The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript 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 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 Programming Languages category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 179 188 145
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -43
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 23 6 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.436% 0.125% 0.578%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.882% 0.234% 1.276%
Number of salaries quoted 20 6 25
Average salary £25,000 £26,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% -27.77%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2608 2559 1959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.45% 53.52% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2292 2304 1749
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands ActionScript Salary Histogram

ActionScript
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire +11 10 £25,000 - 1
Birmingham -9 6 £36,500 +40.38% 2
Worcestershire - 4 £26,000 -
Shropshire - 2 £26,500 -
Staffordshire - 2 £30,750 - 2
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 43 (70.49%) HTML
2 42 (68.85%) CSS
3 41 (67.21%) JavaScript
4 37 (60.66%) PHP
5 33 (54.10%) C++
6 32 (52.46%) Java
7 30 (49.18%) Linux
7 30 (49.18%) Ruby
7 30 (49.18%) Ruby on Rails
8 29 (47.54%) Web Services
9 26 (42.62%) Flash
10 24 (39.34%) Apache
10 24 (39.34%) Ajax
11 22 (36.07%) UNIX
11 22 (36.07%) Perl
12 21 (34.43%) Photoshop
13 20 (32.79%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (31.15%) Subversion
15 18 (29.51%) ActionScript 3.0
15 18 (29.51%) HTML5
16 17 (27.87%) Adobe
17 16 (26.23%) DHCP
18 14 (22.95%) Web Application Development
18 14 (22.95%) Modbus
18 14 (22.95%) jQuery
19 13 (21.31%) Open Source
20 12 (19.67%) Graphic Design
20 12 (19.67%) LAMP
21 10 (16.39%) Selenium
22 9 (14.75%) CSS3

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 43 (70.49%) HTML
2 42 (68.85%) CSS
3 30 (49.18%) Ruby on Rails
4 29 (47.54%) Web Services
5 26 (42.62%) Flash
6 24 (39.34%) Ajax
7 18 (29.51%) HTML5
8 14 (22.95%) jQuery
9 12 (19.67%) LAMP
10 9 (14.75%) CSS3
11 7 (11.48%) XML
12 6 (9.836%) .NET
13 4 (6.557%) ASP.NET
13 4 (6.557%) XHTML
13 4 (6.557%) Silverlight
14 3 (4.918%) Middleware
15 2 (3.279%) Modernizr
16 1 (1.639%) AngularJS
16 1 (1.639%) iOS SDK
16 1 (1.639%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 24 (39.34%) Apache
2 4 (6.557%) Drupal
3 1 (1.639%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (34.43%) Photoshop
2 8 (13.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.279%) Fireworks
4 1 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.639%) 3ds Max
4 1 (1.639%) MS Office
4 1 (1.639%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) DHCP
2 14 (22.95%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (32.79%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.918%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (31.15%) Subversion
2 10 (16.39%) Selenium
3 8 (13.11%) Flash Builder
4 2 (3.279%) WATIR
4 2 (3.279%) Cucumber
4 2 (3.279%) RSpec
5 1 (1.639%) PhoneGap
5 1 (1.639%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (1.639%) Dreamweaver
General
1 9 (14.75%) Games
2 4 (6.557%) Marketing
3 2 (3.279%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (77.05%) Developer
2 19 (31.15%) Designer
3 11 (18.03%) Team Leader
3 11 (18.03%) Web Developer
3 11 (18.03%) Applications Developer
4 9 (14.75%) Ruby on Rails Developer
4 9 (14.75%) Senior Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Programmer
5 8 (13.11%) ActionScript Programmer
5 8 (13.11%) Ruby Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Flash Designer
5 8 (13.11%) Flash Programmer
6 7 (11.48%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (8.197%) Software Developer
8 4 (6.557%) Lead Developer
9 3 (4.918%) UI Designer
9 3 (4.918%) Front-End Web Developer
9 3 (4.918%) Software Engineer
9 3 (4.918%) Web Designer
10 2 (3.279%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Open Source
2 12 (19.67%) Graphic Design
3 8 (13.11%) Device Driver
4 6 (9.836%) Mobile App
5 5 (8.197%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (6.557%) Motion Graphics
6 4 (6.557%) Social Media
7 3 (4.918%) iPhone
8 2 (3.279%) Blackberry
8 2 (3.279%) Blog
8 2 (3.279%) iPad
9 1 (1.639%) Learning Management System
9 1 (1.639%) Video Editing
9 1 (1.639%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 30 (49.18%) Linux
2 22 (36.07%) UNIX
3 3 (4.918%) Android
4 1 (1.639%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Web Application Development
2 8 (13.11%) OOD
2 8 (13.11%) OO
3 6 (9.836%) E-Commerce
4 4 (6.557%) MVC
4 4 (6.557%) Content Management
4 4 (6.557%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (4.918%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (4.918%) BDD
5 3 (4.918%) Time Management
5 3 (4.918%) OOP
5 3 (4.918%) Web Design
6 2 (3.279%) Automated Testing
6 2 (3.279%) Mobile Application Development
7 1 (1.639%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.639%) Test Scripting
7 1 (1.639%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 41 (67.21%) JavaScript
2 37 (60.66%) PHP
3 33 (54.10%) C++
4 32 (52.46%) Java
5 30 (49.18%) Ruby
6 22 (36.07%) Perl
7 18 (29.51%) ActionScript 3.0
8 8 (13.11%) SQL
9 6 (9.836%) Python
10 4 (6.557%) C#
10 4 (6.557%) VB.NET
11 3 (4.918%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (4.918%) PHP5
11 3 (4.918%) PHP4
12 1 (1.639%) Bash shell
12 1 (1.639%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (8.197%) Degree
2 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Adobe
2 2 (3.279%) Macromedia
2 2 (3.279%) Twitter
3 1 (1.639%) SAP
3 1 (1.639%) Microsoft
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential skills/experience: *Great team working and communication skills *At least 1+ experience working with JavaScript / JQuery with excellent demonstrable web skills *Strong experience with hand written JavaScript...
Computer People
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Major Online company requires experienced Flash AS3 Programmer with just a little Design flare ideally, to work on large scale on going programmes of Flash AS3 web site...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum + Depending on exp +Good Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warwickshire
As a web designer you will be responsible designing and producing content within the web design team and ensuring all output and quality of work meets required criteria.
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
The Web / Digital Designer (UX / Adobe / HTML / CSS) will deliver user experience (UX) and design specifications, such as mock-ups and wireframes... - To understand usability and navigation issues...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
JQuery. Phone Gap. Experience in iPhone (Objective C) and/or Android Development (Java) Front End/Graphic Design (Experienced) Knowledge of iOS and Android SDK. Cross platform mobile app...
IT Human Resources
Salary: £35000 - £3604500000 per annum + 5% Flexi Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
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