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 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.

LinkCOBOL
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank506491405
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Down-86
Matching permanent IT job ads172181802
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.200 %0.213 %0.393 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.410 %0.454 %0.861 %
Salaries quoted146131569
Average salary£42,500£38,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38 %+10.00 %
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
-1.390 %+10.00 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
419763987893186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.86 %47.02 %45.66 %
Salaries quoted360403372177921
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
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
-+1.440 %

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 19 March 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 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-7166£42,500+13.33 %
South EastUp+547£43,000+7.50 %
LondonDown-2046£65,000+30.00 %
West MidlandsUp+5133£30,500+38.63 %
BerkshireUp+2128£42,500+6.25 %
BirminghamUp+2513£30,500+38.63 %
East MidlandsUp+1713£30,505-
CroydonUp+1011£70,000+47.36 %
East of EnglandDown-410£19,000-18.27 %
LeicestershireNew entry-10£27,009-
West SussexNew entry-9£50,000-
MidlandsNew entry-9£32,500-
BedfordshireUp+128£19,000-
NewburyDown-78£42,500+6.25 %
LeicesterNew entry-8£27,009-
HampshireUp+216£47,500-
BracknellNew entry-6£40,000-
CoventryNew entry-6£35,000-
ChichesterNew entry-5£50,000-
West YorkshireDown-54£43,750+59.09 %
North WestDown-134£41,000-2.38 %
YorkshireDown-154£43,750+53.50 %
City of LondonDown-584£47,500-5.00 %
HavantDown-13£32,301-11.50 %
SolihullDown-93£30,000-
Isle of ManNew entry-3£35,500-
BradfordUp+102£62,500+197.61 %
CheshireUp+72£41,000+2.50 %
SurreyUp+62£75,000+76.47 %
ScotlandUp+62£35,000-24.32 %

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For 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.

1132 (40.99 %)Mainframe
291 (28.26 %)Finance
384 (26.09 %)Java
475 (23.29 %)SQL
569 (21.43 %)Oracle
569 (21.43 %)DB2
665 (20.19 %)SQL Server
764 (19.88 %)C
861 (18.94 %)JCL
958 (18.01 %)UNIX
1056 (17.39 %).NET
1153 (16.46 %)AS400
1251 (15.84 %)IBM
1350 (15.53 %)C#
1445 (13.98 %)iSeries
1543 (13.35 %)C++
1641 (12.73 %)CICS
1736 (11.18 %)Banking
1736 (11.18 %)Pensions
1736 (11.18 %)Degree
1834 (10.56 %)WebSphere
1933 (10.25 %)Retail
2029 (9.006 %)Windows
2128 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
2225 (7.764 %)Web Services
2323 (7.143 %)Micro Focus
2323 (7.143 %)VB
2422 (6.832 %)UML
2422 (6.832 %)ActiveX
2521 (6.522 %)Project Management

