The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 488 345 268
Rank change year-on-year
-143 -77
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 429 843 1086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.397% 0.699% 0.873%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.747% 1.301% 1.663%
Number of salaries quoted 342 783 986
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57454 64781 65304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.16% 53.68% 52.49%
Number of salaries quoted 49422 57069 56715
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 £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ActionScript Jobs Demand Trend

ActionScript
Salary Trend

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

ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

ActionScript Salary Histogram

ActionScript
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 within the UK 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
England -166 404 £40,000 +6.66%
London -149 202 £47,500 +11.76%
City of London -20 57 £50,000 +25.00%
South East -55 47 £33,750 -10.00%
North West +18 43 £30,000 -7.69%
Manchester +6 37 £30,000 -7.69%
East of England -15 34 £28,000 -15.78%
South West +15 30 £40,000 +49.53%
Somerset +11 17 £40,000 +73.91%
Bath +10 17 £40,000 +33.33%
Oxfordshire -31 17 £52,500 +56.71%
Suffolk 0 16 £32,500 +30.00%
West Midlands -10 16 £32,500 +54.76%
Oxford -17 16 £53,750 +59.25%
Ipswich +3 14 £32,500 +22.64%
Yorkshire 0 14 £26,500 +12.76%
Surrey -29 14 £47,500 +5.55%
East Midlands -12 13 £37,500 +15.38%
Wales +11 12 £30,750 -16.89%
Hertfordshire +3 9 £25,500 -18.40%
West Yorkshire -4 9 £23,500 +17.50%
South Wales +8 8 £30,000 -20.00%
Scotland +4 7 £38,000 -10.58%
Hemel Hempstead - 7 £25,500 -
Norwich +7 6 £28,000 -25.33%
Norfolk +2 6 £28,000 -25.33%
Thames Ditton -2 6 £50,000 -
Nottinghamshire -8 6 £29,000 -10.76%
Gloucestershire +11 5 £30,000 +33.33%
Warwickshire +8 5 £45,000 +80.00%

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 674 (67.20%) Flash
2 629 (62.71%) JavaScript
3 541 (53.94%) CSS
4 489 (48.75%) HTML
5 441 (43.97%) ActionScript 3.0
6 326 (32.50%) Java
7 276 (27.52%) HTML5
8 259 (25.82%) Photoshop
9 257 (25.62%) jQuery
10 251 (25.02%) PHP
11 244 (24.33%) Games
12 232 (23.13%) XML
13 230 (22.93%) Web Services
14 215 (21.44%) OO
15 206 (20.54%) Adobe
16 202 (20.14%) ActionScript 2.0
17 190 (18.94%) Degree
18 188 (18.74%) C++
19 173 (17.25%) .NET
20 172 (17.15%) Ajax
21 170 (16.95%) XHTML
22 168 (16.75%) Linux
22 168 (16.75%) C#
23 152 (15.15%) Adobe Illustrator
24 147 (14.66%) SQL
25 146 (14.56%) Scrum
26 141 (14.06%) CSS3
27 139 (13.86%) MySQL
28 119 (11.86%) Agile Software Development
28 119 (11.86%) TDD

