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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 189 | 229 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +40 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 69 | 61 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.712 % | 1.132 % |
| Salaries quoted | 67 | 49 |
| Average minimum salary | £45,687 | £35,714 |
| Average salary | £48,724 | £38,571 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.32 % |
| Average maximum salary | £51,761 | £41,429 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £40,814 | £36,945 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.47 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 4031 | 5390 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 2.333 % | 2.319 % |
| Salaries quoted | 3514 | 4607 |
| Average minimum salary | £37,004 | £36,572 |
| Average salary | £40,620 | £40,145 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
| Average maximum salary | £44,236 | £43,719 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,506 | £35,791 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.79 % |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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