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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Milton Keynes 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
COBOL |
| 3 months to 28 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 88 | 95 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +7 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 7 | 3 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.031 % | 0.346 % |
| Salaries quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum salary | £38,667 | - |
| Average salary | £41,042 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum salary | £43,417 | - |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,405 | £33,739 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.82 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 679 | 867 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.369 % | 0.364 % |
| Salaries quoted | 630 | 754 |
| Average minimum salary | £33,537 | £33,429 |
| Average salary | £36,740 | £35,901 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.33 % |
| Average maximum salary | £39,943 | £38,372 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,271 | £35,635 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
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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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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