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The table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Suffolk 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.501 % | 0.000 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum salary | £26,000 | - |
| Average salary | £32,550 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum salary | £39,100 | - |
| UK excluding London average salary | £43,573 | £39,021 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.66 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 399 | 604 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.267 % | 0.269 % |
| Salaries quoted | 323 | 518 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,911 | £32,097 |
| Average salary | £34,922 | £35,769 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum salary | £37,932 | £39,440 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,731 | £35,965 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
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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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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