COBOL Job Trends in Basildon

COBOL
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Basildon - - 0.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £44,000
75th Percentile - - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary - - £44,000
% change year-on-year - - -25.42%

All Programming Languages
Basildon

COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Basildon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9 13 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basildon 9.89% 20.63% 34.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 30
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +31.03%
75th Percentile £68,750 £59,063 £51,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £81,500 £77,500
Essex median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

COBOL job vacancy trend in Basildon

COBOL
Salary Trend in Basildon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing COBOL