Demand for RIA-jobs on the rise
I remember someone asked me about Flex jobs in Europe when I showed this graph at the Flex pre-release tour last February. This graphs shows the increase in demand for Flex coders but is based on data from the US. I remember responding to the question saying that everywhere I go, people ask if I don’t know anyone that knows Flex or ActionScript. So I did a quick check with a few companies in Belgium and the demand is definitely there.
Boulevart is currently looking for Flash developers and Flex/AIR developers. LBi is looking for Flash/AS3 developers. iDa/MediaFoundry is looking for RIA developers. These Days is looking for Flashers/Flexers.
And I’m pretty sure there are more jobs out there if you look for them. And that seems to be the big problem right now. You’ll have to do a little bit of extra effort to actually find these jobs. You usually won’t find them in the newspapers…
Peter Elst is trying to make that a lot easier. He just launched RIAjobs.org, a job board targeted at Rich Internet Application developers from various backgrounds be it Flash, Flex, AJAX or Silverlight. As it only launched a few days ago, there aren’t that many jobs yet but I’m sure that will change soon. Usergroup meetings and conferences are also a great way of meeting companies who are hiring and obviously keeping an eye on your favorite company’s website is also a good way of finding out about job opportunities.
June 28, 2008 - 12:04 pm
What do you mean by “people ask if I don?t know anyone that knows Flex or ActionScript”?
Is the demand greater in the US than abroad?
How is the percentage of growth calculated and by whom?
June 28, 2008 - 12:18 pm
You can also check out http://www.flexjobs.in which is a site focused on just the Flex, Flash and AIR jobs.
June 28, 2008 - 12:25 pm
Jeff: When I meet with agencies, I get that question a lot. I don’t know if the demand is greater in the US. It certainly seems more organized. The chart is from Indeed.com ( http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22adobe+flex%22&l=&relative=1 ). Indeed.com searches millions of jobs from thousands of job sites. This job trends graph shows relative growth for jobs we find matching your search terms
June 28, 2008 - 6:18 pm
Serge,
About the question you’re asked… I was trying to determine by the phrasing, in particular the use of “don’t”, if the question is tongue-in-cheek. It looks like everyone you know has a Flex/AS background and you don’t know anyone that does not have a Flex/AS background.
It’s a great crowd to hang out with!