The first table below looks at the demand for ActionScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ActionScript over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ActionScript
Rank 199 199 148
Rank change year-on-year
0 -51
Permanent jobs citing ActionScript 14 17 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.257% 0.327% 1.009%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.479% 0.609% 1.844%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 42
Average salary £26,500 £23,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.76% -26.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £24,050
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +5.69%
All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2925 2793 2766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 53.62% 53.80% 54.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2374 2450 2425
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire ActionScript Salary Trend

ActionScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ActionScript across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire -4 9 £23,500 +17.50%
North Yorkshire -7 3 £50,000 +66.66%
South Yorkshire +15 2 £23,250 -29.54%
ActionScript
England

ActionScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 44 (81.48%) Flash
2 43 (79.63%) JavaScript
3 33 (61.11%) HTML
3 33 (61.11%) CSS
4 24 (44.44%) PHP
5 22 (40.74%) MySQL
6 19 (35.19%) jQuery
7 18 (33.33%) XML
8 16 (29.63%) OO
9 14 (25.93%) Games
10 13 (24.07%) Ajax
11 12 (22.22%) ActionScript 3.0
11 12 (22.22%) HTML5
11 12 (22.22%) Java
11 12 (22.22%) C++
12 11 (20.37%) Adobe
13 10 (18.52%) SQL
13 10 (18.52%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (16.67%) OOP
14 9 (16.67%) XHTML
14 9 (16.67%) MooTools
14 9 (16.67%) Content Management
14 9 (16.67%) JSON
14 9 (16.67%) Flash Games
14 9 (16.67%) Apache Flex
14 9 (16.67%) Silverlight
15 8 (14.81%) Web Development
15 8 (14.81%) Animation
15 8 (14.81%) Social Gaming
15 8 (14.81%) Digital Media

ActionScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 44 (81.48%) Flash
2 33 (61.11%) HTML
2 33 (61.11%) CSS
3 19 (35.19%) jQuery
4 18 (33.33%) XML
5 13 (24.07%) Ajax
6 12 (22.22%) HTML5
7 9 (16.67%) XHTML
7 9 (16.67%) MooTools
7 9 (16.67%) JSON
7 9 (16.67%) Apache Flex
7 9 (16.67%) Silverlight
8 8 (14.81%) XSLT
8 8 (14.81%) DHTML
9 7 (12.96%) Web Services
10 6 (11.11%) YUI
10 6 (11.11%) JDBC
10 6 (11.11%) Google Closure
11 5 (9.259%) Middleware
11 5 (9.259%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.259%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (1.852%) Apache
2 1 (1.852%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.852%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.852%) MS Office
2 1 (1.852%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) FTP
2 3 (5.556%) HTTP
3 2 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (40.74%) MySQL
2 5 (9.259%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Subversion
1 6 (11.11%) Mercurial
1 6 (11.11%) Git (software)
2 3 (5.556%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.704%) Xcode
3 2 (3.704%) PhoneGap
3 2 (3.704%) Flex Builder
4 1 (1.852%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (1.852%) ProC
General
1 14 (25.93%) Games
2 6 (11.11%) Publishing
3 2 (3.704%) Advertising
3 2 (3.704%) Music
3 2 (3.704%) Interactive Media
4 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.852%) Finance
Job Titles
1 42 (77.78%) Developer
2 15 (27.78%) Web Developer
2 15 (27.78%) Flash Developer
3 11 (20.37%) Junior
4 9 (16.67%) Junior Flash Developer
4 9 (16.67%) Junior Developer
5 8 (14.81%) UI Developer
5 8 (14.81%) UI Programmer
6 7 (12.96%) Flash Games Developer
6 7 (12.96%) Games Developer
7 6 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
7 6 (11.11%) Development Manager
8 4 (7.407%) Junior Games Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Software Manager
9 3 (5.556%) Software Development Manager
9 3 (5.556%) PHP Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Senior Flash Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Senior Games Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Graduate
9 3 (5.556%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (16.67%) Flash Games
3 8 (14.81%) Animation
3 8 (14.81%) Social Gaming
3 8 (14.81%) Digital Media
4 7 (12.96%) Online Games
5 4 (7.407%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.852%) iPhone
6 1 (1.852%) Open Source
6 1 (1.852%) SaaS
6 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.852%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Android
2 5 (9.259%) Linux
2 5 (9.259%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.704%) UNIX
3 2 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) OO
2 9 (16.67%) OOP
2 9 (16.67%) Content Management
3 8 (14.81%) Web Development
4 5 (9.259%) Project Management
5 4 (7.407%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (5.556%) Information Security
7 2 (3.704%) OOD
7 2 (3.704%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.704%) Time Management
7 2 (3.704%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.852%) Manual Testing
8 1 (1.852%) Game Development
8 1 (1.852%) Refactoring
8 1 (1.852%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (1.852%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (1.852%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.852%) Regression Testing
8 1 (1.852%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 43 (79.63%) JavaScript
2 24 (44.44%) PHP
3 12 (22.22%) ActionScript 3.0
3 12 (22.22%) Java
3 12 (22.22%) C++
4 10 (18.52%) SQL
5 6 (11.11%) C
5 6 (11.11%) Perl
5 6 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 6 (11.11%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.852%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 2 (3.704%) ISEB
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Adobe
2 6 (11.11%) Google
2 6 (11.11%) Oracle
3 5 (9.259%) Facebook
4 2 (3.704%) Zend
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