The first table below looks at the demand for Assembly Language skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assembly Language (Assembler)
Rank 241 241 240
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Assembly Language 7 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.098% 0.142% 0.015%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.163% 0.232% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 1
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,250
% change year-on-year
- -0.62%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4294 4303 3613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.22% 61.03% 52.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3761 3875 3274
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Assembly Language
England

Assembly Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Assembly Language across the North West region.

North West Assembly Language Salary Trend

Assembly Language
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Assembly Language within the North West region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire 0 5 £35,000 +16.66%
Manchester -18 2 £35,000 -9.09%
Assembly Language
England

Assembly Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Assembly Language.

1 8 (66.67%) C
1 8 (66.67%) C++
2 7 (58.33%) Aerospace
3 6 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 5 (41.67%) Java
4 5 (41.67%) XML
4 5 (41.67%) Electronics
4 5 (41.67%) Firmware
5 4 (33.33%) Automotive
5 4 (33.33%) OO
5 4 (33.33%) C#
5 4 (33.33%) VB
5 4 (33.33%) .NET
5 4 (33.33%) Web Development
5 4 (33.33%) Degree
5 4 (33.33%) WPF
5 4 (33.33%) HL7
5 4 (33.33%) Qt
5 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (25.00%) UML
6 3 (25.00%) Change Control
6 3 (25.00%) DO-178B
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Management
6 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Ethernet
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) Games
7 2 (16.67%) Perforce
7 2 (16.67%) Scrum
7 2 (16.67%) COM

Assembly Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Assembly Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) WPF
2 4 (33.33%) Qt
2 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (16.67%) COM
4 1 (8.333%) Web Services
4 1 (8.333%) J2EE
4 1 (8.333%) JMS
4 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (58.33%) Aerospace
2 5 (41.67%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) Automotive
4 2 (16.67%) Games
5 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Project Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Design Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Design Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) Games Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) C++ Games Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Audio Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Firmware
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (8.333%) DTV
4 1 (8.333%) Mainframe
4 1 (8.333%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
1 1 (8.333%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) OO
1 4 (33.33%) Web Development
2 3 (25.00%) UML
2 3 (25.00%) Change Control
2 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) TDD
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.333%) Supplier Management
4 1 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C
1 8 (66.67%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) VB
3 4 (33.33%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) COBOL
4 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) HL7
2 3 (25.00%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Perforce
1 2 (16.67%) Twitter
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle