The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 558 612 546
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -66
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 49 26 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.111% 0.048% 0.137%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.208% 0.089% 0.251%
Number of salaries quoted 39 21 63
Average salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.26% +21.53%
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23613 29122 31054
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.71% 54.06% 54.60%
Number of salaries quoted 20303 25872 26539
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
England

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
City of London +12 10 £47,500 -20.50%
Bromley - 6 - -
Feltham - 1 - -
COBOL
England

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 35 (44.87%) Java
2 33 (42.31%) Oracle
3 31 (39.74%) Banking
4 29 (37.18%) Finance
5 24 (30.77%) Mainframe
6 22 (28.21%) DB2
7 20 (25.64%) MS Excel
8 19 (24.36%) Project Management
9 18 (23.08%) Marketing
10 17 (21.79%) WebSphere
11 16 (20.51%) Investment Banking
12 15 (19.23%) Music
12 15 (19.23%) Music Industry
12 15 (19.23%) Product Management
12 15 (19.23%) Configuration Management
12 15 (19.23%) AS400
12 15 (19.23%) MS Office
13 14 (17.95%) SQL Server
14 13 (16.67%) JCL
15 12 (15.38%) Risk Management
15 12 (15.38%) Perforce
15 12 (15.38%) C#
15 12 (15.38%) Unit Testing
16 11 (14.10%) SQL
17 10 (12.82%) C
17 10 (12.82%) E-Commerce
17 10 (12.82%) Agile Software Development
17 10 (12.82%) Degree
18 9 (11.54%) MVS
18 9 (11.54%) VSS/SourceSafe

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 17 (21.79%) WebSphere
2 9 (11.54%) .NET
3 8 (10.26%) J2EE
3 8 (10.26%) XML
4 7 (8.974%) ASP
4 7 (8.974%) Web Services
5 5 (6.410%) JSP
6 4 (5.128%) XML Schema
6 4 (5.128%) Swing
6 4 (5.128%) XSLT
7 3 (3.846%) HTML
8 2 (2.564%) JNDI
8 2 (2.564%) Java EE
8 2 (2.564%) JMS
8 2 (2.564%) JDBC
9 1 (1.282%) JSF
9 1 (1.282%) JMX
9 1 (1.282%) EJB
9 1 (1.282%) JAXB
9 1 (1.282%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) CICS
2 5 (6.410%) CMS
2 5 (6.410%) MQSeries
3 4 (5.128%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.128%) ColdFusion
4 1 (1.282%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (1.282%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (25.64%) MS Excel
2 15 (19.23%) MS Office
3 3 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.846%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.128%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.846%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (28.21%) DB2
2 14 (17.95%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.692%) QlikView
4 5 (6.410%) NonStop SQL
5 4 (5.128%) BODI
5 4 (5.128%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (3.846%) IMS/DB
7 1 (1.282%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.282%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 9 (11.54%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (39.74%) Banking
2 29 (37.18%) Finance
3 18 (23.08%) Marketing
4 16 (20.51%) Investment Banking
5 15 (19.23%) Music
5 15 (19.23%) Music Industry
6 6 (7.692%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.128%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (5.128%) Games
8 3 (3.846%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (1.282%) Retail
9 1 (1.282%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Developer
2 20 (25.64%) COBOL Developer
3 14 (17.95%) AS400 Developer
4 12 (15.38%) Architect
5 7 (8.974%) Technical Leader
6 5 (6.410%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.410%) Programmer
6 5 (6.410%) Mainframe Architect
6 5 (6.410%) OpenVMS Developer
7 4 (5.128%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.846%) Services Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.846%) Release Manager
8 3 (3.846%) Service Manager
8 3 (3.846%) Senior Analyst Programmer
8 3 (3.846%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.846%) Analyst Programmer
8 3 (3.846%) Analyst
8 3 (3.846%) Senior Programmer
9 2 (2.564%) Lead Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.77%) Mainframe
2 15 (19.23%) AS400
3 7 (8.974%) SWIFT
4 6 (7.692%) Tandem
5 3 (3.846%) Wiki
5 3 (3.846%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (2.564%) Data Integration
7 1 (1.282%) Equities
7 1 (1.282%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.282%) VSAM
7 1 (1.282%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.282%) Derivative
7 1 (1.282%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) MVS
2 8 (10.26%) OpenVMS
3 5 (6.410%) VMS
4 4 (5.128%) Windows
5 3 (3.846%) zOS
5 3 (3.846%) UNIX
6 2 (2.564%) Stratus VOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Project Management
2 15 (19.23%) Product Management
2 15 (19.23%) Configuration Management
3 12 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 12 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 10 (12.82%) E-Commerce
4 10 (12.82%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.974%) ETL
7 5 (6.410%) ITIL
7 5 (6.410%) Data Modelling
7 5 (6.410%) SOA
8 4 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (5.128%) System Testing
8 4 (5.128%) B2B
8 4 (5.128%) UML
8 4 (5.128%) OOA/OOD
8 4 (5.128%) OO
8 4 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.846%) DMAIC
Programming Languages
1 35 (44.87%) Java
2 13 (16.67%) JCL
3 12 (15.38%) C#
4 11 (14.10%) SQL
5 10 (12.82%) C
6 8 (10.26%) C++
7 7 (8.974%) Pascal
8 5 (6.410%) DCL
9 4 (5.128%) F#
9 4 (5.128%) Groovy
9 4 (5.128%) Fortran
9 4 (5.128%) Ada
9 4 (5.128%) Delphi
9 4 (5.128%) ABAP
9 4 (5.128%) Tcl
9 4 (5.128%) Lisp
9 4 (5.128%) MATLAB
9 4 (5.128%) Objective-C
9 4 (5.128%) Modula-2
9 4 (5.128%) Lingo
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 3 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.282%) PMP
3 1 (1.282%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.282%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.282%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.282%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.128%) QA
2 1 (1.282%) SLA
2 1 (1.282%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 6 (7.692%) CA Endevor
2 3 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.282%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 33 (42.31%) Oracle
2 12 (15.38%) Perforce
3 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.974%) IBM
4 7 (8.974%) Business Objects
5 5 (6.410%) Informatica
5 5 (6.410%) HP
6 4 (5.128%) Cognos
7 3 (3.846%) Sybase
8 2 (2.564%) Unisys
8 2 (2.564%) SAP
9 1 (1.282%) Micro Focus
9 1 (1.282%) Pega
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