Assembly Language Contracts in England

Assembly Language (Assembler)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Assembly Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Assembly Language over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 514 635
Rank change year-on-year +55 +121 +113
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 21 29 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.078% 0.026%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.26% 0.27% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 4
10th Percentile £373 £424 -
25th Percentile £383 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £500
90th Percentile £649 £608 £523
UK median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -15.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £54.38
90th Percentile - £76.25 £54.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% +6.98%

All Programming Languages
England

Assembly Language falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,215 10,919 17,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.75% 29.34% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,685 7,932 13,006
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 439 430
10th Percentile £25.25 £35.52 £26.24
25th Percentile £37.65 £48.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £61.84
Median % change year-on-year - +1.07% +23.68%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Assembly Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Assembly Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Assembly Language in England

Assembly Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Assembly Language in England.

Daily rate trend for Assembly Language in England

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Assembly Language in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Assembly Language in England

Assembly Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Assembly Language in England.

Hourly rate trend for Assembly Language in England

Assembly Language
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Assembly Language within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 9 £420 -20.00% 8
South East +41 3 - - 12
North of England +15 3 £389 -9.53% 4
Yorkshire +1 2 £400 -6.98% 3
South West +45 1 - - 5
North West - 1 £378 - 1
Assembly Language
UK

Assembly Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) SAS
2 4 (19.05%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (4.76%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Aviation
4 1 (4.76%) Electronics
4 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
4 1 (4.76%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Programmer
1 7 (33.33%) Systems Programmer
1 7 (33.33%) z/OS Systems Programmer
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Mainframe Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Assembler Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Mainframe Assembler Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Security Researcher
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Software Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (47.62%) ISPF
2 2 (9.52%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 15 (71.43%) Mainframe
2 2 (9.52%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (9.52%) VSAM
3 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) RISC-V
3 1 (4.76%) SIMD
3 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) zOS
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (4.76%) MVS
3 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
3 3 (14.29%) Scrum
3 3 (14.29%) User Stories
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.76%) Cryptography
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Offensive Security
5 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.76%) Security Management
5 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.76%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) JCL
2 10 (47.62%) REXX
3 7 (33.33%) CLIST
4 5 (23.81%) C
5 4 (19.05%) C++
6 3 (14.29%) COBOL
7 2 (9.52%) HLASM
7 2 (9.52%) Natural
8 1 (4.76%) Java
8 1 (4.76%) Rust
8 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (4.76%) ACF2
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (4.76%) QEMU
2 1 (4.76%) RACF
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) IBM
2 2 (9.52%) Fujitsu
2 2 (9.52%) Software AG
3 1 (4.76%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Syncsort
3 1 (4.76%) webMethods
3 1 (4.76%) Wind River