The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 3.0 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript 3.0 over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
Rank 194 186 154
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -32
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 3.0 5 4 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.099% 0.087% 0.417%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.202% 0.161% 0.903%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 16
Average salary £29,500 £21,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.47% -50.58%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2481 2491 1882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.32% 53.98% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2164 2249 1696
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ActionScript 3.0 Salary Trend

ActionScript 3.0
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Shropshire - 3 £26,500 -
Staffordshire -3 2 £32,500 +54.76%
ActionScript 3.0
England

ActionScript 3.0
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 11 (100.00%) CSS
1 11 (100.00%) Flash
1 11 (100.00%) HTML5
2 10 (90.91%) Photoshop
3 8 (72.73%) Web Services
3 8 (72.73%) HTML
3 8 (72.73%) Adobe
4 7 (63.64%) Graphic Design
4 7 (63.64%) OOD
4 7 (63.64%) OO
4 7 (63.64%) Flash Builder
5 4 (36.36%) Ajax
5 4 (36.36%) CSS3
5 4 (36.36%) jQuery
6 3 (27.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (27.27%) XHTML
6 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
7 1 (9.091%) Software Testing

ActionScript 3.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 11 (100.00%) CSS
1 11 (100.00%) Flash
1 11 (100.00%) HTML5
2 8 (72.73%) Web Services
2 8 (72.73%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) Ajax
3 4 (36.36%) CSS3
3 4 (36.36%) jQuery
4 3 (27.27%) XHTML
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Photoshop
2 3 (27.27%) Adobe Illustrator
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Flash Builder
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Designer
2 7 (63.64%) Programmer
2 7 (63.64%) Flash Designer
2 7 (63.64%) Flash Programmer
2 7 (63.64%) ActionScript Programmer
3 4 (36.36%) Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Graphic Design
2 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) OOD
1 7 (63.64%) OO
2 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Adobe