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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Harrogate 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.810 % | 5.957 % |
| Salaries quoted | 0 | 14 |
| Average minimum salary | - | £36,143 |
| Average salary | - | £38,286 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum salary | - | £40,429 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,197 | £33,617 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.62 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 210 | 235 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.113 % | 0.098 % |
| Salaries quoted | 165 | 213 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,213 | £34,230 |
| Average salary | £32,052 | £36,406 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.96 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,891 | £38,582 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,245 | £35,645 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.11 % |
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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 Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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