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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Docklands, 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-112
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads01
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.086 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£43,498£38,874
% change on same period last year+11.89 %
Docklands, London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Docklands, London
Matching permanent IT job ads4871169
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.327 %0.531 %
Salaries quoted388882
Average minimum salary£55,980£52,685
Average salary£63,077£59,631
% change on same period last year+5.77 %
Average maximum salary£70,173£66,578
UK excluding London average salary£35,736£35,967
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
COBOL LondonCOBOL
London

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)DB2
21 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)CICS
21 (50.00 %)JCL
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)VSAM
21 (50.00 %)Pensions
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Docklands, London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)CICS
Docklands, London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)DB2
Docklands, London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Health
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Pensions
Docklands, London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)Programmer
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Programmer
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst
Docklands, London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)VSAM
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Docklands, London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)JCL
Docklands, London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM