Skill ProfileLanguages

Assembly

Assembly appeared in 1 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.1% of all jobs. Currently #19 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 20260.0%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.1%
All-Time Peak
7mentions · December 2018
First Seen
May 2011
Month Momentum
Flat0.0%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
200since May 2011 · 182 months
-92% YoY2025 vs 2024
6
'15
16
'16
26
'17
39
PEAK
'18
30
'19
19
'20
9
'21
4
'22
15
'23
13
'24
1
'25
4
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
200182 mo
↑ Best year
201839
↓ Quietest full year
20251
Latest full year
2025-92% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Assembly jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Compensation

Too few Assembly posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Assembly is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Assembly posts by where the role is based.

01
United States92.3%
12
02
Unspecified7.7%
1
Remote Policy
8%remote
Remote
7.7%
Hybrid
92.3%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Assembly

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior7.7%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering61.5%
8
02
Operations38.5%
5
§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Assembly.

#01
Signature Stack
Assembly’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Assembly over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Ada
182.8×
Fortran
167.6×
NixOS
146.0×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python8066%
02TypeScript8066%
03Rust7158%
04NixOS6049%
05C++4033%
06UX/UI3529%
07C3327%
08JavaScript3125%
09React2520%
10Ada1916%
11C#1916%
12Fortran1916%
13Java1916%
14Node.js1311%
15Go76%

% of Assembly jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Assembly stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%
11
Assemblyyou are here
1
0.1%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.