Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Nottingham region.

 COBOL
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank52--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham0.324 %--
As % of the Programming Languages category0.717 %--
Salaries quoted200
Average salary£28,500--
UK excluding London average salary£35,250£35,750£32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.390 %+10.00 %
Nottingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
279368900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham45.22 %54.93 %55.28 %
Salaries quoted249326815
Average salary£33,500£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.070 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£23,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
COBOL NottinghamshireCOBOL
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COBOL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Nottingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Nottingham COBOL Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nottingham COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottingham region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL.

15 (100.00 %)Mainframe
23 (60.00 %)VSAM
23 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)DB2
23 (60.00 %)CICS
23 (60.00 %)JCL
32 (40.00 %)VB
32 (40.00 %)C
32 (40.00 %)C++
32 (40.00 %)Java
32 (40.00 %)PHP
32 (40.00 %)Software Engineering
32 (40.00 %)Web Development
32 (40.00 %)Degree
32 (40.00 %)VB6
32 (40.00 %)Computer Science

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottingham region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Nottingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)CICS
Nottingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)DB2
Nottingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Programmer
23 (60.00 %)Analyst
23 (60.00 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (40.00 %)Software Programmer
41 (20.00 %)Lead Analyst Programmer
41 (20.00 %)Mainframe Analyst Programmer
41 (20.00 %)Mainframe Programmer
Nottingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (100.00 %)Mainframe
23 (60.00 %)VSAM
32 (40.00 %)Computer Science
Nottingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Software Engineering
12 (40.00 %)Web Development
Nottingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)JCL
22 (40.00 %)VB6
22 (40.00 %)VB
22 (40.00 %)C
22 (40.00 %)C++
22 (40.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)PHP
Nottingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Degree