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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Knutsford 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads170
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.23 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted160
Average minimum salary£37,313-
Average salary£39,625-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£41,938-
UK excluding London average salary£40,832£37,068
% change on same period last year+10.15 %
Knutsford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Knutsford
Matching permanent IT job ads13918
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.008 %
Salaries quoted13818
Average minimum salary£35,126£34,148
Average salary£37,237£36,926
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum salary£39,349£39,704
UK excluding London average salary£35,513£35,793
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
COBOL CheshireCOBOL
Cheshire

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Knutsford region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Knutsford COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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.

120 (90.91 %)Finance
217 (77.27 %)Tandem
314 (63.64 %)ITIL
47 (31.82 %)ITIL Certification
47 (31.82 %)Banking
56 (27.27 %)Unit Testing
65 (22.73 %)WebSphere
65 (22.73 %)CICS
65 (22.73 %)Project Management
65 (22.73 %)C
65 (22.73 %)C++
65 (22.73 %)Java
74 (18.18 %)Health
74 (18.18 %)Pensions
83 (13.64 %)Supplier Management
83 (13.64 %)Systems Analysis
92 (9.091 %)SQL
101 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
101 (4.545 %)Change Management
101 (4.545 %)Risk Management

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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.

Knutsford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (22.73 %)WebSphere
Knutsford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (22.73 %)CICS
Knutsford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (90.91 %)Finance
27 (31.82 %)Banking
34 (18.18 %)Pensions
34 (18.18 %)Health
Knutsford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (68.18 %)Analyst
115 (68.18 %)Analyst Programmer
115 (68.18 %)Programmer
210 (45.45 %)Developer
37 (31.82 %)Developer Analyst
45 (22.73 %)Architect
52 (9.091 %)Applications Architect
52 (9.091 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
52 (9.091 %)COBOL Programmer
52 (9.091 %)COBOL Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Java Architect
61 (4.545 %)Lead Developer
61 (4.545 %)Analyst Developer
Knutsford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (77.27 %)Tandem
Knutsford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (63.64 %)ITIL
26 (27.27 %)Unit Testing
35 (22.73 %)Project Management
43 (13.64 %)Systems Analysis
43 (13.64 %)Supplier Management
51 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
51 (4.545 %)Change Management
51 (4.545 %)Risk Management
Knutsford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (22.73 %)C
15 (22.73 %)C++
15 (22.73 %)Java
22 (9.091 %)SQL
Knutsford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (31.82 %)ITIL Certification