO3
5 4 (0.875%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.875%) Resin
6 3 (0.656%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.656%) GlassFish
7 2 (0.438%) Drupal
8 1 (0.219%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.219%) LiveCycle
8 1 (0.219%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.219%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 130 (28.45%) Photoshop
2 86 (18.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 46 (10.07%) Adobe After Effects
4 13 (2.845%) InDesign
5 10 (2.188%) Fireworks
6 9 (1.969%) Adobe Premiere
7 8 (1.751%) Maya
8 5 (1.094%) 3ds Max
9 4 (0.875%) Swift 3D
9 4 (0.875%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.656%) Blender
10 3 (0.656%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.438%) MS Excel
12 1 (0.219%) MS PowerPoint
12 1 (0.219%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.219%) GIMP
12 1 (0.219%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.219%) WebTrends
1 1 (0.219%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.845%) Internet
2 9 (1.969%) HTTP
3 5 (1.094%) Intranet
4 2 (0.438%) FTP
5 1 (0.219%) SMS
5 1 (0.219%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.877%) SQL Server
1 36 (7.877%) SQL Server 2008
2 35 (7.659%) SQL Server 2005
3 23 (5.033%) MySQL
4 3 (0.656%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.219%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 44 (9.628%) Dreamweaver
2 35 (7.659%) NUnit
2 35 (7.659%) CruiseControl
2 35 (7.659%) Subversion
3 22 (4.814%) Git (software)
4 18 (3.939%) Flash Builder
5 16 (3.501%) PhoneGap
6 13 (2.845%) Eclipse
7 10 (2.188%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 9 (1.969%) TestNG
8 9 (1.969%) JUnit
9 8 (1.751%) Maven
9 8 (1.751%) TortoiseSVN
10 4 (0.875%) FlexUnit
10 4 (0.875%) JIRA
10 4 (0.875%) Ant
10 4 (0.875%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.656%) Flex Builder
12 1 (0.219%) Xcode
12 1 (0.219%) FitNesse
General
1 159 (34.79%) Games
2 50 (10.94%) Advertising
3 47 (10.28%) Finance
4 42 (9.190%) Marketing
5 26 (5.689%) Multimedia
6 10 (2.188%) Publishing
7 8 (1.751%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.313%) Interactive Media
9 4 (0.875%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.656%) Retail
10 3 (0.656%) Legal
10 3 (0.656%) Music
11 2 (0.438%) Law
11 2 (0.438%) Banking
11 2 (0.438%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.219%) German Language
12 1 (0.219%) Electronics
12 1 (0.219%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 304 (66.52%) Developer
2 87 (19.04%) Designer
3 77 (16.85%) Flash Developer
4 53 (11.60%) Front-End Developer
5 42 (9.190%) Flash Designer
5 42 (9.190%) ActionScript Developer
6 36 (7.877%) .NET Developer
6 36 (7.877%) C# Developer
7 35 (7.659%) ASP.NET Developer
7 35 (7.659%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 35 (7.659%) Agile .NET Developer
7 35 (7.659%) Agile C# Developer
7 35 (7.659%) C# .NET Developer
8 33 (7.221%) Games Developer
8 33 (7.221%) Web Developer
9 29 (6.346%) Flash ActionScript Developer
10 27 (5.908%) Software Engineer
11 25 (5.470%) Senior Developer
11 25 (5.470%) Photoshop Designer
12 22 (4.814%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.91%) Animation
2 50 (10.94%) Online Games
3 42 (9.190%) Mobile App
4 40 (8.753%) Social Media
4 40 (8.753%) Computer Science
5 26 (5.689%) Mathematics
5 26 (5.689%) Social Gaming
6 22 (4.814%) Flash Games
7 20 (4.376%) Mobile Games
7 20 (4.376%) Open Source
8 17 (3.720%) Digital Media
9 16 (3.501%) E-Learning
10 15 (3.282%) Graphic Design
11 13 (2.845%) 3D Graphics
12 12 (2.626%) SCORM
13 10 (2.188%) Blackberry
13 10 (2.188%) Physics
14 9 (1.969%) Social Network
15 8 (1.751%) Interactive TV
15 8 (1.751%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (11.38%) Windows
2 45 (9.847%) Apple iOS
3 42 (9.190%) Android
4 15 (3.282%) Linux
5 13 (2.845%) UNIX
6 9 (1.969%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.219%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.219%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (26.91%) OO
2 86 (18.82%) Scrum
3 84 (18.38%) OOP
4 79 (17.29%) TDD
5 54 (11.82%) Unit Testing
6 49 (10.72%) Workflow
6 49 (10.72%) E-Commerce
7 43 (9.409%) Game Development
8 39 (8.534%) Software Architecture
9 38 (8.315%) Continuous Integration
9 38 (8.315%) Build Automation
9 38 (8.315%) Agile Software Development
10 35 (7.659%) Refactoring
10 35 (7.659%) User Stories
10 35 (7.659%) Rapid Prototyping
11 30 (6.565%) OOD
12 29 (6.346%) MVC
13 22 (4.814%) Web Design
14 20 (4.376%) 3D Modelling
15 18 (3.939%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 457 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 245 (53.61%) JavaScript
3 150 (32.82%) ActionScript 2.0
4 118 (25.82%) Java
5 89 (19.47%) C#
6 80 (17.51%) PHP
7 65 (14.22%) C++
8 49 (10.72%) Objective-C
9 18 (3.939%) C
10 14 (3.063%) SQL
11 6 (1.313%) Python
11 6 (1.313%) Ruby
12 5 (1.094%) Lua
12 5 (1.094%) Perl
13 3 (0.656%) PHP5
14 2 (0.438%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.219%) PowerHouse
15 1 (0.219%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.219%) VB
15 1 (0.219%) VB6
Qualifications
1 98 (21.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.282%) QA
2 2 (0.438%) Section 508
2 2 (0.438%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.219%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.219%) Plesk
