Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Havant 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1317
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads104
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below16.39 %9.756 %
Salaries quoted100
Average minimum salary£51,000-
Average salary£53,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£55,000-
UK excluding London average salary£43,573£39,021
% change on same period last year+11.66 %
Havant IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Havant
Matching permanent IT job ads6141
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted3824
Average minimum salary£34,799£28,609
Average salary£37,729£31,420
% change on same period last year+20.07 %
Average maximum salary£40,660£34,232
UK excluding London average salary£35,731£35,965
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
COBOL HampshireCOBOL
Hampshire

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Havant 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 Havant region.

Havant COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Havant region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Havant COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Havant 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.

114 (93.33 %)Oracle
114 (93.33 %)DB2
114 (93.33 %)CICS
114 (93.33 %)zOS
213 (86.67 %)Mainframe
312 (80.00 %)IBM
312 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
312 (80.00 %)Eclipse
410 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
410 (66.67 %)UML
56 (40.00 %)MS Visio
56 (40.00 %)Retail
56 (40.00 %)Marketing
64 (26.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (20.00 %).NET
82 (13.33 %)SQL
82 (13.33 %)Windows
82 (13.33 %)AIX
82 (13.33 %)SOA
82 (13.33 %)Business Intelligence
82 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (13.33 %)Network Load Balancing
82 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (13.33 %)Firewall
82 (13.33 %)Citrix
82 (13.33 %)MetaFrame
91 (6.667 %)VME
91 (6.667 %)Fujitsu
91 (6.667 %)ICL
91 (6.667 %)Pensions

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Havant 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.

Havant IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (20.00 %).NET
Havant IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (93.33 %)CICS
210 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
Havant IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (40.00 %)MS Visio
Havant IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Firewall
Havant IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (93.33 %)DB2
24 (26.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
Havant IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (80.00 %)Eclipse
Havant IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Retail
16 (40.00 %)Marketing
21 (6.667 %)Pensions
Havant IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (80.00 %)Lead Designer
22 (13.33 %)Architect
22 (13.33 %)Technical Architect
31 (6.667 %)Solutions Architect
31 (6.667 %)Programmer
31 (6.667 %)Enterprise Architect
31 (6.667 %)COBOL Programmer
31 (6.667 %)Mainframe Programmer
Havant IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (86.67 %)Mainframe
Havant IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (93.33 %)zOS
22 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (13.33 %)Windows
22 (13.33 %)AIX
22 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (6.667 %)VME
Havant IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
210 (66.67 %)UML
32 (13.33 %)SOA
32 (13.33 %)Business Intelligence
32 (13.33 %)Network Load Balancing
Havant IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)SQL
Havant IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (13.33 %)MetaFrame
Havant IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (93.33 %)Oracle
212 (80.00 %)IBM
32 (13.33 %)Citrix
41 (6.667 %)ICL
41 (6.667 %)Fujitsu