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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Luton 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 38 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 5 | 10 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.660 % | 3.759 % |
| Salaries quoted | 5 | 8 |
| Average minimum salary | £24,000 | £33,125 |
| Average salary | £24,000 | £36,875 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.91 % |
| Average maximum salary | £24,000 | £40,625 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,197 | £33,617 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.62 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 188 | 266 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.101 % | 0.111 % |
| Salaries quoted | 143 | 248 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,268 | £33,851 |
| Average salary | £36,375 | £37,359 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.63 % |
| Average maximum salary | £38,481 | £40,868 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,245 | £35,645 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.11 % |
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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 Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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