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 674 (67.20%) Flash
2 541 (53.94%) CSS
3 489 (48.75%) HTML
4 276 (27.52%) HTML5
5 257 (25.62%) jQuery
6 232 (23.13%) XML
7 230 (22.93%) Web Services
8 173 (17.25%) .NET
9 172 (17.15%) Ajax
10 170 (16.95%) XHTML
11 141 (14.06%) CSS3
12 111 (11.07%) Apache Flex
13 71 (7.079%) ASP.NET
14 64 (6.381%) JSON
15 63 (6.281%) REST
16 61 (6.082%) Spring
17 48 (4.786%) XSLT
18 39 (3.888%) LAMP
19 35 (3.490%) Ruby on Rails
20 31 (3.091%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 67 (6.680%) Apache
2 37 (3.689%) CMS
3 33 (3.290%) Amazon AWS
4 28 (2.792%) Tomcat
5 22 (2.193%) WordPress
6 21 (2.094%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (1.994%) Drupal
8 14 (1.396%) Lightstreamer
9 12 (1.196%) Facebook Platform
10 11 (1.097%) Confluence
10 11 (1.097%) Jetty
11 10 (0.997%) GlassFish
11 10 (0.997%) IIS
11 10 (0.997%) Gentran
11 10 (0.997%) concrete5
12 9 (0.897%) Apache Solr
12 9 (0.897%) Magento
12 9 (0.897%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.897%) ColdFusion
12 9 (0.897%) ESB
Applications
1 259 (25.82%) Photoshop
2 152 (15.15%) Adobe Illustrator
3 55 (5.484%) Adobe After Effects
4 29 (2.891%) Fireworks
5 26 (2.592%) MS Excel
6 22 (2.193%) InDesign
6 22 (2.193%) 3ds Max
7 21 (2.094%) Maya
8 17 (1.695%) MS Office
9 16 (1.595%) CINEMA 4D
10 14 (1.396%) MS Visio
11 13 (1.296%) Adobe Premiere
12 8 (0.798%) MS PowerPoint
13 4 (0.399%) Adobe Captivate
13 4 (0.399%) Swift 3D
14 3 (0.299%) Blender
15 2 (0.199%) Spreadsheet
15 2 (0.199%) GIMP
Business Applications
1 6 (0.598%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (0.299%) WebTrends
2 3 (0.299%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.100%) Bond Adapt
3 1 (0.100%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 81 (8.076%) Internet
2 38 (3.789%) FTP
3 32 (3.190%) TCP/IP
4 31 (3.091%) HTTP
5 21 (2.094%) AMQP
6 19 (1.894%) HTTPS
7 17 (1.695%) DHCP
8 15 (1.496%) Modbus
9 13 (1.296%) Intranet
10 12 (1.196%) Firewall
11 7 (0.698%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.399%) NFC
12 4 (0.399%) SMTP
12 4 (0.399%) ISDN
12 4 (0.399%) CTI
12 4 (0.399%) RTP
13 2 (0.199%) LAN
13 2 (0.199%) WAN
13 2 (0.199%) SSL
14 1 (0.100%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (13.86%) MySQL
2 53 (5.284%) SQL Server
3 42 (4.187%) NoSQL
4 36 (3.589%) SQL Server 2008
5 35 (3.490%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (3.190%) SQL Server 2005
7 26 (2.592%) RDBMS
8 23 (2.293%) CouchDB
9 19 (1.894%) Big Data
10 18 (1.795%) MarkLogic
11 8 (0.798%) GIS
12 5 (0.499%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.399%) OLAP
13 4 (0.399%) SQL Server 2000
14 3 (0.299%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.299%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.199%) SQL Server 2012
15 2 (0.199%) Neo4j
16 1 (0.100%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 116 (11.57%) Subversion
2 92 (9.172%) Git (software)
3 83 (8.275%) Dreamweaver
4 56 (5.583%) Maven
5 34 (3.390%) Jenkins
6 28 (2.792%) CruiseControl
6 28 (2.792%) NUnit
6 28 (2.792%) Eclipse
7 23 (2.293%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.994%) Hudson
9 19 (1.894%) PhoneGap
10 18 (1.795%) JIRA
10 18 (1.795%) Flash Builder
11 16 (1.595%) Selenium
11 16 (1.595%) Mercurial
12 14 (1.396%) Ant
13 11 (1.097%) Balsamiq Mockups
14 10 (0.997%) JUnit
14 10 (0.997%) Basecamp
14 10 (0.997%) Redmine
General
1 244 (24.33%) Games
2 104 (10.37%) Marketing
3 91 (9.073%) Finance
4 75 (7.478%) Advertising
5 32 (3.190%) Publishing
6 29 (2.891%) Multimedia
7 16 (1.595%) Electronics
7 16 (1.595%) Front Office
8 14 (1.396%) Music
9 12 (1.196%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.196%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.097%) Retail
11 10 (0.997%) Automotive
12 7 (0.698%) Interactive Media
13 5 (0.499%) Back Office
14 4 (0.399%) Legal
15 3 (0.299%) Law
15 3 (0.299%) Music Industry
16 2 (0.199%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.199%) Banking
Job Titles
1 586 (58.42%) Developer
2 167 (16.65%) Designer
3 112 (11.17%) Web Developer
4 103 (10.27%) Software Engineer
5 93 (9.272%) Front-End Developer
6 91 (9.073%) Flash Developer
7 78 (7.777%) Senior Developer
8 53 (5.284%) Flash Designer
9 48 (4.786%) Photoshop Designer
10 47 (4.686%) .NET Developer
11 46 (4.586%) ActionScript Developer
12 45 (4.487%) PHP Developer
13 44 (4.387%) Software Developer
14 41 (4.088%) C# Developer
15 40 (3.988%) Web Designer
16 36 (3.589%) C# ASP.NET Developer
16 36 (3.589%) C# .NET Developer
17 35 (3.490%) Games Developer
