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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Essex 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 113 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 10 | 12 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.962 % | 0.986 % |
| Salaries quoted | 10 | 12 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,600 | £32,250 |
| Average salary | £37,300 | £34,375 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.50 % |
| Average maximum salary | £40,000 | £36,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,185 | £33,617 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.58 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 1039 | 1217 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.559 % | 0.507 % |
| Salaries quoted | 849 | 1102 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,020 | £34,003 |
| Average salary | £36,482 | £36,227 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.70 % |
| Average maximum salary | £38,943 | £38,450 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,268 | £35,641 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.04 % |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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