The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 137 147 167
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +20
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 6 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.252% 0.119% 0.218%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.495% 0.208% 0.474%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 8
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £53,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -30.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,400 £37,500 £43,250
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £37,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +18.46%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1211 1443 1687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 50.82% 57.13% 45.98%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1180 1438
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
East of England

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hertfordshire COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £34,000 -
Hitchin - 1 - -
COBOL
East of England

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 11 (84.62%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (76.92%) C#
3 9 (69.23%) Retail
4 8 (61.54%) VB
4 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET
4 8 (61.54%) Windows
5 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
7 5 (38.46%) .NET Framework
7 5 (38.46%) Migration
7 5 (38.46%) SQL
8 4 (30.77%) Micro Focus
9 3 (23.08%) Oracle
9 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
9 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
9 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (15.38%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (15.38%) PHP5
10 2 (15.38%) Xcelsius
10 2 (15.38%) SAP BI
10 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
10 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (15.38%) MS Project
10 2 (15.38%) XML
10 2 (15.38%) CRM
10 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
10 2 (15.38%) SAP
10 2 (15.38%) PHP
10 2 (15.38%) ABAP

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 11 (84.62%) .NET
2 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET
3 5 (38.46%) .NET Framework
4 2 (15.38%) XML
5 1 (7.692%) SAML
5 1 (7.692%) Middleware
5 1 (7.692%) HTML
5 1 (7.692%) ASP
5 1 (7.692%) CSS
5 1 (7.692%) XHTML
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (7.692%) OpenID
5 1 (7.692%) WCF
5 1 (7.692%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) LiveLink
2 1 (7.692%) SAS
2 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.692%) JCAPS
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Project
1 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (15.38%) Xcelsius
3 2 (15.38%) SAP BI
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 2 (15.38%) DB2
3 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (15.38%) SAP BW
4 1 (7.692%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (69.23%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) C# Developer
2 3 (23.08%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 3 (23.08%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SAP BI Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) COBOL Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SAP BW Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Development Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) SOA
4 1 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
4 1 (7.692%) OO
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) B2B
4 1 (7.692%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C#
2 8 (61.54%) VB
3 5 (38.46%) SQL
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) PHP5
5 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (15.38%) ABAP
5 2 (15.38%) VBA
5 2 (15.38%) C++
6 1 (7.692%) Delphi
6 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Micro Focus
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
5 1 (7.692%) Informatica
5 1 (7.692%) IBM
5 1 (7.692%) Twitter
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