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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the East of England 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank180236
Rank change on same period last yearUp+56
Matching permanent IT job ads9355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.023 %
As % of the category below1.336 %0.774 %
Salaries quoted8151
Average minimum salary£37,161£29,923
Average salary£40,358£31,942
% change on same period last year+26.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,554£33,962
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£33,617
% change on same period last year+13.62 %
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads69597109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.746 %2.963 %
Salaries quoted59556061
Average minimum salary£33,384£33,264
Average salary£36,594£36,494
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Average maximum salary£39,805£39,724
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
COBOL EnglandCOBOL
England

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

East of England COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
HertfordshireUp+1539£40,833+31.66 %
NorfolkNew entry-22£40,214-
CambridgeshireNew entry-21£42,881-
EssexUp+910£37,300+8.50 %
SuffolkUp+22£33,600+12.00 %
East AngliaNew entry-2£32,500-
COBOL EnglandCOBOL
England

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

162 (49.60 %)CICS
260 (48.00 %)Finance
355 (44.00 %)Mainframe
450 (40.00 %)DB2
533 (26.40 %)Java
533 (26.40 %)WebSphere
632 (25.60 %)VB
731 (24.80 %)IBM
830 (24.00 %)C++
830 (24.00 %)Retail
926 (20.80 %)JCL
926 (20.80 %)Construction
1023 (18.40 %)VSAM
1122 (17.60 %)Assembly Language
1217 (13.60 %)IBM Mainframe
1217 (13.60 %)SQL
1217 (13.60 %)Oracle
1316 (12.80 %)ERP
1316 (12.80 %)Business Analysis
1414 (11.20 %)UNIX
1414 (11.20 %)Windows
1513 (10.40 %)J2EE
1513 (10.40 %)MVS
1611 (8.800 %)BusinessObjects
1611 (8.800 %)Business Objects
1611 (8.800 %)Windows XP
1710 (8.000 %)Microsoft
1710 (8.000 %)Windows Server 2003
189 (7.200 %)Micro Focus
189 (7.200 %)Data Modelling

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (26.40 %)WebSphere
213 (10.40 %)J2EE
39 (7.200 %)ISPF
47 (5.600 %).NET
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
162 (49.60 %)CICS
21 (0.800 %)MQSeries
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (6.400 %)MS Excel
26 (4.800 %)MS Office
26 (4.800 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (2.400 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.400 %)VisionPLUS
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.200 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (40.00 %)DB2
211 (8.800 %)BusinessObjects
32 (1.600 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.600 %)ETL
41 (0.800 %)InterBase
41 (0.800 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.800 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.800 %)MySQL
41 (0.800 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.600 %)ClearQuest
12 (1.600 %)ChangeMan
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
160 (48.00 %)Finance
230 (24.00 %)Retail
326 (20.80 %)Construction
49 (7.200 %)Banking
58 (6.400 %)Pensions
65 (4.000 %)Insurance
71 (0.800 %)Health
71 (0.800 %)Back Office
71 (0.800 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
156 (44.80 %)Analyst
231 (24.80 %)Programmer
329 (23.20 %)Developer
428 (22.40 %)Analyst Programmer
522 (17.60 %)Senior Analyst
619 (15.20 %)COBOL Developer
716 (12.80 %)Business Analyst
815 (12.00 %)Systems Analyst
815 (12.00 %)Senior Programmer
815 (12.00 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
97 (5.600 %)Senior Systems Analyst
106 (4.800 %)Team Leader
106 (4.800 %)Consultant
115 (4.000 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
115 (4.000 %)COBOL Programmer
115 (4.000 %)COBOL Analyst
115 (4.000 %)Mainframe Programmer
115 (4.000 %)CICS Programmer
124 (3.200 %)Mainframe Developer
124 (3.200 %)Software Developer
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
155 (44.00 %)Mainframe
223 (18.40 %)VSAM
317 (13.60 %)IBM Mainframe
44 (3.200 %)PMI
44 (3.200 %)EFT
53 (2.400 %)Data Conversion
61 (0.800 %)AS400
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (11.20 %)UNIX
114 (11.20 %)Windows
213 (10.40 %)MVS
311 (8.800 %)Windows XP
410 (8.000 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (6.400 %)zOS
64 (3.200 %)OS/390
71 (0.800 %)Windows 2000
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (12.80 %)ERP
116 (12.80 %)Business Analysis
29 (7.200 %)Data Modelling
34 (3.200 %)Service Delivery
34 (3.200 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (2.400 %)Enterprise Architecture
43 (2.400 %)Risk Analysis
43 (2.400 %)RUP
52 (1.600 %)CMMI
52 (1.600 %)Wealth Management
52 (1.600 %)Unit Testing
61 (0.800 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.800 %)Data Analysis
61 (0.800 %)OOD
61 (0.800 %)OO
61 (0.800 %)SSADM
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (26.40 %)Java
232 (25.60 %)VB
330 (24.00 %)C++
426 (20.80 %)JCL
522 (17.60 %)Assembly Language
617 (13.60 %)SQL
78 (6.400 %)LINC
85 (4.000 %)VB.NET
92 (1.600 %)C#
101 (0.800 %)C
101 (0.800 %)Delphi
101 (0.800 %)Pascal
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (5.600 %)Degree
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.800 %)QA
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.800 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.200 %)OMEGAMON
22 (1.600 %)Tivoli
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (24.80 %)IBM
217 (13.60 %)Oracle
311 (8.800 %)Business Objects
410 (8.000 %)Microsoft
59 (7.200 %)Micro Focus
63 (2.400 %)Ab Initio
72 (1.600 %)Unisys
72 (1.600 %)HP
72 (1.600 %)Informatica