The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 23 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.28% +20.00%
All Programming Languages
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
218 283 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 45.80% 54.42% 51.43%
Number of salaries quoted 193 242 231
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +0.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
Wiltshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification