Assembly Language Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Assembly Language (Assembler)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Assembly Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 167 173
Rank change year-on-year -60 +6 +26
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 3 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.044% 0.087% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 0.31% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £507 £380 £426
25th Percentile £508 £384 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £389 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -22.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £518 £395 £588
90th Percentile £518 £398 -
England median daily rate £513 £410 £525
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.90% +10.53%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,832 977 1,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.00% 28.44% 25.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 721 855
10th Percentile £350 £333 £319
25th Percentile £413 £388 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £603 £625
England median daily rate £513 £523 £540
% change year-on-year -1.91% -3.24% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 9 54
10th Percentile £30.05 £31.70 £37.55
25th Percentile £49.38 £52.00 £42.41
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +46.60% +0.53%
75th Percentile £74.70 £88.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.65 £95.71 £73.90
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -

Assembly Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Assembly Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Assembly Language job vacancy trend in the North of England

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Assembly Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Assembly Language

Assembly Language
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Assembly Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Assembly Language

Assembly Language
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Yorkshire -52 3 £513 +28.31% 2
Assembly Language
England

Assembly Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Programmer
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) Mainframe Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) CLIST
1 3 (100.00%) JCL
1 3 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM