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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior COBOL Programmer role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire 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 Senior COBOL Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior COBOL Programmer
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13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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% change on same period last year-
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Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads28613788
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.046 %3.835 %
Daily rates quoted584830
Average minimum daily rate£323£334
Average daily rate£344£350
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted331369
Average minimum hourly rate£20.47£23.34
Average hourly rate£21.90£24.83
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.32£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Senior COBOL Programmer EnglandSenior 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.

Senior COBOL Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Senior COBOL Programmer Demand Trend

Senior COBOL Programmer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior COBOL Programmer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)CICS
11 (100.00 %)zOS
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)System Testing

Senior COBOL Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior COBOL Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)CICS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)zOS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)System Testing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)COBOL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM