COBOL Developer Contracts in the West Midlands

COBOL Developer
England > West Midlands

As of 1 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median COBOL Developer daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 - 173
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a COBOL Developer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.051% - 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £431 £330 £500
% change year-on-year +30.68% -34.00% +35.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,781 2,260 3,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 94.84% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,550 2,501
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £706 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 66 81
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £42.13 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.75 £55.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

COBOL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured COBOL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL Developer in the West Midlands

COBOL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL Developer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for COBOL Developer in the West Midlands

COBOL Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL Developer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for COBOL Developer in the West Midlands

COBOL Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
COBOL Developer
England

COBOL Developer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, COBOL Developer contract job roles required 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 West Midlands region featuring COBOL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) ICL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC

COBOL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ICL