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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

 COBOL Programmer
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank623632803
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+171
Matching permanent IT job ads3233134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.040 %0.041 %0.070 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.043 %0.043 %0.075 %
Salaries quoted3021101
Average salary£30,500£40,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.75 %+23.07 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£31,000£27,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£42,000£36,600
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£40,000£32,000
% change year-on-year
-23.75 %+25.00 %
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7421675891179576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England93.38 %93.65 %94.39 %
Salaries quoted6193762863147944
Average salary£40,500£38,189£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.050 %-4.520 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
COBOL Programmer UKCOBOL Programmer
UK

COBOL Programmer
Demand Trend

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

England COBOL Programmer Demand Trend

COBOL Programmer
Salary Trend

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

England COBOL Programmer Salary Trend

COBOL Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Programmer within the England region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West MidlandsUp+4620£30,000+9.09 %
MidlandsNew entry-9£32,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£40,000-
South WestUp+151--
COBOL Programmer UKCOBOL Programmer
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COBOL Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited COBOL Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

162 (100.00 %)COBOL
243 (69.35 %)AS400
336 (58.06 %)iSeries
429 (46.77 %)Finance
524 (38.71 %)Mainframe
612 (19.35 %)Banking
710 (16.13 %)IBM
89 (14.52 %)Wealth Management
98 (12.90 %)Degree
107 (11.29 %)Micro Focus
107 (11.29 %)UNIX
107 (11.29 %)Windows
107 (11.29 %)Systems Analysis
115 (8.065 %)Oracle
115 (8.065 %)SQL Server
124 (6.452 %)C
124 (6.452 %)RPG
124 (6.452 %)Pensions
133 (4.839 %)SQL
133 (4.839 %)VB
133 (4.839 %).NET
142 (3.226 %)C#
142 (3.226 %)C++
142 (3.226 %)DB2
142 (3.226 %)AIX
142 (3.226 %)MVS
142 (3.226 %)CICS
142 (3.226 %)Mathematics
142 (3.226 %)Retail
151 (1.613 %).NET Framework

COBOL Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited COBOL Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (4.839 %).NET
21 (1.613 %)XML
21 (1.613 %)ActiveX
21 (1.613 %)CGI
21 (1.613 %).NET Framework
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.226 %)CICS
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.613 %)MS Excel
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (8.065 %)SQL Server
22 (3.226 %)DB2
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (46.77 %)Finance
212 (19.35 %)Banking
34 (6.452 %)Pensions
42 (3.226 %)Retail
51 (1.613 %)Education
51 (1.613 %)Health
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
143 (69.35 %)AS400
236 (58.06 %)iSeries
324 (38.71 %)Mainframe
42 (3.226 %)Mathematics
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (11.29 %)UNIX
17 (11.29 %)Windows
22 (3.226 %)AIX
22 (3.226 %)MVS
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (14.52 %)Wealth Management
27 (11.29 %)Systems Analysis
31 (1.613 %)Software Testing
31 (1.613 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
162 (100.00 %)COBOL
24 (6.452 %)C
24 (6.452 %)RPG
33 (4.839 %)SQL
33 (4.839 %)VB
42 (3.226 %)C#
42 (3.226 %)C++
51 (1.613 %)Perl
51 (1.613 %)Assembly Language
51 (1.613 %)Shell Script
51 (1.613 %)JCL
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (12.90 %)Degree
21 (1.613 %)HND
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (16.13 %)IBM
27 (11.29 %)Micro Focus
35 (8.065 %)Oracle
41 (1.613 %)Microsoft