Vendors
1 129 (28.23%) Adobe
2 42 (9.190%) Facebook
3 40 (8.753%) Microsoft
4 39 (8.534%) DoubleClick
5 32 (7.002%) Twitter
6 13 (2.845%) Perforce
7 12 (2.626%) Zend
8 10 (2.188%) Apple
9 9 (1.969%) Symbian
10 8 (1.751%) Google
11 5 (1.094%) Sony
12 4 (0.875%) MEDITECH
12 4 (0.875%) Oracle
12 4 (0.875%) JBoss
12 4 (0.875%) Nokia
13 3 (0.656%) Sencha
13 3 (0.656%) OpenTV
14 1 (0.219%) Telerik
14 1 (0.219%) BT
14 1 (0.219%) SAP
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
Wantage, Oxfordshire
The key skills and experience needed for the ActionScript Developer are: - Experience of using ActionScript 3 - Experience working for an internet, gaming or E-Commerce company (Desired) - Experience...
Kyna Associates
Salary: £30000 - 40000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
City Of London
Flash/Actionscript/AS3 developerOpus Recruitment Solutions are seeking a Flash/Actionscript/AS3 developer to work on a short term project in Central London- The successful Flash/Actionscript/AS3...
OPUS
Salary: GBP240 to GBP340 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Central London / West End
Game Developer / Social Games Creator (ActionScript / AS3 Flash C++)... Good knowledge of ActionScript / AS3 and Flash, ideally also with knowledge of object orientated C++ Familiar with agile development...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
One of the UKs fastest growing games development companies is seeking a skilled Game Developer to join their expanding team. As a Game Developer you will work closely...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Proven experience using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, including HTML5 CSS3, in fast paced environment... Our development team has around 25 developers and use a variety of technologies including...
BrightTALK
Salary: Competative + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Front End Web Developer (Flash ActionScript 3.0 / AS3, OO JavaScript, HTML 3 / XHTML CSS 3, Sprites, TDD, Jasmine, Flex, Photoshop / Illustrator, JSLint, SVN, JQuery, Angular Js, Google...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Greater Manchester
Required Skills: 2 years+ experience in Java Development for Web & Software Services with a good understanding of Servlets, NIO Sockets, Ajax, Web Sockets & Live Streaming services. Experience with...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Working closely with the director of the company, you will be required to enhance the existing website, develop multiple websites, design a mobile application as well as some...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
You will be working predominantly with PHP but these guys also use Spring/ROO, Javascript and Flex... Experience with PHP (2-3 years+) Experience with with Javascript ideally...
greywood
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Job Summary: The Senior Web Developer works as a member of the Online Gaming R&D staff to develop gaming software and tools of the highest caliber in...
WIlliams Interactive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Central London / West End
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire, South East, United...
Knowledge of Flash, ActionScript, ad serving platforms (DoubleClick, Atlas etc.), After Effects and mobile applications would be advantageous as would the ability to lend their hand in designing...
Gilroy
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
Test server-side (Java) and client-side (Flash/AS3/HTML5) solutions. Work in a team using the Scrum agile methodology... SQL. FIT/Fitnesse frameworks... Java/AS3/Javascript experience.
Gerrard White
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
ASP.Net Developer... Experience required: - 5 years’ experience implementing web-based layouts for consumer-facing web sites using HTML and CSS required - Experience implementing user interfaces using interactive...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Junior Gaming Developers (Mobile/Apps)Opus is looking for 2 full-time Gaming Programmers to work alongside a core team of experienced developers on a range of projects...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP24000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Technology required: - C/C++ Development - Game development experience - Cocos2d-x Game Engine - iOS or Android Desirable skills: - Objective-C and/or Java - HTML5/Javascript - Flash/AS3, PHP, CMS...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 to £24000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Role Requirements for the Flex developer role: * Minimum 4 years of solid experience in Flex (development, test and release management) * Strong experience of delivering commercial Rich Internet Applications *...
Asset Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + multiple benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Weybridge, Surrey
Essential] Understanding in System integration (Active Directory or Authentication management) with Adobe LiveCycle... [Essential] Through Knowledge of Adobe Live cycle ES and Adobe Workbench, SQL, Java and any...
TLP Consultancy Ltd.
Salary: £45000 - £47000 per annum + 15% OT Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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 £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013