COBOL
North West > Manchester
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 201 | 233 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | +9 | -44 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.25% | 0.16% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.75% | 0.35% | 0.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £68,000 | £56,090 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £71,837 | £61,180 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £73,805 | £69,447 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.27% | +46.20% | +22.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,964 | £77,715 | £51,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £73,805 | £69,447 | £48,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.27% | +42.46% | +25.81% |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,724 | 2,288 | 2,709 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 33.72% | 46.02% | 47.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,399 | 1,292 | 2,049 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,750 | £38,800 | £37,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £46,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £57,810 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.11% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £72,500 | £73,675 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.79% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
COBOL
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Manchester.
COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: