The first table below looks at the demand for Flash skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Flash
Rank 29 31 21
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Flash 1 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 0.813% 0.909% 3.297%
As % of the Application Development category 1.639% 2.778% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
Average salary £21,500 £20,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Application Development
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
61 36 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 49.59% 32.73% 21.98%
Number of salaries quoted 59 28 20
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% +21.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Flash
West Yorkshire

Flash
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Flash Jobs Demand Trend

Flash
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Flash across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Flash Salary Trend

Flash
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Flash 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 Flash.

1 10 (90.91%) ActionScript
1 10 (90.91%) Games
2 9 (81.82%) ActionScript 3.0
3 7 (63.64%) Social Gaming
3 7 (63.64%) Flash Games
3 7 (63.64%) Online 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%) CSS
7 1 (9.091%) Game Development
7 1 (9.091%) Refactoring
7 1 (9.091%) Marketing
7 1 (9.091%) Web Development
7 1 (9.091%) XML
7 1 (9.091%) OOP
7 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 1 (9.091%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
7 1 (9.091%) SQL
7 1 (9.091%) Photoshop
7 1 (9.091%) Objective-C
7 1 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator

Flash
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Flash 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 Flash. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Photoshop
1 1 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Dreamweaver
General
1 10 (90.91%) Games
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
1 10 (90.91%) Flash Developer
2 7 (63.64%) Flash Games Developer
2 7 (63.64%) Games Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Junior Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Junior
3 4 (36.36%) Junior Flash Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Junior Games Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Flash Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Games Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Flash ActionScript Developer
6 1 (9.091%) Designer
6 1 (9.091%) Senior Designer
6 1 (9.091%) Senior Web Designer
6 1 (9.091%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Social Gaming
1 7 (63.64%) Flash Games
1 7 (63.64%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) Game Development
1 1 (9.091%) Refactoring
1 1 (9.091%) Web Development
1 1 (9.091%) OOP
1 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) ActionScript
2 9 (81.82%) ActionScript 3.0
3 6 (54.55%) Java
4 5 (45.45%) C++
5 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) Objective-C
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Facebook
Wakefield, Yorkshire
Strong MySQL skills. HTML. JavaScript. Object Orientated Programming. Any of the following skills would be advantageous, Unix & Windows Server administration. Flex and Flash (ActionScript 3.0) MVC Framework...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
PHP / MySQL / HTML / JavaScript / Object Orientated Programming / OOP Windows / Unix / Flex / Flash / ActionScript (3.0) / MVC / GIT Code Management My client has an urgent requirement for a PHP...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Flash Games Developer required to join this ever evolving gaming company... Essential skills are as follows: - Games industry Knowledge - Programming in Action Script 3 - Senior role in at...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 35,000
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Flash Games Developer required to join this ever evolving gaming company... Essential skills are as follows: - Games industry Knowledge - Programming in Action Script 3 - Senior role in at...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 35,000
Posted: 17 June 2013