The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.28% +20.00%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
200 207 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 38.46% 40.91% 46.85%
Number of salaries quoted 142 167 254
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Middlesex COBOL Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex COBOL Salary Trend