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.
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
COBOL North East |
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