The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 117 - 115
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 1 0 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% - 0.361%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.131% - 1.225%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
Average daily rate £450 - £265
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
763 1036 898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.73% 33.30% 29.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 568 497
Average daily rate £315 £315 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 54 44
Average hourly rate £34.50 £21.86 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.82% -20.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.90 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £37.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Assembly Language
England

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Assembly Language Hourly Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Sybase
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Informix
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (33.33%) CICS
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (33.33%) DTV
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Handset
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
2 1 (33.33%) Teradata
2 1 (33.33%) Tandem
2 1 (33.33%) STB
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
1 1 (33.33%) Informix
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) DTV
1 1 (33.33%) Handset
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
1 1 (33.33%) Tandem
1 1 (33.33%) STB
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Sybase
1 1 (33.33%) Teradata