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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Manchester 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 180 | 207 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +27 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 7 | 12 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.283 % | 0.402 % |
| Salaries quoted | 7 | 12 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,286 | £34,667 |
| Average salary | £34,857 | £38,625 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.75 % |
| Average maximum salary | £38,429 | £42,583 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,337 | £34,554 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.26 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 2470 | 2986 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 1.304 % | 1.223 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2069 | 2651 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,091 | £30,219 |
| Average salary | £32,018 | £33,335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,946 | £36,450 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,180 | £35,575 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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