The first table below looks at the demand for the COBOL Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL Developer
Rank 839 892 866
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a COBOL Developer 23 7 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.006% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.006% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 11
Average salary £45,000 £60,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £60,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 - £36,500
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

COBOL Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

COBOL Developer Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL Developer
Salary Trend

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

COBOL Developer Salary Trend

COBOL Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL Developer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

COBOL Developer Salary Histogram

COBOL Developer
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +40 21 £45,000 -25.00%
London +55 9 £45,000 -25.00%
West Midlands - 6 £38,750 -
Shropshire - 3 £40,000 -
Birmingham - 2 £33,750 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £35,000 -
Telford - 2 - -
South East - 2 £35,000 -
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Home Counties - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 £35,000 -
Manchester - 1 - -
Haywards Heath - 1 £35,000 -
Bristol - 1 - -
Belfast - 1 - -
County Antrim - 1 - -

COBOL Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited COBOL Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 38 (100.00%) COBOL
2 19 (50.00%) Java
3 16 (42.11%) AS400
4 15 (39.47%) Project Management
4 15 (39.47%) Music
4 15 (39.47%) Music Industry
4 15 (39.47%) Marketing
4 15 (39.47%) WebSphere
4 15 (39.47%) Product Management
5 10 (26.32%) Micro Focus
5 10 (26.32%) Oracle
6 8 (21.05%) SQL
7 6 (15.79%) .NET
8 5 (13.16%) PL/SQL
9 4 (10.53%) C#
9 4 (10.53%) Finance
9 4 (10.53%) Mainframe
9 4 (10.53%) Degree
10 3 (7.895%) Banking
10 3 (7.895%) HTML
10 3 (7.895%) C
10 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
10 3 (7.895%) ASP
10 3 (7.895%) SQL Server
10 3 (7.895%) XML
11 2 (5.263%) TCP/IP
11 2 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
11 2 (5.263%) VMS
11 2 (5.263%) OpenVMS

COBOL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited COBOL Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (39.47%) WebSphere
2 6 (15.79%) .NET
3 3 (7.895%) HTML
3 3 (7.895%) ASP
3 3 (7.895%) XML
4 2 (5.263%) ASP.NET
4 2 (5.263%) JSP
5 1 (2.632%) jQuery
5 1 (2.632%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.632%) WCF
5 1 (2.632%) Middleware
5 1 (2.632%) CSS
5 1 (2.632%) Swing
5 1 (2.632%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) CMS
2 1 (2.632%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.895%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.263%) DB2
2 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.632%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (2.632%) QlikView
3 1 (2.632%) SQLPlus
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Subversion
General
1 15 (39.47%) Music
1 15 (39.47%) Music Industry
1 15 (39.47%) Marketing
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 3 (7.895%) Banking
4 2 (5.263%) Games
4 2 (5.263%) Back Office
5 1 (2.632%) Publishing
5 1 (2.632%) Retail
5 1 (2.632%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 16 (42.11%) AS400
2 4 (10.53%) Mainframe
3 2 (5.263%) Tandem
3 2 (5.263%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.632%) SWIFT
4 1 (2.632%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.263%) VMS
1 2 (5.263%) OpenVMS
1 2 (5.263%) Windows
2 1 (2.632%) Stratus VOS
2 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Project Management
1 15 (39.47%) Product Management
2 2 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
2 2 (5.263%) Integration Testing
2 2 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (5.263%) System Testing
2 2 (5.263%) Waterfall
3 1 (2.632%) Unit Testing
3 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
3 1 (2.632%) MVC
3 1 (2.632%) OOP
3 1 (2.632%) OO
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) COBOL
2 19 (50.00%) Java
3 8 (21.05%) SQL
4 5 (13.16%) PL/SQL
5 4 (10.53%) C#
6 3 (7.895%) C
6 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
7 2 (5.263%) Pascal
7 2 (5.263%) JCL
8 1 (2.632%) DCL
8 1 (2.632%) PowerHouse
8 1 (2.632%) PL/1
8 1 (2.632%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.632%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.263%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Micro Focus
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle
2 2 (5.263%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.263%) HP
3 1 (2.632%) Unisys
3 1 (2.632%) IBM
Telford, West Midlands
We have an excellent opportunity for a COBOL Developer with experience in PL/SQL to join our global client based in Telford-Ideally we are looking for someone...
GSA Techsource
Salary: Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Any experience with vb.net for middleware would be an added advantage.This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to be able to use a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013