18 34 (3.390%) Junior
18 34 (3.390%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 96 (9.571%) Computer Science
2 86 (8.574%) Open Source
3 70 (6.979%) Online Games
3 70 (6.979%) Animation
4 69 (6.879%) Mobile App
5 61 (6.082%) Digital Media
6 55 (5.484%) Social Media
7 41 (4.088%) BBC
8 40 (3.988%) Social Gaming
9 38 (3.789%) Graphic Design
10 37 (3.689%) Social Network
11 32 (3.190%) iPhone
11 32 (3.190%) Mathematics
12 30 (2.991%) E-Learning
13 28 (2.792%) MHEG
14 27 (2.692%) 3D Graphics
15 26 (2.592%) Video Editing
16 24 (2.393%) Mobile Games
17 23 (2.293%) Flash Games
18 19 (1.894%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 168 (16.75%) Linux
2 101 (10.07%) Windows
3 78 (7.777%) Apple iOS
4 74 (7.378%) UNIX
5 72 (7.178%) Android
6 10 (0.997%) Windows Phone
7 8 (0.798%) MVS
8 6 (0.598%) AIX
9 3 (0.299%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.199%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.199%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.199%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (21.44%) OO
2 146 (14.56%) Scrum
3 119 (11.86%) Agile Software Development
3 119 (11.86%) TDD
4 114 (11.37%) OOP
5 101 (10.07%) Unit Testing
6 91 (9.073%) Continuous Integration
7 88 (8.774%) E-Commerce
8 73 (7.278%) Web Development
9 66 (6.580%) Game Development
10 64 (6.381%) Web Design
11 62 (6.181%) Content Management
12 55 (5.484%) MVC
13 54 (5.384%) Workflow
13 54 (5.384%) Software Engineering
14 52 (5.184%) SOA
15 41 (4.088%) Software Architecture
16 38 (3.789%) OOD
17 37 (3.689%) Digital Marketing
17 37 (3.689%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 629 (62.71%) JavaScript
2 441 (43.97%) ActionScript 3.0
3 326 (32.50%) Java
4 251 (25.02%) PHP
5 202 (20.14%) ActionScript 2.0
6 188 (18.74%) C++
7 168 (16.75%) C#
8 147 (14.66%) SQL
9 84 (8.375%) Ruby
10 77 (7.677%) Objective-C
10 77 (7.677%) Perl
11 58 (5.783%) Python
12 32 (3.190%) Scala
13 29 (2.891%) C
14 26 (2.592%) Bash shell
15 18 (1.795%) Groovy
15 18 (1.795%) Clojure
15 18 (1.795%) SPARQL
16 16 (1.595%) XPath
16 16 (1.595%) Ada
Qualifications
1 190 (18.94%) Degree
2 13 (1.296%) SC Cleared
2 13 (1.296%) Security Cleared
3 10 (0.997%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.199%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.991%) QA
2 22 (2.193%) WAI
3 9 (0.897%) SLA
4 4 (0.399%) WCAG
5 2 (0.199%) RosettaNet
5 2 (0.199%) Section 508
6 1 (0.100%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (0.997%) Xen
2 6 (0.598%) VMware Server
3 2 (0.199%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.199%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.199%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.698%) Plesk
Vendors
1 206 (20.54%) Adobe
2 64 (6.381%) Facebook
3 51 (5.085%) Microsoft
4 43 (4.287%) DoubleClick
5 41 (4.088%) Oracle
6 40 (3.988%) Twitter
7 33 (3.290%) Google
8 27 (2.692%) Zend
9 15 (1.496%) Perforce
10 14 (1.396%) Apple
11 11 (1.097%) Cisco
12 10 (0.997%) Symbian
13 9 (0.897%) Nokia
14 8 (0.798%) VMware
15 7 (0.698%) CheckPoint
16 6 (0.598%) SAP
17 5 (0.499%) Sony
17 5 (0.499%) JBoss
18 4 (0.399%) Sun
18 4 (0.399%) MEDITECH
Central London / West End
They are looking for a Front End Developer with strong exposure to Flash and JavaScript... It is essential that you have strong understanding of Flash ActionScript 1.0,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Skills/Experience required: ** 1+ Years experience using Flash ActionScript 3.0 ** OO Javascript ** HTML4/XHTML ** CSS ** Familiarity with cross-platform, cross device, multi broser issues ** Excellent ability to...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 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: 21 May 2013
London
Lead Flash Actionscript, XML - Genius Developer!!... We are urgently looking for ambitious and talented Flash Actionscript experts for this agency located in central London... - Excellent Core knowledge of...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Core Responsibilities: Development/maintenance of their E-Learning platform. CSS and HTML Development... E-Learning Course Development... Essential Skills: 2 years experience with Adobe Flash/AS3. Photoshop/Illustrator...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £26000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
The skills required for this role are as follows - Web Application development in Java and/or PHP ActionScript/Flash user-interface development Web services HTML/CSS It would...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
