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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the North Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-44
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.769 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£304
% change on same period last year+6.54 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.44£32.33
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads96130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted1621
Average minimum daily rate£316£274
Average daily rate£344£292
% change on same period last year+17.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted167
Average minimum hourly rate£26.87£29.37
Average hourly rate£29.53£30.20
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.20£31.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
COBOL YorkshireCOBOL
Yorkshire

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
Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire COBOL Demand Trend

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire COBOL Daily Rate Trend

COBOL
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing COBOL also 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 that cited COBOL.

11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint
11 (50.00 %)SOA
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)CICS
11 (50.00 %)zOS
11 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
11 (50.00 %)Micro Focus
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (50.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
11 (50.00 %)System Testing

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing COBOL also 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 that cited COBOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint
11 (50.00 %)CICS
11 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Project Manager
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)IT Manager
11 (50.00 %)Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)IT Project Manager
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Senior Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Senior COBOL Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Senior COBOL Programmer
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Senior COBOL Analyst
11 (50.00 %)CICS Programmer
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
11 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)zOS
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)SOA
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (50.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (50.00 %)System Testing
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Micro Focus
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