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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 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 of the Programming Languages category.
 COBOL |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 506 | 491 | 405 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -15 | -86 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 172 | 181 | 802 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK | 0.200 % | 0.213 % | 0.393 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.410 % | 0.454 % | 0.861 % |
| Salaries quoted | 146 | 131 | 569 |
| Average salary | £42,500 | £38,500 | £35,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £27,500 | £22,000 | £22,800 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £70,000 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,250 | £35,750 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 41976 | 39878 | 93186 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK | 48.86 % | 47.02 % | 45.66 % |
| Salaries quoted | 36040 | 33721 | 77921 |
| Average salary | £40,000 | £36,500 | £37,500 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £26,500 | £25,000 | £26,000 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £70,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,000 | £35,000 | £34,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Demand TrendThe 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.
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Salary TrendThe chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK.
COBOL
Salary HistogramThe chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.
COBOL
Top 30 Job LocationsThe 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 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.
| Location | 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 | -7 | 166 | £42,500 | +13.33 % |
| South East |  +5 | 47 | £43,000 | +7.50 % |
| London | -20 | 46 | £65,000 | +30.00 % |
| West Midlands | +51 | 33 | £30,500 | +38.63 % |
| Berkshire | +21 | 28 | £42,500 | +6.25 % |
| Birmingham | +25 | 13 | £30,500 | +38.63 % |
| East Midlands | +17 | 13 | £30,505 | - |
| Croydon | +10 | 11 | £70,000 | +47.36 % |
| East of England | -4 | 10 | £19,000 | -18.27 % |
| Leicestershire |  - | 10 | £27,009 | - |
| West Sussex | - | 9 | £50,000 | - |
| Midlands | - | 9 | £32,500 | - |
| Bedfordshire | +12 | 8 | £19,000 | - |
| Newbury | -7 | 8 | £42,500 | +6.25 % |
| Leicester | - | 8 | £27,009 | - |
| Hampshire | +21 | 6 | £47,500 | - |
| Bracknell | - | 6 | £40,000 | - |
| Coventry | - | 6 | £35,000 | - |
| Chichester | - | 5 | £50,000 | - |
| West Yorkshire | -5 | 4 | £43,750 | +59.09 % |
| North West | -13 | 4 | £41,000 | -2.38 % |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 4 | £43,750 | +53.50 % |
| City of London | -58 | 4 | £47,500 | -5.00 % |
| Havant | -1 | 3 | £32,301 | -11.50 % |
| Solihull | -9 | 3 | £30,000 | - |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | £35,500 | - |
| Bradford | +10 | 2 | £62,500 | +197.61 % |
| Cheshire | +7 | 2 | £41,000 | +2.50 % |
| Surrey | +6 | 2 | £75,000 | +76.47 % |
| Scotland | +6 | 2 | £35,000 | -24.32 % |
COBOL
Top 30 Related IT SkillsFor the 6 months to 19 March 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.
COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by CategoryFor the 6 months to 19 March 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.
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