The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 162 152 133
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -19
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 11 18 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.309% 0.556% 0.531%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.571% 1.010% 1.025%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 12
Average salary £40,000 £26,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £20,000 £25,050
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,000 £35,900
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1925 1783 1561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 54.03% 55.03% 51.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1560 1555 1367
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ActionScript
Yorkshire

ActionScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -12 4 £50,000 +117.39% 2
Wetherby +10 2 £50,000 +42.85%
Pudsey - 2 £39,500 - 3
Bradford +4 1 £30,000 -6.25%
Wakefield +2 1 £21,500 +7.50% 4
ActionScript
Yorkshire

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 28 (75.68%) JavaScript
1 28 (75.68%) Flash
2 18 (48.65%) HTML
2 18 (48.65%) CSS
3 16 (43.24%) PHP
3 16 (43.24%) MySQL
4 12 (32.43%) Java
4 12 (32.43%) C++
5 11 (29.73%) Games
6 10 (27.03%) Ajax
7 9 (24.32%) Apache Flex
7 9 (24.32%) jQuery
7 9 (24.32%) ActionScript 3.0
7 9 (24.32%) XML
7 9 (24.32%) SQL
8 8 (21.62%) OOP
8 8 (21.62%) Social Gaming
9 7 (18.92%) JSON
9 7 (18.92%) Flash Games
9 7 (18.92%) Online Games
9 7 (18.92%) Web Development
9 7 (18.92%) Degree
9 7 (18.92%) Adobe
9 7 (18.92%) C
10 6 (16.22%) PL/SQL
10 6 (16.22%) Perl
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle
10 6 (16.22%) OO
10 6 (16.22%) Web Services
10 6 (16.22%) JDBC

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 28 (75.68%) Flash
2 18 (48.65%) HTML
2 18 (48.65%) CSS
3 10 (27.03%) Ajax
4 9 (24.32%) Apache Flex
4 9 (24.32%) jQuery
4 9 (24.32%) XML
5 7 (18.92%) JSON
6 6 (16.22%) Web Services
6 6 (16.22%) JDBC
6 6 (16.22%) HTML5
7 5 (13.51%) Google Closure
7 5 (13.51%) YUI
7 5 (13.51%) Middleware
7 5 (13.51%) ODBC
8 2 (5.405%) .NET
8 2 (5.405%) ADO.NET
8 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET
8 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (2.703%) Apache
2 1 (2.703%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.703%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) FTP
2 3 (8.108%) Internet
3 2 (5.405%) HTTP
4 1 (2.703%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (43.24%) MySQL
2 5 (13.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Mercurial
1 5 (13.51%) Subversion
1 5 (13.51%) Git (software)
2 2 (5.405%) Flex Builder
3 1 (2.703%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (2.703%) ProC
3 1 (2.703%) Eclipse
General
1 11 (29.73%) Games
2 4 (10.81%) Publishing
3 2 (5.405%) Advertising
4 1 (2.703%) Electronics
4 1 (2.703%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Developer
2 14 (37.84%) Flash Developer
3 9 (24.32%) Junior
4 8 (21.62%) Junior Developer
4 8 (21.62%) Junior Flash Developer
5 7 (18.92%) Flash Games Developer
5 7 (18.92%) Games Developer
6 5 (13.51%) JavaScript Developer
6 5 (13.51%) Web Developer
6 5 (13.51%) Development Manager
6 5 (13.51%) Senior Developer
7 4 (10.81%) Junior Games Developer
8 3 (8.108%) Senior Flash Developer
8 3 (8.108%) Senior Games Developer
9 2 (5.405%) Graduate
9 2 (5.405%) Analyst
9 2 (5.405%) Test Analyst
9 2 (5.405%) .NET Developer
9 2 (5.405%) Software Development Manager
9 2 (5.405%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Social Gaming
2 7 (18.92%) Flash Games
2 7 (18.92%) Online Games
3 4 (10.81%) Animation
4 3 (8.108%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.703%) SaaS
5 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.703%) IPTV
5 1 (2.703%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.703%) STB
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Apple iOS
1 5 (13.51%) Android
2 4 (10.81%) Linux
3 3 (8.108%) Windows
4 1 (2.703%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) OOP
2 7 (18.92%) Web Development
3 6 (16.22%) OO
4 5 (13.51%) Project Management
5 3 (8.108%) Time Management
6 2 (5.405%) Scrum
6 2 (5.405%) MVC
6 2 (5.405%) Information Security
6 2 (5.405%) TDD
6 2 (5.405%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.405%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.703%) Game Development
7 1 (2.703%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.703%) Refactoring
7 1 (2.703%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.703%) OOD
7 1 (2.703%) Regression Testing
7 1 (2.703%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 28 (75.68%) JavaScript
2 16 (43.24%) PHP
3 12 (32.43%) Java
3 12 (32.43%) C++
4 9 (24.32%) ActionScript 3.0
4 9 (24.32%) SQL
5 7 (18.92%) C
6 6 (16.22%) PL/SQL
6 6 (16.22%) Perl
6 6 (16.22%) Objective-C
7 2 (5.405%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 2 (5.405%) ISEB
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Adobe
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 5 (13.51%) Facebook
3 5 (13.51%) Google
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Essential Technical skills: Detailed knowledge of Flash including design techniques and animation. Good knowledge of Actionscript at design level. Working knowledge of Javascript and ideally HTML5. Knowledge of...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Essential Technical skills: Detailed knowledge of Flash including design techniques and animation. Good knowledge of Actionscript at design level. Working knowledge of Javascript and ideally HTML5. Knowledge of...
greywood
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
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
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 35,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Pudsey, Yorkshire
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 June 2013
Pudsey, Yorkshire
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 June 2013