South West Assembly Language Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language (Assembler) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Assembly Language over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Assembly Language (Assembler)
Location Basingstoke Blackburn Bournemouth Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Daventry Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Hampshire High Wycombe Lancashire London Manchester Midlands North West Northamptonshire Preston Scotland South East South Wales South West Swindon UK Wales Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	156
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	16	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	1.181 %	0.384 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£280	-
Average daily rate	£320	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£360	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£252
% change on same period last year	+26.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£45.00	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.07	£36.33
% change on same period last year	+10.28 %
Programming Languages South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1355	1825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.134 %	1.956 %
Daily rates quoted	290	375
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£317
Average daily rate	£325	£336
% change on same period last year	-3.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£332
% change on same period last year	-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	279	276
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.95	£32.44
Average hourly rate	£31.74	£35.11
% change on same period last year	-9.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.54	£37.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.21	£32.89
% change on same period last year	-5.10 %
Assembly Language England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Assembly Language
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Assembly Language across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Assembly Language across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Assembly Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Assembly Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Assembly Language across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-3	8	£350	-
Dorset	-	6	£275	-

Assembly Language England

Assembly Language
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 11 (57.89 %) C 2 8 (42.11 %) Yourdon 3 7 (36.84 %) Firmware 4 6 (31.58 %) Embedded C 4 6 (31.58 %) REXX 4 6 (31.58 %) zOS 4 6 (31.58 %) Telecoms 5 5 (26.32 %) MVS 5 5 (26.32 %) OO 6 4 (21.05 %) C++ 7 3 (15.79 %) UNIX 7 3 (15.79 %) Windows 7 3 (15.79 %) Windows NT 7 3 (15.79 %) UMTS 8 2 (10.53 %) Workflow

8 2 (10.53 %) Unisys 9 1 (5.263 %) Compuware 9 1 (5.263 %) CA 9 1 (5.263 %) OOD 9 1 (5.263 %) OOA/OOD 9 1 (5.263 %) SC Cleared 9 1 (5.263 %) BC Cleared 9 1 (5.263 %) Security Cleared 9 1 (5.263 %) Wireless 9 1 (5.263 %) MVC 9 1 (5.263 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (5.263 %) Home Office 9 1 (5.263 %) Banking

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 Development 1 1 (5.263 %) MVC	Communications & Networking 1 3 (15.79 %) UMTS 2 1 (5.263 %) Wireless
General 1 6 (31.58 %) Telecoms 2 1 (5.263 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (5.263 %) Home Office 2 1 (5.263 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 7 (36.84 %) Software Engineer 2 6 (31.58 %) Programmer 3 3 (15.79 %) Technical Engineer 4 2 (10.53 %) Systems Programmer 4 2 (10.53 %) Real Time Developer 4 2 (10.53 %) Developer 5 1 (5.263 %) Embedded Software Engineer 5 1 (5.263 %) Electronics Engineer 5 1 (5.263 %) DSP Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 7 (36.84 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 6 (31.58 %) zOS 2 5 (26.32 %) MVS 3 3 (15.79 %) UNIX 3 3 (15.79 %) Windows 3 3 (15.79 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (42.11 %) Yourdon 2 5 (26.32 %) OO 3 2 (10.53 %) Workflow 4 1 (5.263 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (5.263 %) BC Cleared 4 1 (5.263 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (5.263 %) OOD 4 1 (5.263 %) OOA/OOD	Programming Languages 1 11 (57.89 %) C 2 6 (31.58 %) Embedded C 2 6 (31.58 %) REXX 3 4 (21.05 %) C++
Vendors 1 2 (10.53 %) Unisys 2 1 (5.263 %) Compuware 2 1 (5.263 %) CA