The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 27 34 20
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -14
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 1 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 0.671% 0.510% 6.349%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.786% 0.840% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 8
Average salary £42,000 £55,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.63% +120.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +18.46%
All Programming Languages
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
56 119 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 37.58% 60.71% 59.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39 85 69
Average salary £30,000 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £39,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
West Yorkshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) Unisys
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Unisys