The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 20 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - 51 54
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton - 0.438% 1.474%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.980% 2.381%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 7
Average salary - £40,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +35.59%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +23.07%
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
209 204 294
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 53.87% 44.64% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 192 197 272
Average salary £34,750 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.92% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
Northamptonshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton COBOL Salary Trend