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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the City of London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 344 | 305 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -39 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 17 | 39 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.162 % | 0.366 % |
| Salaries quoted | 14 | 29 |
| Average minimum salary | £39,071 | £51,897 |
| Average salary | £43,357 | £55,172 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.41 % |
| Average maximum salary | £47,643 | £58,448 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,337 | £34,554 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.26 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 10511 | 10651 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 5.549 % | 4.361 % |
| Salaries quoted | 9034 | 8240 |
| Average minimum salary | £48,050 | £52,214 |
| Average salary | £53,532 | £57,412 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.75 % |
| Average maximum salary | £59,014 | £62,611 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,180 | £35,575 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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