The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - 132 111
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.096% 0.486%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.171% 0.856%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 7
Average salary - £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +20.00%
All Programming Languages
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1474 1170 1052
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 56.74% 56.09% 56.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1199 1055 909
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
West Yorkshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds COBOL Salary Trend