The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 21 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 31 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 1.460% 2.020% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.226% 3.509% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £21,500 £20,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,750 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-5.38% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
62 57 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 45.26% 57.58% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 57 42 27
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% +15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £33,000 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
West Yorkshire

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 11 (100.00%) Flash
2 10 (90.91%) Games
2 10 (90.91%) ActionScript 3.0
3 7 (63.64%) Social Gaming
3 7 (63.64%) Online Games
3 7 (63.64%) Flash Games
4 6 (54.55%) Java
5 5 (45.45%) C++
5 5 (45.45%) Facebook
5 5 (45.45%) Facebook Platform
6 2 (18.18%) HTML
6 2 (18.18%) OOP
6 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 1 (9.091%) Game Development
7 1 (9.091%) PHP
7 1 (9.091%) SQL
7 1 (9.091%) MySQL
7 1 (9.091%) CSS
7 1 (9.091%) XML
7 1 (9.091%) UNIX
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) OO
7 1 (9.091%) MVC
7 1 (9.091%) Advertising
7 1 (9.091%) Publishing
7 1 (9.091%) Time Management
7 1 (9.091%) Git (software)
7 1 (9.091%) Refactoring
7 1 (9.091%) German Language
7 1 (9.091%) Apache Flex

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 11 (100.00%) Flash
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
3 1 (9.091%) CSS
3 1 (9.091%) XML
3 1 (9.091%) Apache Flex
3 1 (9.091%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Facebook Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Git (software)
General
1 10 (90.91%) Games
2 1 (9.091%) Advertising
2 1 (9.091%) Publishing
2 1 (9.091%) German Language
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (90.91%) Flash Developer
3 7 (63.64%) Flash Games Developer
3 7 (63.64%) Games Developer
4 4 (36.36%) Junior Flash Developer
4 4 (36.36%) Junior Games Developer
4 4 (36.36%) Junior
4 4 (36.36%) Junior Developer
5 3 (27.27%) Senior Flash Developer
5 3 (27.27%) Senior Games Developer
5 3 (27.27%) Senior Developer
6 2 (18.18%) Flash ActionScript Developer
7 1 (9.091%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Social Gaming
1 7 (63.64%) Online Games
1 7 (63.64%) Flash Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) OOP
2 1 (9.091%) Game Development
2 1 (9.091%) OO
2 1 (9.091%) MVC
2 1 (9.091%) Time Management
2 1 (9.091%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) ActionScript 3.0
2 6 (54.55%) Java
3 5 (45.45%) C++
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.091%) PHP
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) Objective-C
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Facebook
2 1 (9.091%) Zend