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The table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Programmer role in IT jobs within the South Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 COBOL Programmer
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-118
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads02
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.094 %
Salaries quoted02
Average minimum salary-£29,500
Average salary-£29,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£29,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,133£30,726
% change on same period last year+17.59 %
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads15952120
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.941 %0.915 %
Salaries quoted13431803
Average minimum salary£30,816£30,087
Average salary£33,362£32,385
% change on same period last year+3.01 %
Average maximum salary£35,907£34,683
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,197
% change on same period last year-2.63 %
COBOL Programmer YorkshireCOBOL Programmer
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COBOL Programmer
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire COBOL Programmer Demand Trend

COBOL Programmer
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire COBOL Programmer Salary Trend

COBOL Programmer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited COBOL Programmer in their job title 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 with COBOL Programmer in their job title.

117 (100.00 %)COBOL
117 (100.00 %)Finance
215 (88.24 %)DB2
38 (47.06 %)CICS
38 (47.06 %)Mainframe
45 (29.41 %)System Testing
52 (11.76 %)IBM
61 (5.882 %)RPG
61 (5.882 %)AS400
61 (5.882 %)Pensions

COBOL Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited COBOL Programmer in their job title 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 with COBOL Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (47.06 %)CICS
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (88.24 %)DB2
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Pensions
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (47.06 %)Mainframe
21 (5.882 %)AS400
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)System Testing
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)COBOL
21 (5.882 %)RPG
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.76 %)IBM