The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Assembly Language over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assembly Language (Assembler)
Rank 36 37 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 3 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.893% 2.892% 2.058%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.639% 4.494% 3.425%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Average daily rate - £305 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £270
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £37.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.72% -1.33%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
183 267 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 54.46% 64.34% 60.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 140 72
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £214 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £413 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 29 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £20.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Assembly Language
Cambridgeshire

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Assembly Language across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge Assembly Language Jobs Demand Trend

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Assembly Language across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Assembly Language Daily Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Assembly Language across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Assembly Language Hourly Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Assembly Language 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Assembly Language.

1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) E-Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Animation
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSLT

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Assembly Language also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Assembly Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Author
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Author
1 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) E-Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Animation
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree