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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Northampton 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 10 | 7 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.413 % | 2.555 % |
| Salaries quoted | 10 | 4 |
| Average minimum salary | £32,500 | £27,250 |
| Average salary | £37,200 | £31,125 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.51 % |
| Average maximum salary | £41,900 | £35,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £40,878 | £36,872 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.86 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 293 | 274 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.169 % | 0.120 % |
| Salaries quoted | 263 | 237 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,299 | £32,334 |
| Average salary | £34,083 | £34,808 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.08 % |
| Average maximum salary | £36,867 | £37,283 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,481 | £35,777 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
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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 Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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