Assembly Language Job Trends in the South East

Assembly Language (Assembler)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Assembly Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 249 352
Rank change year-on-year -28 +103 +58
Permanent jobs citing Assembly Language 8 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.061% 0.030% 0.079%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.095% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £34,875
25th Percentile - - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £36,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.50%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - £95,000
England median annual salary £100,000 £67,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +48.15% +50.00% -28.00%

All Programming Languages
South East

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,079 2,095 4,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.97% 31.30% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,564 1,489 3,885
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Assembly Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Assembly Language relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Assembly Language job vacancy trend in the South East

Assembly Language
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Assembly Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Assembly Language

Assembly Language
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Assembly Language within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -8 8 - -
Assembly Language
England

Assembly Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Towers Watson Igloo
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Development Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Design Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
1 8 (100.00%) NVMe
1 8 (100.00%) PCIe
1 8 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 8 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 8 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 8 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 8 (100.00%) System Testing
1 8 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 8 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
1 8 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Altera
1 8 (100.00%) Xilinx