South East COBOL Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the South East 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Banbury Barking Basildon Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Chichester City of London Cleveland Coventry Docklands, London Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Folkestone Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Rugby Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	334	338
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching permanent IT job ads	140	176
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.074 %
As % of the category below	0.908 %	0.852 %
Salaries quoted	123	132
Average minimum salary	£45,220	£32,811
Average salary	£48,816	£35,220
% change on same period last year	+38.60 %
Average maximum salary	£52,413	£37,629
UK excluding London average salary	£38,757	£34,052
% change on same period last year	+13.81 %
Programming Languages South East
Matching permanent IT job ads	15419	20656
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	8.532 %	8.663 %
Salaries quoted	13191	17614
Average minimum salary	£34,405	£35,101
Average salary	£37,912	£38,223
% change on same period last year	-0.81 %
Average maximum salary	£41,419	£41,346
UK excluding London average salary	£35,272	£35,655
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+96	84	£48,175	+34.26 %
Hampshire	-34	26	£59,722	+54.15 %
Surrey	+38	15	£63,625	+75.23 %
Buckinghamshire	+15	10	£41,083	+37.92 %
Kent	+3	5	£29,750	-12.24 %
Oxfordshire	-6	5	£22,500	-12.33 %
Sussex	+15	3	-	-
West Sussex	-	3	-	-
Thames Valley	+24	1	£32,500	+24.65 %
Middlesex	-	1	£35,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 118 (44.53 %) DB2 2 108 (40.75 %) Mainframe 3 99 (37.36 %) CICS 4 77 (29.06 %) IBM 5 76 (28.68 %) Oracle 6 72 (27.17 %) .NET 7 66 (24.91 %) Java 8 59 (22.26 %) UNIX 9 54 (20.38 %) SQL Server 10 53 (20.00 %) Windows 11 48 (18.11 %) C# 12 46 (17.36 %) C 13 43 (16.23 %) Micro Focus 14 42 (15.85 %) SQL 14 42 (15.85 %) Finance

15 39 (14.72 %) C++ 15 39 (14.72 %) zOS 16 36 (13.58 %) Linux 16 36 (13.58 %) Insurance 17 34 (12.83 %) Degree 17 34 (12.83 %) JCL 18 31 (11.70 %) Computer Science 19 30 (11.32 %) E-Commerce 20 28 (10.57 %) Eclipse 21 27 (10.19 %) UML 22 25 (9.434 %) IBM Mainframe 22 25 (9.434 %) SQL Server 2005 22 25 (9.434 %) Education 22 25 (9.434 %) Health 23 24 (9.057 %) Retail

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 72 (27.17 %) .NET 2 21 (7.925 %) WinForms 3 19 (7.170 %) J2EE 4 16 (6.038 %) HTML 5 12 (4.528 %) XML 5 12 (4.528 %) JSP 5 12 (4.528 %) Servlets 6 9 (3.396 %) SOAP 7 4 (1.509 %) WebServices 8 3 (1.132 %) Spring 8 3 (1.132 %) ISPF 8 3 (1.132 %) WebSphere 8 3 (1.132 %) XSLT 9 1 (0.377 %) XML Schema	Application Platforms 1 99 (37.36 %) CICS 2 13 (4.906 %) SAS 3 10 (3.774 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (0.377 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 20 (7.547 %) MS Visio 2 10 (3.774 %) MS Excel 3 8 (3.019 %) MS Project 4 4 (1.509 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 3 (1.132 %) HiPortfolio 2 1 (0.377 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 11 (4.151 %) Firewall 2 2 (0.755 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 118 (44.53 %) DB2 2 54 (20.38 %) SQL Server 3 25 (9.434 %) SQL Server 2005 4 22 (8.302 %) Crystal Reports 5 16 (6.038 %) Datawarehouse 6 14 (5.283 %) RDBMS 6 14 (5.283 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 13 (4.906 %) ETL 7 13 (4.906 %) Base SAS 7 13 (4.906 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 8 5 (1.887 %) Easytrieve 9 2 (0.755 %) IDMS 9 2 (0.755 %) Oracle 10g 10 1 (0.377 %) SAP BW 10 