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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 |
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22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 441 | 435 | 458 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +23 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 48 | 22 | 217 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London | 0.122 % | 0.069 % | 0.258 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.238 % | 0.142 % | 0.532 % |
| Salaries quoted | 43 | 10 | 176 |
| Average salary | £65,000 | £48,750 | £47,500 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20158 | 15462 | 40752 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London | 51.40 % | 48.56 % | 48.47 % |
| Salaries quoted | 16870 | 12721 | 33748 |
| Average salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe 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.
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