Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Adobe AIR skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe AIR over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkAdobe Integrated Runtime (Adobe AIR)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank653618939
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Up+321
Matching permanent IT job ads235225
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.027 %0.061 %0.012 %
As % of the Application Development category0.073 %0.176 %0.038 %
Salaries quoted234222
Average salary£36,500£42,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.11 %+13.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£32,750£20,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£50,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-35.00 %+42.85 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

Adobe AIR
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Adobe AIR Demand Trend

Adobe AIR
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK.

Adobe AIR Salary Trend

Adobe AIR
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe AIR over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Adobe AIR Salary Histogram

Adobe AIR
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe AIR within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3723£36,500-14.11 %
LondonDown-5312£40,000+2.56 %
TwickenhamNew entry-10£40,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-7£32,500-
SolihullNew entry-4£32,500-
CoventryNew entry-3£32,500-
South EastDown-192£35,000-30.00 %
East MidlandsNew entry-2£24,500-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-2£24,500-
BerkshireNew entry-2£35,000-
NorthamptonNew entry-2£24,500-

Adobe AIR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR.

189 (100.00 %)Adobe
265 (73.03 %)C#
349 (55.06 %).NET
444 (49.44 %)CSS
543 (48.31 %)JavaScript
641 (46.07 %)OO
740 (44.94 %)HTML
839 (43.82 %)Flash
839 (43.82 %)ASP.NET
937 (41.57 %)Adobe Flex
1026 (29.21 %)W3C
1026 (29.21 %)Java
1026 (29.21 %)PHP
1125 (28.09 %)Degree
1224 (26.97 %)LAMP
1323 (25.84 %)SQL
1323 (25.84 %)C++
1323 (25.84 %)SQL Server
1323 (25.84 %)AJAX
1421 (23.60 %)Silverlight
1421 (23.60 %)Social Network
1520 (22.47 %)Subversion
1619 (21.35 %)Marketing
1718 (20.22 %)SQL Server 2000
1718 (20.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1817 (19.10 %)MySQL
1916 (17.98 %)OOD
1916 (17.98 %)Computer Science
1916 (17.98 %)Ruby
2015 (16.85 %)SQL Server 2005

Adobe AIR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
149 (55.06 %).NET
244 (49.44 %)CSS
340 (44.94 %)HTML
439 (43.82 %)ASP.NET
439 (43.82 %)Flash
537 (41.57 %)Adobe Flex
624 (26.97 %)LAMP
723 (25.84 %)AJAX
821 (23.60 %)Silverlight
918 (20.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1012 (13.48 %)DHTML
1111 (12.36 %)ASP
1210 (11.24 %)GWT
138 (8.989 %)jQuery
138 (8.989 %)Ruby on Rails
146 (6.742 %)WPF
154 (4.494 %)XHTML
163 (3.371 %)XML
163 (3.371 %)NHibernate
163 (3.371 %)CakePHP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (16.85 %)Apache
23 (3.371 %)CMS
31 (1.124 %)TeamSite
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (7.865 %)Photoshop
22 (2.247 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (1.124 %)Shockwave
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (6.742 %)Internet
21 (1.124 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (25.84 %)SQL Server
218 (20.22 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (19.10 %)MySQL
415 (16.85 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (22.47 %)Subversion
29 (10.11 %)Eclipse
37 (7.865 %)Expression Studio
46 (6.742 %)Visual Studio
51 (1.124 %)OpenDeploy
51 (1.124 %)JMeter
51 (1.124 %)NUnit
51 (1.124 %)Firebug
51 (1.124 %)NCover
51 (1.124 %)FlexUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (21.35 %)Marketing
215 (16.85 %)Pensions
310 (11.24 %)Animation
47 (7.865 %)Finance
54 (4.494 %)Health
54 (4.494 %)Telecoms
63 (3.371 %)Graphic Design
63 (3.371 %)Social Media
63 (3.371 %)Automotive
63 (3.371 %)Retail
71 (1.124 %)Multimedia
71 (1.124 %)Advertising
71 (1.124 %)3D Graphics
71 (1.124 %)Games
71 (1.124 %)Flash Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
177 (86.52 %)Developer
233 (37.08 %).NET Developer
326 (29.21 %)Web Developer
419 (21.35 %)Senior Developer
511 (12.36 %)PHP Developer
610 (11.24 %)Software Engineer
78 (8.989 %)Senior Web Developer
78 (8.989 %).NET Web Developer
87 (7.865 %)Senior .NET Developer
95 (5.618 %)LAMP Developer
95 (5.618 %)Silverlight Developer
104 (4.494 %)Designer
104 (4.494 %)PHP Web Developer
104 (4.494 %)ActionScript Developer
104 (4.494 %)Flash Developer
104 (4.494 %)C# Developer
113 (3.371 %)Web Designer
113 (3.371 %)Software Developer
113 (3.371 %)ASP.NET Developer
113 (3.371 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (29.21 %)W3C
221 (23.60 %)Social Network
316 (17.98 %)Computer Science
49 (10.11 %)RIA
49 (10.11 %)Open Source
56 (6.742 %)N-Tier
63 (3.371 %)Tandem
63 (3.371 %)Multithreading
71 (1.124 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (16.85 %)Linux
28 (8.989 %)Windows
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
141 (46.07 %)OO
216 (17.98 %)OOD
313 (14.61 %)Scrum
412 (13.48 %)OOP
511 (12.36 %)Web Development
511 (12.36 %)UML
610 (11.24 %)MVC
79 (10.11 %)Workflow
88 (8.989 %)E-Commerce
88 (8.989 %)Agile Software Development
97 (7.865 %)TDD
104 (4.494 %)Web Design
104 (4.494 %)Unit Testing
113 (3.371 %)Domain-Driven Design
113 (3.371 %)Information Architecture
113 (3.371 %)Load Balancing
121 (1.124 %)Asset Management
121 (1.124 %)Content Management
121 (1.124 %)Software Engineering
121 (1.124 %)OOA/OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
165 (73.03 %)C#
243 (48.31 %)JavaScript
326 (29.21 %)PHP
326 (29.21 %)Java
423 (25.84 %)SQL
423 (25.84 %)C++
516 (17.98 %)Ruby
610 (11.24 %)ActionScript
78 (8.989 %)ActionScript 3.0
86 (6.742 %)ActionScript 2.0
93 (3.371 %)PHP5
102 (2.247 %)PHP4
102 (2.247 %)Bash shell
111 (1.124 %)Lingo
111 (1.124 %)Perl
111 (1.124 %)VB
111 (1.124 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (28.09 %)Degree
22 (2.247 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.247 %)WAI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
189 (100.00 %)Adobe
210 (11.24 %)Google
36 (6.742 %)Zend
44 (4.494 %)Microsoft
51 (1.124 %)Interwoven