Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Glasgow 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.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8490
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads27
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.342 %0.725 %
Salaries quoted02
Average minimum salary-£32,500
Average salary-£32,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£32,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,185£33,617
% change on same period last year+13.58 %
Glasgow IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Glasgow
Matching permanent IT job ads584966
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.314 %0.403 %
Salaries quoted391560
Average minimum salary£31,556£30,663
Average salary£35,164£33,152
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Average maximum salary£38,772£35,640
UK excluding London average salary£35,268£35,641
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
COBOL ScotlandCOBOL
Scotland

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

12 (100.00 %)Adabas
12 (100.00 %)IBM
12 (100.00 %)CICS
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)NATURAL
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)JCL
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)MVS
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)UNIX

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Glasgow IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)CICS
Glasgow IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)Adabas
Glasgow IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
Glasgow IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe Developer
12 (100.00 %)Natural/Adabas Developer
Glasgow IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Glasgow IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)MVS
Glasgow IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)NATURAL
21 (50.00 %)JCL
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Glasgow IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Glasgow IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)IBM