COBOL Job Trends in Hertfordshire

COBOL
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire - - 0.046%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £40,000
East of England median annual salary - - £42,000
% change year-on-year - - -28.81%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 193 213 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.07% 28.36% 24.70%
Number of salaries quoted 143 178 464
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £75,700
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -4.35%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

COBOL job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

COBOL
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing COBOL