The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 24 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
24 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 Tyne and Wear - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +20.00%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
280 276 297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 50.27% 47.34% 54.50%
Number of salaries quoted 249 227 244
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
North East

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear COBOL Salary Trend