Flash Job Trends

Adobe Flash
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Flash skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 713 722
Rank change year-on-year +81 +9 +360
Permanent jobs citing Flash 34 29 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.043% 0.028%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.45% 0.21% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 12
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +26.83% -33.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,500 £70,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -25.49%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Flash falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,599 13,771 14,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.98% 20.23% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,098 8,311 11,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,460
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -0.70% +0.71%
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

Flash
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Flash relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Flash job vacancy trend in the UK

Flash
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Flash.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Flash

Flash
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Flash over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Flash in the UK

Flash
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Flash within the UK over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +106 32 £55,000 -15.38% 67
UK excluding London +74 30 £55,000 -15.38% 59
Work from Home +78 22 £55,000 +37.50% 51
South East +30 15 £55,000 -15.38% 26
Midlands - 6 - - 8
North of England - 6 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands - 5 - - 2
North East - 4 £60,000 -
South West - 3 £82,500 - 5
London +38 2 £80,000 +33.33% 18
Yorkshire - 1 £25,409 - 2
North West - 1 - - 1

Flash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.94%) CANalyzer
2 1 (2.94%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Figma
1 1 (2.94%) IBM Cloud
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) SSL
2 1 (2.94%) 2G
2 1 (2.94%) 4G
2 1 (2.94%) 5G
2 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (2.94%) CANoe
2 1 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 17 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Automotive
4 9 (26.47%) Electronics
5 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Games
7 1 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Analyst
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Firmware Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Financial Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Report Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Senior Reporting Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) AS400 Operator
5 2 (5.88%) Business Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Pricing Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Vulnerability Researcher
6 1 (2.94%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.76%) SCADA
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) IBM Storwize
4 2 (5.88%) AS400
4 2 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (5.88%) NHS
4 2 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) Collaborative Culture
3 8 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 6 (17.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (8.82%) Key Management
6 3 (8.82%) Performance Management
6 3 (8.82%) Proactive Management
6 3 (8.82%) Prototyping
7 2 (5.88%) Benchmarking
7 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
7 2 (5.88%) Data Collection
7 2 (5.88%) Economics
7 2 (5.88%) Financial Analysis
7 2 (5.88%) Project Management
7 2 (5.88%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) Software Testing
7 2 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) C
2 9 (26.47%) Embedded C
3 3 (8.82%) C++
3 3 (8.82%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) ACCA
1 11 (32.35%) CIMA
2 9 (26.47%) Degree
3 6 (17.65%) AAT
4 5 (14.71%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.88%) CFA
5 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (26.47%) Firmware
2 3 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) DIgSILENT
2 3 (8.82%) IBM
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) Progress
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) Workday
4 1 (2.94%) Adobe