The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023
Same period 2022
Rank
125
175
191
Rank change year-on-year
+50
+16
-46
Contract jobs citing COBOL
1
2
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
744
1,587
1,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
33.79%
43.54%
44.85%
Number of daily rates quoted
529
1,040
1,472
10th Percentile
£413
£425
£419
25th Percentile
£463
£513
£506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£625
£600
Median % change year-on-year
-8.00%
+4.17%
+9.09%
75th Percentile
£690
£738
£705
90th Percentile
£788
£825
£800
Central London median daily rate
£565
£619
£600
% change year-on-year
-8.66%
+3.10%
+9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
8
10
10th Percentile
-
£35.00
£43.45
25th Percentile
£46.75
£47.19
£46.50
Median hourly rate
£48.50
£57.50
£56.00
Median % change year-on-year
-15.65%
+2.68%
+86.82%
75th Percentile
£50.25
£65.00
£69.25
90th Percentile
-
£84.13
£77.63
Central London median hourly rate
£48.50
£57.50
£56.00
% change year-on-year
-15.65%
+2.68%
+138.81%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the City of London.
COBOL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the City of London.
COBOL Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, contractor job vacancies citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:
