Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 9 February 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank520471393
Rank change year-on-year
Down-49Down-78
Matching permanent IT job ads147286788
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.187 %0.283 %0.390 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.383 %0.608 %0.863 %
Salaries quoted132218585
Average salary£40,000£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,009£27,500£22,875
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£62,250£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£40,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %+23.07 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
384264700891356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.80 %46.51 %45.21 %
Salaries quoted331384065375843
Average salary£38,500£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.470 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

COBOL
Demand Trend

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

COBOL Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

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

COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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-27141£40,000-1.23 %
LondonUp+2143£65,000+20.93 %
West MidlandsUp+4735£30,500+10.90 %
East MidlandsUp+3915£27,009-27.97 %
East of EnglandUp+2013£19,000-49.33 %
MidlandsNew entry-13£32,500-
South EastDown-1112£47,500-5.00 %
LeicestershireUp+1911£27,009-23.91 %
BirminghamUp+3210£30,500+38.63 %
LeicesterUp+1710£27,009-23.91 %
CoventryNew entry-10£35,000-
CroydonUp+119£67,500+42.10 %
BedfordshireUp+138£19,000-
SolihullUp+98£30,000-
HampshireUp+237£47,500+26.66 %
North WestDown-47£39,500-5.95 %
City of LondonNo change06£47,500-
CheshireUp+45£39,500-1.25 %
NottinghamshireUp+244£21,000-44.00 %
NottinghamUp+224£21,000-44.00 %
HertfordshireUp+83£35,000+27.27 %
PortsmouthUp+73£47,500+52.00 %
HavantUp+53£47,500+46.15 %
ScotlandDown-73£35,000-12.50 %
Isle of ManNew entry-3£35,500-
West SussexUp+212£50,000-4.76 %
WarwickshireUp+192£32,500-22.61 %
CambridgeshireUp+102£23,000-45.88 %
EdinburghUp+12--
BerkshireDown-72£42,500-45.16 %

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing COBOL also 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 that cited COBOL.

1121 (38.54 %)Mainframe
2103 (32.80 %)Finance
395 (30.25 %)Java
475 (23.89 %)SQL
563 (20.06 %)Oracle
662 (19.75 %).NET
760 (19.11 %)C
859 (18.79 %)SQL Server
953 (16.88 %)DB2
1052 (16.56 %)UNIX
1147 (14.97 %)AS400
1244 (14.01 %)C++
1343 (13.69 %)JCL
1441 (13.06 %)iSeries
1539 (12.42 %)Degree
1638 (12.10 %)Banking
1736 (11.46 %)Windows
1834 (10.83 %)IBM
1834 (10.83 %)Micro Focus
1933 (10.51 %)Pensions
2032 (10.19 %)C#
2128 (8.917 %)Retail
2227 (8.599 %)CICS
2326 (8.280 %)Systems Analysis
2326 (8.280 %)WebSphere
2423 (7.325 %)Agile Software Development
2423 (7.325 %)VB
2423 (7.325 %)ActiveX
2521 (6.688 %)HTML
2618 (5.732 %)Web Services

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing COBOL also 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 that cited COBOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
162 (19.75 %).NET
226 (8.280 %)WebSphere
323 (7.325 %)ActiveX
421 (6.688 %)HTML
518 (5.732 %)Web Services
617 (5.414 %)XML
715 (4.777 %)J2EE
812 (3.822 %)ASP.NET
97 (2.229 %)Spring
106 (1.911 %).NET Framework
115 (1.592 %)FIX Protocol
124 (1.274 %)EDI
124 (1.274 %)ISPF
133 (0.955 %)Stripes Framework
133 (0.955 %)JDBC
133 (0.955 %)JSP
133 (0.955 %)Servlets
133 (0.955 %)Swing
133 (0.955 %)Hibernate
133 (0.955 %)MVC
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (8.599 %)CICS
212 (3.822 %)WebLogic
35 (1.592 %)BizTalk Server
35 (1.592 %)WebSphere MQ
44 (1.274 %)ArcGIS
44 (1.274 %)NetWeaver
52 (0.637 %)Mathematica
52 (0.637 %)ColdFusion
52 (0.637 %)SAS
61 (0.318 %)Exstream Dialogue
61 (0.318 %)Papyrus
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (5.096 %)MS Excel
27 (2.229 %)MS Office
32 (0.637 %)MATLAB
32 (0.637 %)MS Visio
32 (0.637 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (3.503 %)BASE24
26 (1.911 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.318 %)Endur
31 (0.318 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.318 %)Exstream
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.911 %)TCP/IP
25 (1.592 %)ATM
25 (1.592 %)Internet
32 (0.637 %)Firewall
32 (0.637 %)VoIP
32 (0.637 %)CTI
41 (0.318 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
159 (18.79 %)SQL Server
253 (16.88 %)DB2
314 (4.459 %)NonStop SQL
410 (3.185 %)IMS/DB
410 (3.185 %)Oracle 9i
59 (2.866 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (2.866 %)RDBMS
59 (2.866 %)ETL
68 (2.548 %)Adabas
68 (2.548 %)Oracle 10g
76 (1.911 %)BusinessObjects
76 (1.911 %)Datawarehouse
84 (1.274 %)Oracle OWB
84 (1.274 %)SQL Server 2000
84 (1.274 %)MS Access
84 (1.274 %)Oracle Reports
84 (1.274 %)BusinessObjects XI
84 (1.274 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (0.955 %)SQLPlus
93 (0.955 %)Star Schema
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (4.140 %)Synon
210 (3.185 %)Oracle Forms
38 (2.548 %)Eclipse
47 (2.229 %)COOL2E
55 (1.592 %)PowerBuilder
63 (0.955 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.955 %)ClearCase
63 (0.955 %)ProC
63 (0.955 %)WinRunner
63 (0.955 %)TestDirector
63 (0.955 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.955 %)LoadRunner
72 (0.637 %)Subversion
72 (0.637 %)Ant
81 (0.318 %)Oracle APEX
81 (0.318 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.318 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.318 %)XPEDITER
81 (0.318 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1103 (32.80 %)Finance
238 (12.10 %)Banking
333 (10.51 %)Pensions
428 (8.917 %)Retail
514 (4.459 %)Education
610 (3.185 %)Investment Banking
73 (0.955 %)Marketing
73 (0.955 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (0.955 %)Insurance
82 (0.637 %)Government
82 (0.637 %)Health
91 (0.318 %)Games
91 (0.318 %)Automotive
91 (0.318 %)Back Office
91 (0.318 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.318 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1128 (40.76 %)Developer
2101 (32.17 %)Analyst
2101 (32.17 %)Programmer
371 (22.61 %)Analyst Programmer
460 (19.11 %)COBOL Programmer
554 (17.20 %)COBOL Analyst
646 (14.65 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
744 (14.01 %)COBOL Developer
830 (9.554 %)Software Developer
921 (6.688 %)Analyst Developer
1019 (6.051 %)Support Manager
1117 (5.414 %)Applications Support
1216 (5.096 %)Senior Developer
1315 (4.777 %)Graduate
1315 (4.777 %)Applications Support Manager
1315 (4.777 %)Applications Manager
1414 (4.459 %)Graduate Developer
1513 (4.140 %)Development Manager
1612 (3.822 %)Graduate Software Developer
1612 (3.822 %)Mainframe Applications Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1121 (38.54 %)Mainframe
247 (14.97 %)AS400
341 (13.06 %)iSeries
410 (3.185 %)Tandem
55 (1.592 %)Multithreading
55 (1.592 %)VSAM
63 (0.955 %)Mathematics
63 (0.955 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.637 %)IVR
72 (0.637 %)IBM Mainframe
72 (0.637 %)Computer Science
81 (0.318 %)French Language
81 (0.318 %)German Language
81 (0.318 %)Derivative
81 (0.318 %)Open Source
81 (0.318 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (16.56 %)UNIX
236 (11.46 %)Windows
315 (4.777 %)zOS
413 (4.140 %)Solaris
511 (3.503 %)AIX
610 (3.185 %)Linux
75 (1.592 %)i5/OS
75 (1.592 %)MVS
84 (1.274 %)Windows XP
93 (0.955 %)OS/390
102 (0.637 %)OpenVMS
111 (0.318 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (8.280 %)Systems Analysis
223 (7.325 %)Agile Software Development
318 (5.732 %)Business Intelligence
416 (5.096 %)Project Management
416 (5.096 %)Change Management
515 (4.777 %)Problem Management
614 (4.459 %)Logistics
614 (4.459 %)ITIL
713 (4.140 %)UML
812 (3.822 %)Service Delivery
99 (2.866 %)Resource Management
99 (2.866 %)Performance Management
99 (2.866 %)Wealth Management
99 (2.866 %)Six Sigma
99 (2.866 %)Scrum
108 (2.548 %)Service Management
108 (2.548 %)Software Architecture
117 (2.229 %)Integration Testing
126 (1.911 %)PRINCE2
126 (1.911 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (30.25 %)Java
275 (23.89 %)SQL
360 (19.11 %)C
444 (14.01 %)C++
543 (13.69 %)JCL
632 (10.19 %)C#
723 (7.325 %)VB
817 (5.414 %)VB.NET
817 (5.414 %)Perl
911 (3.503 %)PL/SQL
911 (3.503 %)Shell Script
109 (2.866 %)Korn
118 (2.548 %)NATURAL
118 (2.548 %)Delphi
127 (2.229 %)JavaScript
136 (1.911 %)RPG
145 (1.592 %)AWK
145 (1.592 %)VB6
154 (1.274 %)PHP
163 (0.955 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (12.42 %)Degree
28 (2.548 %)HP AIS
28 (2.548 %)HP ASE
28 (2.548 %)HP MASE
33 (0.955 %)OCP
33 (0.955 %)Oracle Certification
33 (0.955 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.318 %)APMP
41 (0.318 %)HND
41 (0.318 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.318 %)PMP
41 (0.318 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.318 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (3.822 %)QA
21 (0.318 %)COBIT
21 (0.318 %)ISO8583
21 (0.318 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.955 %)BMC PATROL
22 (0.637 %)Foglight
31 (0.318 %)CA Endevor
31 (0.318 %)OMEGAMON
31 (0.318 %)Unicenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
163 (20.06 %)Oracle
234 (10.83 %)IBM
234 (10.83 %)Micro Focus
318 (5.732 %)Microsoft
417 (5.414 %)HP
510 (3.185 %)Sun
67 (2.229 %)Cognos
76 (1.911 %)Perforce
76 (1.911 %)Business Objects
76 (1.911 %)SAP
85 (1.592 %)Sybase
85 (1.592 %)Teradata
94 (1.274 %)ICL
103 (0.955 %)CA
103 (0.955 %)Ab Initio
112 (0.637 %)Nokia
112 (0.637 %)Cisco
112 (0.637 %)BEA
112 (0.637 %)CheckPoint
121 (0.318 %)Siebel