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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank138144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads1120
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.707 %0.878 %
Salaries quoted1017
Average minimum salary£36,700£29,765
Average salary£40,475£32,353
% change on same period last year+25.10 %
Average maximum salary£44,250£34,941
UK excluding London average salary£40,832£37,068
% change on same period last year+10.15 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads15562278
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.904 %0.980 %
Salaries quoted14192026
Average minimum salary£33,872£34,581
Average salary£37,365£37,731
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
Average maximum salary£40,857£40,880
UK excluding London average salary£35,513£35,793
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
COBOL South EastCOBOL
South East

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Buckinghamshire COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-57£41,042+32.39 %
COBOL South EastCOBOL
South East

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

19 (60.00 %)IBM
28 (53.33 %)DB2
28 (53.33 %)Finance
37 (46.67 %)JCL
46 (40.00 %)Mainframe
46 (40.00 %)Banking
46 (40.00 %)Systems Analysis
55 (33.33 %)Micro Focus
55 (33.33 %)XML
64 (26.67 %)VB
64 (26.67 %)UML
64 (26.67 %)Project Management
64 (26.67 %)IBM Mainframe
73 (20.00 %)Migration
73 (20.00 %)RDBMS
73 (20.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
73 (20.00 %)ProC
73 (20.00 %)Oracle
73 (20.00 %)C
73 (20.00 %)C++
73 (20.00 %)XSLT
82 (13.33 %)Windows
82 (13.33 %)SQL
82 (13.33 %)HiPortfolio
82 (13.33 %)CICS
82 (13.33 %)MS Excel
82 (13.33 %)Health
82 (13.33 %)GAP Analysis
82 (13.33 %)Back Office

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (33.33 %)XML
23 (20.00 %)XSLT
31 (6.667 %)XML Schema
31 (6.667 %)Spring
31 (6.667 %)WebSphere
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)CICS
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (13.33 %)HiPortfolio
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)DB2
23 (20.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
23 (20.00 %)RDBMS
31 (6.667 %)SQL Server
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (20.00 %)ProC
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (53.33 %)Finance
26 (40.00 %)Banking
32 (13.33 %)Retail
32 (13.33 %)General Ledger
32 (13.33 %)Health
32 (13.33 %)Back Office
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)Programmer
25 (33.33 %)Analyst
34 (26.67 %)Analyst Programmer
43 (20.00 %)C Programmer
43 (20.00 %)Systems Analyst
52 (13.33 %)Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Developer
52 (13.33 %)Technical Support
52 (13.33 %)Technical Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Support Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Technical Support Consultant
52 (13.33 %)COBOL Programmer
61 (6.667 %)Applications Manager
61 (6.667 %)COBOL Developer
61 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Systems Manager
61 (6.667 %)Team Leader
61 (6.667 %)Project Manager
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (40.00 %)Mainframe
24 (26.67 %)IBM Mainframe
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)Windows
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)Systems Analysis
24 (26.67 %)UML
24 (26.67 %)Project Management
33 (20.00 %)Migration
42 (13.33 %)GAP Analysis
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (46.67 %)JCL
24 (26.67 %)VB
33 (20.00 %)C
33 (20.00 %)C++
42 (13.33 %)SQL
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (60.00 %)IBM
25 (33.33 %)Micro Focus
33 (20.00 %)Oracle