Assembly Language Job Trends

Assembly Language (Assembler)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Assembly Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 638 707
Rank change year-on-year -9 +69 +256
Permanent jobs citing Assembly Language 6 61 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.11% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.052% 0.34% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £40,000 £58,750
25th Percentile - £40,625 £63,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £47,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -29.63% +8.00%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £75,500 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £47,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -41.05% -29.63% +8.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,593 18,059 21,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.32% 33.75% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8,500 10,546 17,601
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Assembly Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Assembly Language job vacancy trend in the UK

Assembly Language
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Assembly Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Assembly Language

Assembly Language
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Assembly Language within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +12 6 £28,000 -41.05% 9
UK excluding London +3 6 £28,000 -41.05% 5
Work from Home +39 3 - - 5
South East +34 3 £28,000 -53.33% 2
East of England +5 3 - - 1

Assembly Language
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Towers Watson Igloo
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Development Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 3 (50.00%) Arduino
2 3 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (16.67%) FPGA
3 1 (16.67%) NVMe
3 1 (16.67%) PCIe
3 1 (16.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) FPGA Design
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Altera
1 1 (16.67%) Xilinx