The first table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBOL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL Developer
Rank 64 72 68
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs requiring a COBOL Developer 1 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.127% 0.295% 0.660%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.136% 0.314% 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £273
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
733 956 1009
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 93.02% 94.09% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 414 383
Average daily rate £313 £315 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 76 102
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.26 £11.67 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £32.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
COBOL Developer
South East

COBOL Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing COBOL Developer across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Developer Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COBOL Developer across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Developer Daily Rate Trend

COBOL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COBOL Developer across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Developer Hourly Rate Trend

COBOL Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +10 1 - -
COBOL Developer
South East

COBOL Developer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited COBOL Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with COBOL Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Micro Focus

COBOL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited COBOL Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with COBOL Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Micro Focus