The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 84 - 78
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 7 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.567% - 0.487%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.839% - 0.828%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
Average salary £42,500 - £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +18.46%
All Programming Languages
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
834 506 604
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 67.53% 57.70% 58.81%
Number of salaries quoted 530 362 462
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
Scotland

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow COBOL Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

This 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 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Java
3 5 (71.43%) C#
3 5 (71.43%) C++
3 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle
3 5 (71.43%) XML
3 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 5 (71.43%) UNIX
3 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
3 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 5 (71.43%) Change Management
4 3 (42.86%) Eclipse
4 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
4 3 (42.86%) PL/1
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) OO
4 3 (42.86%) HPUX
4 3 (42.86%) VB
4 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
4 3 (42.86%) IIS
4 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
4 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
1 5 (71.43%) XML
1 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) SOAP
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (42.86%) IIS
3 1 (14.29%) Apache
3 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Eclipse
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Applications Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Applications Support
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) CMDB
1 2 (28.57%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) UNIX
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) HPUX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
1 5 (71.43%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) Web Development
2 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Java
3 5 (71.43%) C#
3 5 (71.43%) C++
4 3 (42.86%) PL/1
4 3 (42.86%) VB
4 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
4 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
6 1 (14.29%) RPG
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Sybase
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Whilst the initial role will be focused in AS400 development there will be the opportunity in the future for the candidate to be cross trained in other technologies...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare and Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
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