COBOL
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 543 | 631 | 775 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +144 | -191 |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 55 | 88 | 74 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.083% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.43% | 0.42% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 57 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £331 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £454 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £419 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.24% | +5.00% | +23.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £484 | £550 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £648 | £575 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £370 | £537 | £458 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.07% | +17.32% | +26.38% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
COBOL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBOL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
COBOL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
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Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +101 | 36 | £413 | -17.50% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +105 | 34 | £425 | -21.30% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +44 | 20 | £370 | -31.07% | 9 |
| London | +99 | 18 | £465 | -2.11% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +28 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
| Midlands | +16 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
| South East | +30 | 5 | £358 | -39.06% | |
| Scotland | +31 | 2 | £400 | -24.71% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £500 | - | |
| South West | - | 2 | £611 | - |
COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: