Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 COBOL Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank649650847
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+197
Matching permanent IT job ads2720117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.031 %0.024 %0.057 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.034 %0.025 %0.061 %
Salaries quoted251087
Average salary£30,500£42,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.38 %+29.23 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£23,000£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£42,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£42,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-27.38 %+40.00 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

COBOL Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

COBOL Analyst Demand Trend

COBOL Analyst
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst within the UK.

COBOL Analyst Salary Trend

COBOL Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-227£30,500-27.38 %
West MidlandsNew entry-17£30,000-
BirminghamNew entry-8£30,500-
MidlandsNew entry-7£32,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£40,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-2£40,000-
LeicesterNew entry-2£40,000-
BristolUp+131--
South WestUp+71--
WarwickshireNew entry-1£30,000-

COBOL Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited COBOL Analyst in their job title 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 with COBOL Analyst in their job title.

149 (100.00 %)COBOL
236 (73.47 %)AS400
329 (59.18 %)iSeries
423 (46.94 %)Mainframe
519 (38.78 %)Finance
69 (18.37 %)IBM
76 (12.24 %)Degree
85 (10.20 %)Micro Focus
85 (10.20 %)UNIX
85 (10.20 %)Windows
94 (8.163 %)Banking
94 (8.163 %)C
103 (6.122 %)Systems Analysis
103 (6.122 %)SQL
103 (6.122 %)Oracle
103 (6.122 %)SQL Server
112 (4.082 %)Pensions
112 (4.082 %)Mathematics
112 (4.082 %)VB
112 (4.082 %).NET
112 (4.082 %)AIX
112 (4.082 %)C#
112 (4.082 %)C++
121 (2.041 %)MS Excel
121 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
121 (2.041 %)Microsoft
121 (2.041 %)CICS
121 (2.041 %)MVS
121 (2.041 %)JCL
121 (2.041 %)DB2

COBOL Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited COBOL Analyst in their job title 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 with COBOL Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (4.082 %).NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (2.041 %)CICS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.041 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.122 %)SQL Server
21 (2.041 %)DB2
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (38.78 %)Finance
24 (8.163 %)Banking
32 (4.082 %)Pensions
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (73.47 %)AS400
229 (59.18 %)iSeries
323 (46.94 %)Mainframe
42 (4.082 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (10.20 %)UNIX
15 (10.20 %)Windows
22 (4.082 %)AIX
31 (2.041 %)MVS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (6.122 %)Systems Analysis
21 (2.041 %)Wealth Management
21 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
149 (100.00 %)COBOL
24 (8.163 %)C
33 (6.122 %)SQL
42 (4.082 %)VB
42 (4.082 %)C#
42 (4.082 %)C++
51 (2.041 %)JCL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (12.24 %)Degree
21 (2.041 %)HND
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (18.37 %)IBM
25 (10.20 %)Micro Focus
33 (6.122 %)Oracle
41 (2.041 %)Microsoft