To be considered for this unique role you'll have to following skills/Prince: Expert level hand coded XHTML/HTML and CSS websites, Adobe Creative suite, track record...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Essential Technical skills: Detailed knowledge of Flash including design techniques and animation. Good knowledge of Actionscript at design level. Working knowledge of Javascript and ideally HTML5 Knowledge of...
greywood
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
UK North, North West
Responsibilities;?Design and definition of the application programs?Construction and integration of the application programs?Testing and support of reliable and reusable software solutions?Addressing business opportunities ?Coding,...
Premier Group
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
North West
Responsibilities; ?Design and definition of the application programs ?Construction and integration of the application programs ?Testing and support of reliable and reusable software solutions ?Addressing business opportunities ?Coding,...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Therefore you should have proficient skills in XHTML, CSS, Photoshop and have excellent usability, UX and UI experience. Any experience of Jquery, mobile design, Flash, Actionscript and Dreamweaver...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 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
London
Main technologies are PHP, Java and some Flash... Experience with Javascript ideally with JQuery (3 years+) Experience and understanding of server side coding with Java or PHP Highly...
greywood
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Main technologies are PHP, Java and some Flash... Javascript ideally with JQuery... PHP frameworks... Experience with Javascript libraries, BackboneJS, RequireJS, YUI or similar. Experience with Actionscript 3 using...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
If you have experience within game development using C++/Java and have a solid understanding of AS3 then this would be a great opportunity to join a growing...
Amiqus
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Lead Flash Actionscript, XML - Genius Developer!!... We are urgently looking for ambitious and talented Flash Actionscript experts for this agency located in central London... - Excellent Core knowledge of...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Middlesex
I have a great opportunity to join an Award Winning International company based in Feltham. My client is looking to take on a Web Support Developer to work...
Steria
Salary: £27,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 1 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
The skills required for this role are as follows - Web Application development in PHP Agile HMTL/CSS ActionScript or Flash user-interface development It would also be beneficial...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 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
City, London
Your Skills: - In-depth knowledge of UMBRACO or Drupal. - Knowledge of DotNetNuke and/or Wordpress an advantage. - Excellent PHP or ASP.Net. - Excellent HTML, XHTML, CSS programming skills... -...
Embrace
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 9 May 2013
Central London, City of London, London, UK
Job Title: Web Developer (DRUPAL, WordPress, PHP)Location: Central LondonDescription: Job SummaryIt's exciting times here, and we're looking to strengthen our skilled digital team... This is...
Dogstar Abstracts
Salary: 30-40K
Posted: 25 May 2013
Worcestershire
Roc Search, Digital Designer, Front End Developer, Web Developer, Adobe Creative Suite, Flash Actionscript, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, Permanent, Worcestershire, up to £27k) Roc Search are currently looking...
Roc Search
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
North London
The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computer Science, or a related subject, be highly proficient with Object Orientated ActionScript 3.0 and understanding of MVC frameworks.
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 to 50,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You should be passionate about web design, HTML/CSS coding and have hands on experience in designing websites. Primary Skills: - XHTML/CSS2 mastery (including thorough knowledge of cross-...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 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