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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the South West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 253 | 193 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -60 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 5 | 62 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.025 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.084 % | 1.162 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2 | 60 |
| Average minimum salary | £21,500 | £36,368 |
| Average salary | £24,000 | £40,801 |
| % change on same period last year | -41.17 % |
| Average maximum salary | £26,500 | £45,235 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,337 | £34,554 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.26 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 5971 | 5335 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 3.152 % | 2.185 % |
| Salaries quoted | 5285 | 4520 |
| Average minimum salary | £30,341 | £30,634 |
| Average salary | £33,641 | £33,799 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.46 % |
| Average maximum salary | £36,941 | £36,964 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,180 | £35,575 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
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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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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