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 Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 19 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 Merseyside region.

 COBOL
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank--54
Matching permanent IT job ads0034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside--2.908 %
As % of the Programming Languages category--6.204 %
Salaries quoted003
Average salary--£30,275
UK excluding London average salary£35,250£35,750£32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.390 %+10.00 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
159250548
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside41.19 %48.26 %46.88 %
Salaries quoted143236438
Average salary£32,764£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.810 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£42,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
COBOL North WestCOBOL
North West

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside COBOL Salary Trend