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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 674 707
Rank change year-on-year +53 +33 +282
Permanent jobs citing Flash 32 25 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.047% 0.025%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.45% 0.22% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 9
10th Percentile £42,000 - £32,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -9.52%
75th Percentile £79,375 £67,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,250 £53,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -13.64%

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 7,080 11,547 13,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.80% 21.58% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,272 6,787 11,241
10th Percentile £35,760 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £109,875 £109,250 £105,000
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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Flash in the UK

Flash
Top 10 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 14 January 2026. 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 +70 32 £55,000 -15.38% 27
UK excluding London +68 28 £55,000 -15.38% 20
Work from Home +90 27 £55,000 - 17
South East +34 14 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Midlands - 11 - - 4
East Midlands - 10 - - 2
London +50 4 £80,000 +33.33% 9
South West - 2 £82,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £25,409 - 1
North of England - 1 £25,409 - 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) SSL
2 1 (3.13%) 2G
2 1 (3.13%) 4G
2 1 (3.13%) 5G
2 1 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 19 (59.38%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (53.13%) Finance
3 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
4 9 (28.13%) Automotive
4 9 (28.13%) Electronics
5 4 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Financial Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Report Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Senior
2 11 (34.38%) Senior Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Senior Reporting Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Embedded Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Pricing Manager
5 2 (6.25%) AS400 Operator
5 2 (6.25%) Vulnerability Researcher
6 1 (3.13%) AS400 Support
6 1 (3.13%) QC Technician
6 1 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Test Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (9.38%) IBM Storwize
3 2 (6.25%) AS400
3 2 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.13%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Decision-Making
2 11 (34.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 9 (28.13%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (12.50%) Benchmarking
6 4 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
6 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Economics
6 4 (12.50%) Pricing Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (9.38%) Key Management
7 3 (9.38%) Performance Management
7 3 (9.38%) Proactive Management
8 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Data Collection
8 2 (6.25%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (6.25%) Financial Analysis
8 2 (6.25%) Prototyping
8 2 (6.25%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) C
2 9 (28.13%) Embedded C
3 3 (9.38%) SQL
4 2 (6.25%) C++
4 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) ACCA
1 17 (53.13%) CIMA
2 11 (34.38%) AAT
3 4 (12.50%) CFA
3 4 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (28.13%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (28.13%) Firmware
2 3 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Progress
2 3 (9.38%) IBM
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Workday