England COBOL Analyst Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Analyst role in IT jobs within the England 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

COBOL Analyst
Location Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Cheshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Harrogate Ipswich Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich South East Suffolk Surrey Sussex UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 14 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	807	851
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching permanent IT job ads	43	119
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	0.030 %	0.059 %
Salaries quoted	28	73
Average minimum salary	£37,333	£32,227
Average salary	£38,827	£33,327
% change on same period last year	+16.50 %
Average maximum salary	£40,320	£34,427
UK excluding London average salary	£38,209	£32,733
% change on same period last year	+16.72 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	144866	202189
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	85.46 %	87.28 %
Salaries quoted	121991	163471
Average minimum salary	£38,926	£40,261
Average salary	£42,579	£44,039
% change on same period last year	-3.31 %
Average maximum salary	£46,233	£47,817
UK excluding London average salary	£38,166	£39,197
% change on same period last year	-2.63 %
COBOL Analyst UK

COBOL Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst across the England 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 England region.

COBOL Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 14 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 England region over the 3 months to 14 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
North West	-	14	£41,393	-
Yorkshire	-24	11	-	-
London	+81	9	£40,857	+2.14 %
East of England	+29	4	£33,550	+11.83 %
South East	+37	3	£35,000	-7.95 %
West Midlands	0	1	£35,000	+12.90 %
East Midlands	-	1	£28,000	-

COBOL Analyst UK

COBOL Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 99 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 68 (68.69 %) Finance 3 56 (56.57 %) DB2 4 49 (49.49 %) CICS 5 32 (32.32 %) SQL 6 27 (27.27 %) Mainframe 7 23 (23.23 %) UNIX 8 19 (19.19 %) Insurance 9 18 (18.18 %) Oracle 9 18 (18.18 %) MVS 10 15 (15.15 %) Microsoft 10 15 (15.15 %) MS Excel 11 13 (13.13 %) SQL Server 11 13 (13.13 %) Degree 12 12 (12.12 %) Windows

12 12 (12.12 %) Micro Focus 12 12 (12.12 %) Systems Analysis 13 7 (7.071 %) Pensions 13 7 (7.071 %) IBM 14 6 (6.061 %) RDBMS 14 6 (6.061 %) System Testing 15 4 (4.040 %) JCL 15 4 (4.040 %) HPUX 16 3 (3.030 %) Oracle Forms 16 3 (3.030 %) Oracle Reports 16 3 (3.030 %) VB 16 3 (3.030 %) Project Management 16 3 (3.030 %) NATURAL 16 3 (3.030 %) Adabas 16 3 (3.030 %) Health

COBOL Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development 1 2 (2.020 %) .NET 2 1 (1.010 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 49 (49.49 %) CICS
Applications 1 15 (15.15 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.010 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (1.010 %) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 56 (56.57 %) DB2 2 13 (13.13 %) SQL Server 3 6 (6.061 %) RDBMS 4 3 (3.030 %) Oracle Reports 4 3 (3.030 %) Adabas 5 1 (1.010 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 3 (3.030 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 68 (68.69 %) Finance 2 19 (19.19 %) Insurance 3 7 (7.071 %) Pensions 4 3 (3.030 %) Health 4 3 (3.030 %) Banking	Miscellaneous 1 27 (27.27 %) Mainframe 2 2 (2.020 %) AS400 2 2 (2.020 %) Tandem 2 2 (2.020 %) VSAM 2 2 (2.020 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 23 (23.23 %) UNIX 2 18 (18.18 %) MVS 3 12 (12.12 %) Windows 4 4 (4.040 %) HPUX 5 1 (1.010 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (12.12 %) Systems Analysis 2 6 (6.061 %) System Testing 3 3 (3.030 %) Project Management 4 2 (2.020 %) Unit Testing 5 1 (1.010 %) CMMI
Programming Languages 1 99 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 32 (32.32 %) SQL 3 4 (4.040 %) JCL 4 3 (3.030 %) VB 4 3 (3.030 %) NATURAL 5 2 (2.020 %) C 5 2 (2.020 %) RPG 5 2 (2.020 %) VB.NET 6 1 (1.010 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 13 (13.13 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.020 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (1.010 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management 1 1 (1.010 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 18 (18.18 %) Oracle 2 15 (15.15 %) Microsoft 3 12 (12.12 %) Micro Focus 4 7 (7.071 %) IBM 5 1 (1.010 %) HP 5 1 (1.010 %) CA