The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBOL 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Surrey 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
Rank 76 99 98
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -1
Contract jobs citing COBOL 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.088% 0.061% 0.160%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.242% 0.152% 0.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £320 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £317
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £29.50
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
413 657 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 36.26% 39.91% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 345 346
Average daily rate £345 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £260 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 31
Average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £25.50 £23.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £44.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing COBOL across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Surrey COBOL Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey COBOL Daily Rate Trend

COBOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey COBOL Hourly Rate Trend

COBOL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Surrey 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
Redhill - 1 £320 -
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 4 (80.00%) IBM
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (60.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) JCL
3 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (60.00%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JCL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle