Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

 COBOL
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6690133
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Up+43
Matching permanent IT job ads1368
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham1.221 %0.407 %0.252 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.838 %0.896 %0.696 %
Salaries quoted955
Average salary£30,500£22,000£22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.63 %-
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£37,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
-5.330 %+15.38 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4586701149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham43.00 %45.49 %36.22 %
Salaries quoted4116111020
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£52,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
COBOL West MidlandsCOBOL
West Midlands

COBOL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham COBOL Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Birmingham COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL.

111 (57.89 %)IBM
210 (52.63 %)AS400
39 (47.37 %)iSeries
48 (42.11 %)Finance
57 (36.84 %)C++
66 (31.58 %)VB
66 (31.58 %)C
75 (26.32 %)Java
75 (26.32 %)WebSphere
84 (21.05 %)SQL
84 (21.05 %)SQL Server
84 (21.05 %)WebLogic
84 (21.05 %)Micro Focus
93 (15.79 %)Mainframe
93 (15.79 %)Pharmaceutical
93 (15.79 %)JCL
93 (15.79 %)MS Access
93 (15.79 %)Windows XP
93 (15.79 %)UNIX
93 (15.79 %)Windows
93 (15.79 %)BusinessObjects
93 (15.79 %)BEA
93 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (15.79 %)Business Objects
93 (15.79 %)Delphi
93 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (15.79 %)ISPF
93 (15.79 %)BusinessObjects XI
93 (15.79 %)VB6
102 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (26.32 %)WebSphere
23 (15.79 %)ISPF
32 (10.53 %).NET
41 (5.263 %)J2EE
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)WebLogic
21 (5.263 %)WebSphere MQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (21.05 %)SQL Server
23 (15.79 %)MS Access
23 (15.79 %)BusinessObjects
23 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (15.79 %)BusinessObjects XI
Birmingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (42.11 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (5.263 %)Banking
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (52.63 %)COBOL Programmer
110 (52.63 %)Programmer
29 (47.37 %)COBOL Analyst
29 (47.37 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
29 (47.37 %)Analyst
29 (47.37 %)Analyst Programmer
37 (36.84 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
44 (21.05 %)Developer
44 (21.05 %)Consultant
53 (15.79 %)Software Developer
62 (10.53 %)Software Engineer
62 (10.53 %)Development Manager
71 (5.263 %)Analyst Developer
71 (5.263 %)Implementation Consultant
71 (5.263 %)COBOL Developer
71 (5.263 %)Technical Consultant
71 (5.263 %)Technical Implementation Consultant
Birmingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (52.63 %)AS400
29 (47.37 %)iSeries
33 (15.79 %)Mainframe
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (15.79 %)Windows XP
13 (15.79 %)UNIX
13 (15.79 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development
12 (10.53 %)DSDM
12 (10.53 %)Business Intelligence
12 (10.53 %)Scrum
21 (5.263 %)Asset Management
21 (5.263 %)Software Architecture
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (36.84 %)C++
26 (31.58 %)VB
26 (31.58 %)C
35 (26.32 %)Java
44 (21.05 %)SQL
53 (15.79 %)JCL
53 (15.79 %)Delphi
53 (15.79 %)VB6
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (57.89 %)IBM
24 (21.05 %)Micro Focus
33 (15.79 %)BEA
33 (15.79 %)Business Objects
41 (5.263 %)SAP