The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Assembly Language 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 Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assembly Language (Assembler)
Rank 56 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.120% 0.092% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.429% 0.524% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £303 £265
% change year-on-year
+40.49% +14.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £36.50 £37.25
% change year-on-year
+6.16% -2.01%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
233 191 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 27.97% 17.57% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 77 103
Average daily rate £325 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £237 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
Average hourly rate £12.71 £32.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.28% +52.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Assembly Language
Scotland

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Assembly Language Daily Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (100.00%) ISPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor