Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the London region.

 COBOL
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank441435458
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+23
Matching permanent IT job ads4822217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.122 %0.069 %0.258 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.238 %0.142 %0.532 %
Salaries quoted4310176
Average salary£65,000£48,750£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33 %+2.630 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,000£46,350£32,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£55,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %+7.690 %
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
201581546240752
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London51.40 %48.56 %48.47 %
Salaries quoted168701272133748
Average salary£50,000£45,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£31,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£70,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
COBOL EnglandCOBOL
England

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the London region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CroydonUp+911£70,000+47.36 %
City of LondonDown-524£47,500-5.00 %
EalingNew entry-2£47,500-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1£85,000-
COBOL EnglandCOBOL
England

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

154 (54.55 %)Mainframe
248 (48.48 %)Java
333 (33.33 %)Finance
431 (31.31 %)JCL
530 (30.30 %)DB2
628 (28.28 %)SQL
725 (25.25 %)Banking
820 (20.20 %)C
820 (20.20 %)Project Management
820 (20.20 %)Change Management
919 (19.19 %)C++
1014 (14.14 %)WebSphere
1113 (13.13 %)Oracle
1113 (13.13 %)UNIX
1113 (13.13 %)Agile Software Development
1211 (11.11 %)IBM
1211 (11.11 %)IMS/DB
1310 (10.10 %)SQL Server
1310 (10.10 %)Six Sigma
1310 (10.10 %)Resource Management
149 (9.091 %)Perl
149 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
149 (9.091 %)Problem Management
149 (9.091 %)Performance Management
158 (8.081 %)WebLogic
158 (8.081 %)Synon
158 (8.081 %)AS400
158 (8.081 %)Investment Banking
158 (8.081 %)QA
167 (7.071 %)VB

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (14.14 %)WebSphere
27 (7.071 %)J2EE
36 (6.061 %).NET
45 (5.051 %)FIX Protocol
53 (3.030 %)Stripes Framework
53 (3.030 %)JDBC
53 (3.030 %)JSP
53 (3.030 %)Servlets
53 (3.030 %)XML
53 (3.030 %)Swing
53 (3.030 %)Hibernate
53 (3.030 %)Spring
53 (3.030 %)ISPF
61 (1.010 %)Struts
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (8.081 %)WebLogic
22 (2.020 %)CICS
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (4.040 %)MS Office
14 (4.040 %)MS Excel
22 (2.020 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.010 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (5.051 %)TCP/IP
23 (3.030 %)Internet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (30.30 %)DB2
211 (11.11 %)IMS/DB
310 (10.10 %)SQL Server
46 (6.061 %)Reference Data
55 (5.051 %)RDBMS
55 (5.051 %)Adabas
55 (5.051 %)Oracle Reports
64 (4.040 %)BusinessObjects
73 (3.030 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (3.030 %)SQLPlus
73 (3.030 %)Star Schema
73 (3.030 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (3.030 %)BusinessObjects XI
73 (3.030 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (3.030 %)Oracle 9i
73 (3.030 %)MS Access
73 (3.030 %)ETL
82 (2.020 %)Crystal Reports
91 (1.010 %)Datawarehouse
91 (1.010 %)GIS
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (8.081 %)Synon
24 (4.040 %)COOL2E
33 (3.030 %)ProC
33 (3.030 %)Subversion
33 (3.030 %)Ant
33 (3.030 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (3.030 %)Oracle Forms
33 (3.030 %)WinRunner
33 (3.030 %)TestDirector
33 (3.030 %)QuickTest Pro
33 (3.030 %)LoadRunner
41 (1.010 %)ClearCase
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (33.33 %)Finance
225 (25.25 %)Banking
38 (8.081 %)Investment Banking
44 (4.040 %)Retail
51 (1.010 %)Multimedia
51 (1.010 %)Government
51 (1.010 %)Pensions
51 (1.010 %)Financial Institution
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
132 (32.32 %)Developer
225 (25.25 %)Support Manager
320 (20.20 %)Applications Manager
419 (19.19 %)Applications Support
518 (18.18 %)Applications Support Manager
615 (15.15 %)Mainframe Applications Manager
713 (13.13 %)COBOL Developer
88 (8.081 %)Analyst
96 (6.061 %)Consultant
96 (6.061 %)Senior Developer
96 (6.061 %)Programmer
105 (5.051 %)Developer Analyst
105 (5.051 %)AS400 Developer
105 (5.051 %)Synon Developer
114 (4.040 %)Platform Manager
114 (4.040 %)Lead Developer
123 (3.030 %)Quality Manager
123 (3.030 %)QA Manager
123 (3.030 %)Release Manager
123 (3.030 %)Oracle Developer
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
154 (54.55 %)Mainframe
28 (8.081 %)AS400
36 (6.061 %)iSeries
45 (5.051 %)Multithreading
54 (4.040 %)EFT
62 (2.020 %)Credit Risk
71 (1.010 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (1.010 %)Tandem
71 (1.010 %)Derivative
71 (1.010 %)Open Source
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (13.13 %)UNIX
27 (7.071 %)Solaris
36 (6.061 %)Linux
36 (6.061 %)Windows
45 (5.051 %)i5/OS
53 (3.030 %)AIX
53 (3.030 %)Windows XP
53 (3.030 %)OS/390
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (20.20 %)Project Management
120 (20.20 %)Change Management
213 (13.13 %)Agile Software Development
310 (10.10 %)Six Sigma
310 (10.10 %)Resource Management
49 (9.091 %)Problem Management
49 (9.091 %)Performance Management
49 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
55 (5.051 %)Extreme Programming
64 (4.040 %)UML
64 (4.040 %)OO
64 (4.040 %)Cash Management
73 (3.030 %)Release Management
73 (3.030 %)Configuration Management
73 (3.030 %)TDD
73 (3.030 %)Technical Architecture
73 (3.030 %)Migration
73 (3.030 %)MVC
82 (2.020 %)Service Management
82 (2.020 %)SOA
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (48.48 %)Java
231 (31.31 %)JCL
328 (28.28 %)SQL
420 (20.20 %)C
519 (19.19 %)C++
69 (9.091 %)Perl
77 (7.071 %)VB
86 (6.061 %)Korn
95 (5.051 %)NATURAL
104 (4.040 %)Shell Script
104 (4.040 %)C#
113 (3.030 %)JavaScript
113 (3.030 %)PL/SQL
113 (3.030 %)AWK
122 (2.020 %)Tcl
131 (1.010 %)RPG
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (3.030 %)OCP
13 (3.030 %)Oracle Certification
13 (3.030 %)Sun Certification
21 (1.010 %)Degree
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (8.081 %)QA
25 (5.051 %)PCI DSS
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.030 %)BMC PATROL
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (13.13 %)Oracle
211 (11.11 %)IBM
36 (6.061 %)Perforce
44 (4.040 %)Business Objects
53 (3.030 %)Sun
53 (3.030 %)Ab Initio
53 (3.030 %)Micro Focus
61 (1.010 %)BEA
61 (1.010 %)Microsoft
61 (1.010 %)Cognos
61 (1.010 %)Sybase