Assembly Language Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Assembly Language (Assembler)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 293 334 462
Rank change year-on-year +41 +128 +146
Contract jobs citing Assembly Language 9 18 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.12% 0.031%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.24% 0.35% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 1
10th Percentile £419 - -
25th Percentile £481 £430 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.87% -12.38% +3.96%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £538
90th Percentile £660 - -
UK median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -15.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% +6.98%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,701 5,147 9,658
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 37.34% 33.47% 37.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,630 3,710 7,073
10th Percentile £363 £350 £393
25th Percentile £423 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £656
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 146 213
10th Percentile £24.60 £27.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -6.75% +26.95%
75th Percentile £68.25 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.88 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Assembly Language
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Assembly Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Assembly Language trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Assembly Language.

Assembly Language daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Assembly Language
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Assembly Language over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Assembly Language daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Assembly Language
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Assembly Language.

Assembly Language hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Assembly Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (11.11%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) C++ Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Security Penetration Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Security Researcher
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Software Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) EntireX
2 1 (11.11%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Android
2 2 (22.22%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (22.22%) zOS
3 1 (11.11%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
1 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
1 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (22.22%) Scrum
1 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
1 2 (22.22%) User Stories
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
2 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JCL
2 4 (44.44%) C
2 4 (44.44%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) REXX
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) Natural
4 2 (22.22%) Rust
5 1 (11.11%) CLIST
5 1 (11.11%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) ACF2
2 1 (11.11%) RACF
2 1 (11.11%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) IBM
2 2 (22.22%) Fujitsu
2 2 (22.22%) Software AG
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) webMethods