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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the North West 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 | 217 | 254 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +37 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 56 | 37 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.048 % | 0.620 % |
| Salaries quoted | 34 | 30 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,682 | £32,450 |
| Average salary | £32,393 | £34,933 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.27 % |
| Average maximum salary | £36,103 | £37,417 |
| 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 | 5344 | 5965 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 2.821 % | 2.443 % |
| Salaries quoted | 4509 | 5134 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,476 | £30,142 |
| Average salary | £32,258 | £32,890 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,041 | £35,638 |
| 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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