Cheshire COBOL Analyst Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Analyst role in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

COBOL Analyst
Location Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Cheshire Coventry Docklands, London Ealing East Midlands East of England England Essex Harrogate Ipswich Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Sheffield South East South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	140	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.073 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	2	0
Average minimum salary	£34,000	-
Average salary	£37,750	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£41,500	-
UK excluding London average salary	£36,326	£32,519
% change on same period last year	+11.70 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2723	2948
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.566 %	1.263 %
Salaries quoted	2479	2625
Average minimum salary	£31,469	£31,786
Average salary	£34,485	£34,284
% change on same period last year	+0.58 %
Average maximum salary	£37,501	£36,782
UK excluding London average salary	£38,185	£39,281
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
COBOL Analyst North West

COBOL Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

COBOL Analyst
Salary Trend

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

COBOL Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

COBOL Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Knutsford	-	2	£37,750	-

COBOL Analyst North West

COBOL Analyst
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited COBOL Analyst in their job title 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 with COBOL Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 2 (66.67 %) SQL 2 2 (66.67 %) Tandem 2 2 (66.67 %) Unit Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) SLA 3 1 (33.33 %) Assembly Language 3 1 (33.33 %) CA 3 1 (33.33 %) JCL 3 1 (33.33 %) CMMI

COBOL Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited COBOL Analyst in their job title 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 with COBOL Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Tandem	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Unit Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) CMMI
Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 2 (66.67 %) SQL 3 1 (33.33 %) Assembly Language 3 1 (33.33 %) JCL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) SLA
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) CA