1 (0.377 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 28 (10.57 %) Eclipse 2 11 (4.151 %) MSI 2 11 (4.151 %) InstallShield 3 6 (2.264 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 3 (1.132 %) ProC 5 2 (0.755 %) VisualAge Generator	General 1 42 (15.85 %) Finance 2 36 (13.58 %) Insurance 3 25 (9.434 %) Education 3 25 (9.434 %) Health 4 24 (9.057 %) Retail 5 10 (3.774 %) Banking 6 5 (1.887 %) Pensions 6 5 (1.887 %) Marketing 7 3 (1.132 %) General Ledger 8 1 (0.377 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.377 %) Billing 8 1 (0.377 %) Government
Job Titles 1 77 (29.06 %) Developer 2 70 (26.42 %) Programmer 3 63 (23.77 %) Analyst 4 45 (16.98 %) Analyst Programmer 5 43 (16.23 %) Software Developer 6 28 (10.57 %) Senior Developer 7 24 (9.057 %) Architect 8 23 (8.679 %) Senior Programmer 9 22 (8.302 %) COBOL Programmer 10 21 (7.925 %) Team Leader 11 20 (7.547 %) Consultant 11 20 (7.547 %) Lead Designer 12 18 (6.792 %) Senior Software Developer 13 17 (6.415 %) Software Team Leader 14 13 (4.906 %) COBOL Analyst Programmer 14 13 (4.906 %) COBOL Analyst 14 13 (4.906 %) Systems Analyst 15 10 (3.774 %) Sales Consultant 15 10 (3.774 %) Project Leader 15 10 (3.774 %) Presales Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 108 (40.75 %) Mainframe 2 31 (11.70 %) Computer Science 3 25 (9.434 %) IBM Mainframe 4 12 (4.528 %) AS400 5 10 (3.774 %) N-Tier 6 5 (1.887 %) Client/Server 6 5 (1.887 %) VSAM 7 1 (0.377 %) VAX 7 1 (0.377 %) Statistics 7 1 (0.377 %) Mathematics 7 1 (0.377 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.377 %) Data Conversion
Operating Systems 1 59 (22.26 %) UNIX 2 53 (20.00 %) Windows 3 39 (14.72 %) zOS 4 36 (13.58 %) Linux 5 24 (9.057 %) AIX 6 11 (4.151 %) Windows Server 2003 6 11 (4.151 %) Windows Server 2008 7 9 (3.396 %) OS/390 8 5 (1.887 %) MVS 9 2 (0.755 %) Windows 2000 9 2 (0.755 %) Windows XP 10 1 (0.377 %) VMS 10 1 (0.377 %) OS/400 10 1 (0.377 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.377 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (11.32 %) E-Commerce 2 27 (10.19 %) UML 3 23 (8.679 %) Project Management 4 18 (6.792 %) SOA 5 15 (5.660 %) Systems Analysis 6 14 (5.283 %) SSADM 7 13 (4.906 %) Business Intelligence 8 12 (4.528 %) PRINCE2 9 11 (4.151 %) Data Modelling 9 11 (4.151 %) Network Load Balancing 10 10 (3.774 %) OO 11 8 (3.019 %) RUP 11 8 (3.019 %) Service Delivery 12 7 (2.642 %) Unit Testing 12 7 (2.642 %) Migration 12 7 (2.642 %) Data Management 13 6 (2.264 %) System Testing 14 5 (1.887 %) Technical Architecture 14 5 (1.887 %) ERP 15 4 (1.509 %) RAD
Programming Languages 1 66 (24.91 %) Java 2 48 (18.11 %) C# 3 46 (17.36 %) C 4 42 (15.85 %) SQL 5 39 (14.72 %) C++ 6 34 (12.83 %) JCL 7 13 (4.906 %) JavaScript 8 10 (3.774 %) VB 9 5 (1.887 %) VB.NET 9 5 (1.887 %) PL/1 10 3 (1.132 %) RPG 11 2 (0.755 %) Fortran 12 1 (0.377 %) Embedded C 12 1 (0.377 %) Embedded C++ 12 1 (0.377 %) Assembly Language 12 1 (0.377 %) REXX 12 1 (0.377 %) Pascal 12 1 (0.377 %) LINC 12 1 (0.377 %) Ada 12 1 (0.377 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 34 (12.83 %) Degree 2 3 (1.132 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (1.132 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (0.377 %) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.132 %) QA 2 1 (0.377 %) SLA	System Software 1 13 (4.906 %) MetaFrame
Vendors 1 77 (29.06 %) IBM 2 76 (28.68 %) Oracle 3 43 (16.23 %) Micro Focus 4 13 (4.906 %) Citrix 5 11 (4.151 %) Microsoft 6 9 (3.396 %) Sybase 7 5 (1.887 %) Popkin 8 4 (1.509 %) HP 9 3 (1.132 %) Unisys 10 2 (0.755 %) Lotus 11 1 (0.377 %) SAP 11 1 (0.377 %) Compuware 11 1 (0.377 %) BT 11 1 (0.377 %) Ab Initio