COBOL Jobs in the Thames Valley

COBOL
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 257 272
Rank change year-on-year +40 +15 -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 23 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.049% 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 23 1 5
10th Percentile £44,000 - £51,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -35.71% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 -
90th Percentile - - £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -35.71% -11.39%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,940 2,434 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.75% 39.77% 45.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,588 1,424 1,901
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL in the Thames Valley

COBOL
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for COBOL in the Thames Valley

COBOL
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for COBOL in the Thames Valley

COBOL
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire +7 23 £55,000 +22.22%
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (82.61%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (8.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) COBOL Developer
1 19 (82.61%) Developer
1 19 (82.61%) Mainframe Developer
2 5 (21.74%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Applications Support
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Linux Support
4 2 (8.70%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Unix Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (82.61%) Mainframe
2 5 (21.74%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) ITIL
1 19 (82.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) CTC Cleared
1 19 (82.61%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Unisys
2 5 (21.74%) IBM