The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Assembly Language over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assembly Language (Assembler)
Rank 496 520 498
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -22
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 18 50 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.043% 0.092% 0.119%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.114% 0.260% 0.312%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 23
Average daily rate £450 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £148 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £305 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £303 £265
% change year-on-year
+40.49% +14.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 11
Average hourly rate £38.75 £37.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% -1.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.10 £30.50 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+6.16% -2.66%
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15742 19242 21162
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 37.29% 35.47% 38.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9938 11611 12478
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 698 873
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.00 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Assembly Language
UK

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Assembly Language Daily Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Assembly Language across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Assembly Language Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Assembly Language Hourly Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Assembly Language within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +31 10 £450 -
East of England +2 3 - -
South West +23 2 - -
North West +7 1 £450 -
Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
Assembly Language
UK

Assembly Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 23 (71.88%) C
2 21 (65.63%) C++
3 11 (34.38%) Degree
4 10 (31.25%) OO
5 6 (18.75%) Linux
6 5 (15.63%) IBM
6 5 (15.63%) Embedded C
6 5 (15.63%) REXX
6 5 (15.63%) JCL
6 5 (15.63%) Aerospace
6 5 (15.63%) DO-178B
6 5 (15.63%) Android
7 4 (12.50%) Avionics
7 4 (12.50%) Symmetrix DMX
7 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 4 (12.50%) zOS
7 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 4 (12.50%) EMC
8 3 (9.375%) UML
8 3 (9.375%) Firmware
8 3 (9.375%) Ruby
8 3 (9.375%) Unit Testing
8 3 (9.375%) Apple iOS
9 2 (6.250%) Windows Phone
9 2 (6.250%) Open Source
9 2 (6.250%) Security Architecture
9 2 (6.250%) Software Architecture
9 2 (6.250%) IEC 61508
9 2 (6.250%) Windows
9 2 (6.250%) Penetration Testing

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 (3.125%) XML
1 1 (3.125%) XSLT
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
1 1 (3.125%) Middleware
1 1 (3.125%) NHibernate
1 1 (3.125%) WCF
1 1 (3.125%) WPF
1 1 (3.125%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) CICS
1 1 (3.125%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.125%) Internet
2 1 (3.125%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.250%) DB2
2 1 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.125%) Informix
2 1 (3.125%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Eclipse
1 1 (3.125%) Xcode
General
1 5 (15.63%) Aerospace
2 4 (12.50%) Avionics
3 1 (3.125%) Front Office
3 1 (3.125%) Electronics
3 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.125%) Games
3 1 (3.125%) German Language
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (9.375%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) Author
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Author
5 1 (3.125%) DBA
5 1 (3.125%) Front Office Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.125%) Mainframe Developer
5 1 (3.125%) SQL DBA
5 1 (3.125%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.125%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Symmetrix DMX
2 3 (9.375%) Firmware
3 2 (6.250%) Open Source
3 2 (6.250%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.125%) DTV
4 1 (3.125%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.125%) STB
4 1 (3.125%) Tandem
4 1 (3.125%) Handset
4 1 (3.125%) Replication
4 1 (3.125%) E-Learning
4 1 (3.125%) Animation
4 1 (3.125%) Mathematics
4 1 (3.125%) Physics
4 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.125%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
2 5 (15.63%) Android
3 4 (12.50%) zOS
4 3 (9.375%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.250%) Windows Phone
5 2 (6.250%) Windows
6 1 (3.125%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) OO
2 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (9.375%) UML
3 3 (9.375%) Unit Testing
4 2 (6.250%) Security Architecture
4 2 (6.250%) Software Architecture
4 2 (6.250%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.250%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.125%) OOD
5 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.125%) Content Management
5 1 (3.125%) Validation
5 1 (3.125%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (3.125%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.125%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (71.88%) C
2 21 (65.63%) C++
3 5 (15.63%) Embedded C
3 5 (15.63%) REXX
3 5 (15.63%) JCL
4 3 (9.375%) Ruby
5 2 (6.250%) Python
5 2 (6.250%) Ada
6 1 (3.125%) C#
6 1 (3.125%) COBOL
6 1 (3.125%) Java
6 1 (3.125%) Perl
6 1 (3.125%) SQL
6 1 (3.125%) VBA
6 1 (3.125%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) DO-178B
2 2 (6.250%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) IBM
2 4 (12.50%) EMC
3 1 (3.125%) Sybase
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Teradata
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