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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Merseyside 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 | 48 | 88 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +40 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 41 | 1 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.165 % | 0.191 % |
| Salaries quoted | 20 | 0 |
| Average minimum salary | £25,160 | - |
| Average salary | £27,943 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum salary | £30,725 | - |
| 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 | 665 | 523 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.351 % | 0.214 % |
| Salaries quoted | 562 | 433 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,586 | £27,913 |
| Average salary | £30,957 | £30,440 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.69 % |
| Average maximum salary | £33,329 | £32,967 |
| 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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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