The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.047% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.126% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.26% +21.53%
All Programming Languages
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
795 1196 940
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 37.05% 52.57% 50.46%
Number of salaries quoted 704 1077 787
Average salary £42,500 £38,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84% +0.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
Berkshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows