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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.
 COBOL |
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21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 84 | 90 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.342 % | 0.725 % |
| Salaries quoted | 0 | 2 |
| 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 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 584 | 966 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.314 % | 0.403 % |
| Salaries quoted | 391 | 560 |
| 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 % |
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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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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