North West COBOL Programmer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Programmer role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

COBOL Programmer
Location Bicester Buckinghamshire City of London East Midlands England Home Counties Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Milton Keynes North West Oxfordshire South East UK West Midlands	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	138
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.123 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£220
Average daily rate	-	£220
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£220
UK excluding London average daily rate	£270	£265
% change on same period last year	+1.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	£33.33
% change on same period last year	-9.99 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
COBOL Programmer England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

COBOL Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COBOL Programmer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

COBOL Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COBOL Programmer across the North West region.

COBOL Programmer
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited COBOL Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00 %) COBOL 1 1 (100.00 %) IBM 1 1 (100.00 %) Assembly Language

COBOL Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited COBOL Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) COBOL 1 1 (100.00 %) Assembly Language

Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) IBM