IDA Disassembler Contract Job Trends

Hex-Rays IDA (IDA Pro)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IDA Disassembler skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 515 594
Rank change year-on-year -68 +79 +148
Contract jobs citing IDA Disassembler 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.013% 0.007%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.018% 0.094% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £510
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.86%
75th Percentile £475 - £515
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

IDA Disassembler falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,480 4,266 5,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.42% 13.49% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,767 2,682 3,767
10th Percentile £344 £331 £363
25th Percentile £406 £410 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -5.36%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £634
90th Percentile £697 £725 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 73 212
10th Percentile £39.00 £26.70 £41.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £82.30 £76.05 £89.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

IDA Disassembler
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IDA Disassembler relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IDA Disassembler job vacancy trend in the UK

IDA Disassembler
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IDA Disassembler.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IDA Disassembler

IDA Disassembler
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IDA Disassembler within the UK over the 6 months to 24 January 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
London -16 1 £450 - 2
England -64 1 £450 - 30
Work from Home - 1 £450 - 31

IDA Disassembler
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware