The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Assembly Language over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assembly Language (Assembler)
Rank 510 523 517
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 20 55 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.094% 0.116%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.115% 0.273% 0.309%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 26
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 £125 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £313 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £270
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 12
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -1.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+8.10% -1.33%
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17354 20123 22996
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.40% 34.53% 37.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10695 11930 13290
Average daily rate £380 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £560 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 707 934
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.72 £17.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Assembly Language Hourly Rate Trend

Assembly Language
Top 15 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +12 17 £450 +50.00%
London +20 10 £450 -
Scotland -14 3 - -
South West +17 2 - -
East of England 0 2 - -
Cambridgeshire 0 2 - -
Cambridge -2 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
Wiltshire - 2 - -
North West +15 1 £450 -
Edinburgh +9 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
Leeds - 1 £425 -

Assembly Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 27 (75.00%) C
2 22 (61.11%) C++
3 12 (33.33%) Degree
4 9 (25.00%) OO
5 6 (16.67%) Linux
5 6 (16.67%) Embedded C
5 6 (16.67%) REXX
6 5 (13.89%) JCL
6 5 (13.89%) IBM
6 5 (13.89%) Aerospace
6 5 (13.89%) Android
6 5 (13.89%) DO-178B
7 4 (11.11%) Avionics
7 4 (11.11%) Symmetrix DMX
7 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 4 (11.11%) zOS
7 4 (11.11%) Firmware
7 4 (11.11%) EMC
8 3 (8.333%) UML
8 3 (8.333%) DB2
8 3 (8.333%) Ruby
8 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
8 3 (8.333%) Apple iOS
9 2 (5.556%) Signal Processing
9 2 (5.556%) Windows Phone
9 2 (5.556%) Open Source
9 2 (5.556%) Security Architecture
9 2 (5.556%) Software Architecture
9 2 (5.556%) IEC 61508

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (2.778%) .NET
1 1 (2.778%) Middleware
1 1 (2.778%) NHibernate
1 1 (2.778%) ISPF
1 1 (2.778%) WCF
1 1 (2.778%) WPF
1 1 (2.778%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (2.778%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.778%) Internet
2 1 (2.778%) Wireless
2 1 (2.778%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) DB2
2 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.778%) Informix
3 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Xcode
General
1 5 (13.89%) Aerospace
2 4 (11.11%) Avionics
3 1 (2.778%) Front Office
3 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.778%) Games
3 1 (2.778%) Banking
3 1 (2.778%) German Language
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Developer
2 10 (27.78%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) DBA
5 1 (2.778%) Front Office Developer
5 1 (2.778%) Support Specialist
5 1 (2.778%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) SQL DBA
5 1 (2.778%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Security Specialist
5 1 (2.778%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Mainframe Developer
5 1 (2.778%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Symmetrix DMX
1 4 (11.11%) Firmware
2 2 (5.556%) Open Source
2 2 (5.556%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.778%) DTV
3 1 (2.778%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.778%) Handset
3 1 (2.778%) Replication
3 1 (2.778%) Tandem
3 1 (2.778%) STB
3 1 (2.778%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.778%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.778%) Physics
3 1 (2.778%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.778%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.778%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
2 5 (13.89%) Android
3 4 (11.11%) zOS
4 3 (8.333%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.556%) Windows Phone
5 2 (5.556%) Windows
6 1 (2.778%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) OO
2 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
3 3 (8.333%) UML
4 2 (5.556%) Security Architecture
4 2 (5.556%) Software Architecture
4 2 (5.556%) Signal Processing
4 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (5.556%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (2.778%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.778%) OOD
5 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.778%) Validation
5 1 (2.778%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.778%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (75.00%) C
2 22 (61.11%) C++
3 6 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 6 (16.67%) REXX
4 5 (13.89%) JCL
5 3 (8.333%) Ruby
6 2 (5.556%) Ada
6 2 (5.556%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.556%) Java
7 1 (2.778%) SQL
7 1 (2.778%) VBA
7 1 (2.778%) Python
7 1 (2.778%) COBOL
7 1 (2.778%) C#
7 1 (2.778%) Pascal
7 1 (2.778%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (5.556%) PhD
3 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) DO-178B
2 2 (5.556%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) IBM
2 4 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (2.778%) Teradata
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle
3 1 (2.778%) Sybase
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