The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 111 113 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 9 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.503% 0.571% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.878% 0.879% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 0
Average salary £39,500 £25,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.90% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +23.07%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1025 1252 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.29% 64.97% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1119 900
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
North West

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 3 £39,500 -
COBOL
North West

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 11 (78.57%) Oracle
2 9 (64.29%) Mainframe
3 8 (57.14%) Finance
4 7 (50.00%) IBM Mainframe
4 7 (50.00%) IBM
4 7 (50.00%) C++
4 7 (50.00%) SQL
5 6 (42.86%) UNIX
6 5 (35.71%) JBoss
6 5 (35.71%) DB2
6 5 (35.71%) WebLogic
6 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
7 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
7 4 (28.57%) Degree
7 4 (28.57%) Banking
7 4 (28.57%) Oracle Application Server
7 4 (28.57%) Java
7 4 (28.57%) AIX
7 4 (28.57%) C
7 4 (28.57%) ITIL
7 4 (28.57%) JCL
8 3 (21.43%) Project Management
8 3 (21.43%) ETL
8 3 (21.43%) CICS
8 3 (21.43%) DataStage
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (21.43%) Siebel
8 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (21.43%) Perl
8 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
2 2 (14.29%) EDIFACT
3 1 (7.143%) J2EE
3 1 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (7.143%) XML
3 1 (7.143%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) WebLogic
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (21.43%) CICS
4 2 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) DB2
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (21.43%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Product Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) IT Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Software Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Mainframe
2 7 (50.00%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (14.29%) SWIFT
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Tandem
3 2 (14.29%) Cryptography
4 1 (7.143%) VSAM
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) UNIX
2 4 (28.57%) AIX
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) ETL
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) System Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.143%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C++
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) C
2 4 (28.57%) JCL
3 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
3 3 (21.43%) Perl
4 1 (7.143%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Oracle
2 7 (50.00%) IBM
3 5 (35.71%) JBoss
4 3 (21.43%) Siebel
4 3 (21.43%) Ab Initio
4 3 (21.43%) Teradata
5 2 (14.29%) Pega
Cheshire
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