The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - 125 126
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 0.052% 0.428%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.113% 0.804%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
Average salary - £72,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +137.70%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +20.00%
All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1132 885 1119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 55.65% 46.17% 53.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1031 801 1036
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,550 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
In this role you will be responsible under minimal supervision, to work with external trading partners to establish and maintain EDI trading partner relationships... Designs, develops, maintains, and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013