COBOL Jobs in the North of England

COBOL
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 419 434
Rank change year-on-year +96 +15 -86
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 71 16 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.093% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.41% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 66 12 5
10th Percentile £66,500 £56,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £71,837 £59,947 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £69,447 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% +38.89% +25.00%
75th Percentile £84,964 £87,303 £51,250
90th Percentile - £116,070 £52,750
England median annual salary £73,805 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.15% -3.08% -1.89%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,040 7,272 7,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.82% 42.16% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,171 3,594 5,505
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL in the North of England

COBOL
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the North of England.

Salary trend for COBOL in the North of England

COBOL
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for COBOL in the North of England

COBOL
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +23 29 £73,805 +6.27% 2
Yorkshire +100 24 £73,805 -26.74% 3
North East - 18 £73,805 - 3
COBOL
England

COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 31 (43.66%) Tuxedo
2 3 (4.23%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 31 (43.66%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) DB2
1 3 (4.23%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (7.04%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (78.87%) Lead
1 56 (78.87%) Technical Leader
2 42 (59.15%) Senior
3 6 (8.45%) Architect
3 6 (8.45%) Developer
3 6 (8.45%) Senior Architect
3 6 (8.45%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 6 (8.45%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (7.04%) Senior Developer
4 5 (7.04%) Senior Software Developer
4 5 (7.04%) Software Developer
5 3 (4.23%) DB2 DBA
5 3 (4.23%) DBA
6 1 (1.41%) COBOL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (43.66%) RESTful
2 5 (7.04%) EDI
2 5 (7.04%) OSGi
2 5 (7.04%) Spring
3 3 (4.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.23%) Distributed Computing
1 3 (4.23%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.49%) Linux
2 6 (8.45%) VME
3 3 (4.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (87.32%) Agile
1 62 (87.32%) Coaching
1 62 (87.32%) Mentoring
1 62 (87.32%) Product Roadmap
1 62 (87.32%) Roadmaps
2 56 (78.87%) Strategic Thinking
3 36 (50.70%) Front End Development
4 31 (43.66%) Continuous Integration
4 31 (43.66%) Re-Platforming
5 25 (35.21%) Architectural Design
5 25 (35.21%) Feasibility Study
5 25 (35.21%) Open Source
5 25 (35.21%) Software Engineering
6 6 (8.45%) Architectural Patterns
6 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
6 6 (8.45%) Design Patterns
6 6 (8.45%) Technical Debt
7 5 (7.04%) Time Management
8 3 (4.23%) Business Strategy
8 3 (4.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 67 (94.37%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 36 (50.70%) Java
3 25 (35.21%) C
3 25 (35.21%) C++
3 25 (35.21%) Python
4 3 (4.23%) JCL
4 3 (4.23%) REXX
4 3 (4.23%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) RACF
1 3 (4.23%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 67 (94.37%) Micro Focus
2 31 (43.66%) Oracle
3 3 (4.23%) BMC
3 3 (4.23%) IBM