The first table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL Developer
Rank 818 864 822
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a COBOL Developer 22 8 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.007% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.007% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 11
Average salary £45,000 £60,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £28,600 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+26.74% -21.64%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
COBOL Developer
UK

COBOL Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England COBOL Developer Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Developer across the England region.

England COBOL Developer Salary Trend

COBOL Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England COBOL Developer Salary Histogram

COBOL Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +51 9 £45,000 -25.00%
West Midlands - 7 £38,750 -
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
South East - 2 £35,000 -
South West - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
COBOL Developer
UK

COBOL Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited COBOL Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 36 (100.00%) COBOL
2 17 (47.22%) Java
3 16 (44.44%) AS400
4 15 (41.67%) Project Management
4 15 (41.67%) Music
4 15 (41.67%) Music Industry
4 15 (41.67%) Marketing
4 15 (41.67%) WebSphere
4 15 (41.67%) Product Management
5 10 (27.78%) Micro Focus
6 9 (25.00%) Oracle
7 8 (22.22%) SQL
8 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
8 5 (13.89%) Finance
9 4 (11.11%) Banking
9 4 (11.11%) Degree
9 4 (11.11%) .NET
9 4 (11.11%) C
10 3 (8.333%) C#
10 3 (8.333%) HTML
10 3 (8.333%) JavaScript
10 3 (8.333%) SQL Server
11 2 (5.556%) ASP
11 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
11 2 (5.556%) JSP
11 2 (5.556%) XML
11 2 (5.556%) C++
11 2 (5.556%) MQSeries
11 2 (5.556%) Windows
11 2 (5.556%) PL/1

COBOL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited COBOL Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (41.67%) WebSphere
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 3 (8.333%) HTML
4 2 (5.556%) ASP
4 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 2 (5.556%) JSP
4 2 (5.556%) XML
5 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.778%) jQuery
5 1 (2.778%) WCF
5 1 (2.778%) Middleware
5 1 (2.778%) Swing
5 1 (2.778%) XHTML
5 1 (2.778%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.556%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.778%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.778%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (2.778%) SQLPlus
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Subversion
General
1 15 (41.67%) Music
1 15 (41.67%) Music Industry
1 15 (41.67%) Marketing
2 5 (13.89%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (5.556%) Back Office
4 2 (5.556%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.778%) Publishing
5 1 (2.778%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 16 (44.44%) AS400
2 2 (5.556%) Tandem
2 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.556%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.778%) iSeries
3 1 (2.778%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
1 2 (5.556%) Stratus VOS
2 1 (2.778%) VMS
2 1 (2.778%) OpenVMS
2 1 (2.778%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Project Management
1 15 (41.67%) Product Management
2 2 (5.556%) Waterfall
2 2 (5.556%) Integration Testing
2 2 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (5.556%) System Testing
3 1 (2.778%) Service Delivery
3 1 (2.778%) MVC
3 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
3 1 (2.778%) OOP
3 1 (2.778%) OO
3 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce
3 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) COBOL
2 17 (47.22%) Java
3 8 (22.22%) SQL
4 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
5 4 (11.11%) C
6 3 (8.333%) C#
6 3 (8.333%) JavaScript
7 2 (5.556%) C++
7 2 (5.556%) PL/1
8 1 (2.778%) Pascal
8 1 (2.778%) PowerHouse
8 1 (2.778%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Micro Focus
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.556%) HP
4 1 (2.778%) Unisys
4 1 (2.778%) IBM
Telford, West Midlands
We have an excellent opportunity for a COBOL Developer with experience in PL/SQL to join our global client based in Telford-Ideally we are looking for someone...
GSA Techsource
Salary: Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Shropshire
Cobol Developer, Financial Services, Life, pensions) My leading client is looking for Senior Developer to join one of the leading clients you must have a solid background in...
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Any experience with vb.net for middleware would be an added advantage.This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to be able to use a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013