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
156 (17.39 %).NET
234 (10.56 %)WebSphere
325 (7.764 %)Web Services
422 (6.832 %)ActiveX
517 (5.280 %)HTML
615 (4.658 %)XML
713 (4.037 %)ASP.NET
89 (2.795 %)J2EE
96 (1.863 %)ISPF
105 (1.553 %)FIX Protocol
113 (0.932 %)Stripes Framework
113 (0.932 %)EDI
113 (0.932 %)Hibernate
113 (0.932 %)Spring
113 (0.932 %)Swing
113 (0.932 %)JDBC
113 (0.932 %)JSP
113 (0.932 %)Servlets
122 (0.621 %)CSS
131 (0.311 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
141 (12.73 %)CICS
214 (4.348 %)WebLogic
35 (1.553 %)BizTalk Server
42 (0.621 %)Mathematica
42 (0.621 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.311 %)Exstream Dialogue
51 (0.311 %)MQSeries
51 (0.311 %)SAS
51 (0.311 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.311 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (4.658 %)MS Excel
24 (1.242 %)MS Visio
24 (1.242 %)MS Office
32 (0.621 %)MATLAB
32 (0.621 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.311 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.863 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.621 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.311 %)Exstream
31 (0.311 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.863 %)TCP/IP
24 (1.242 %)Internet
32 (0.621 %)Firewall
32 (0.621 %)CTI
32 (0.621 %)ATM
32 (0.621 %)VoIP
41 (0.311 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (21.43 %)DB2
265 (20.19 %)SQL Server
311 (3.416 %)Adabas
311 (3.416 %)IMS/DB
410 (3.106 %)Oracle 9i
59 (2.795 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (2.795 %)ETL
68 (2.484 %)Oracle 10g
77 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects
86 (1.863 %)SQL Server 2000
86 (1.863 %)RDBMS
86 (1.863 %)Datawarehouse
86 (1.863 %)MS Access
86 (1.863 %)Oracle Reports
86 (1.863 %)SQL Server 2005
86 (1.863 %)BusinessObjects XI
86 (1.863 %)Reference Data
95 (1.553 %)NonStop SQL
104 (1.242 %)Oracle OWB
113 (0.932 %)Star Schema
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (3.106 %)Oracle Forms
28 (2.484 %)Synon
28 (2.484 %)VisualAge Generator
36 (1.863 %)Eclipse
44 (1.242 %)COOL2E
53 (0.932 %)ProC
53 (0.932 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.932 %)Subversion
53 (0.932 %)WinRunner
53 (0.932 %)TestDirector
53 (0.932 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.932 %)LoadRunner
53 (0.932 %)Ant
62 (0.621 %)ClearCase
71 (0.311 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.311 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.311 %)XPEDITER
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
191 (28.26 %)Finance
236 (11.18 %)Banking
236 (11.18 %)Pensions
333 (10.25 %)Retail
420 (6.211 %)Education
58 (2.484 %)Investment Banking
65 (1.553 %)Insurance
65 (1.553 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (0.932 %)Marketing
82 (0.621 %)Chemicals
82 (0.621 %)Government
91 (0.311 %)Health
91 (0.311 %)Games
91 (0.311 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.311 %)Back Office
91 (0.311 %)Automotive
91 (0.311 %)General Ledger
91 (0.311 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1115 (35.71 %)Programmer
2101 (31.37 %)Analyst
397 (30.12 %)Developer
474 (22.98 %)Analyst Programmer
559 (18.32 %)COBOL Programmer
649 (15.22 %)COBOL Analyst
748 (14.91 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
833 (10.25 %)Software Developer
930 (9.317 %)COBOL Developer
1024 (7.453 %)Support Manager
1122 (6.832 %)Applications Support
1220 (6.211 %)Applications Manager
1319 (5.901 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
1418 (5.590 %)Graduate
1418 (5.590 %)Graduate Developer
1418 (5.590 %)Applications Support Manager
1517 (5.280 %)Graduate Software Developer
1616 (4.969 %)Designer
1715 (4.658 %)Mainframe Applications Manager
1715 (4.658 %)Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1132 (40.99 %)Mainframe
253 (16.46 %)AS400
345 (13.98 %)iSeries
413 (4.037 %)VSAM
59 (2.795 %)IBM Mainframe
66 (1.863 %)Tandem
75 (1.553 %)Multithreading
84 (1.242 %)EFT
93 (0.932 %)French Language
93 (0.932 %)German Language
93 (0.932 %)Credit Risk
93 (0.932 %)Mathematics
102 (0.621 %)Computer Science
102 (0.621 %)IVR
102 (0.621 %)Device Driver
111 (0.311 %)Handset
111 (0.311 %)Client/Server
111 (0.311 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
111 (0.311 %)Derivative
111 (0.311 %)Open Source
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
158 (18.01 %)UNIX
229 (9.006 %)Windows
317 (5.280 %)zOS
413 (4.037 %)Solaris
413 (4.037 %)Linux
58 (2.484 %)AIX
66 (1.863 %)Windows XP
75 (1.553 %)MVS
75 (1.553 %)i5/OS
84 (1.242 %)OS/390
91 (0.311 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
222 (6.832 %)UML
321 (6.522 %)Project Management
420 (6.211 %)Change Management
516 (4.969 %)Systems Analysis
614 (4.348 %)Problem Management
711 (3.416 %)Logistics
711 (3.416 %)ITIL
810 (3.106 %)Six Sigma
810 (3.106 %)Resource Management
99 (2.795 %)Wealth Management
99 (2.795 %)Performance Management
99 (2.795 %)Service Delivery
108 (2.484 %)Business Intelligence
108 (2.484 %)E-Commerce
117 (2.174 %)OOD
117 (2.174 %)Service Management
117 (2.174 %)Integration Testing
126 (1.863 %)PRINCE2
135 (1.553 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
184 (26.09 %)Java
275 (23.29 %)SQL
364 (19.88 %)C
461 (18.94 %)JCL
550 (15.53 %)C#
643 (13.35 %)C++
723 (7.143 %)VB
817 (5.280 %)Perl
913 (4.037 %)VB.NET
1011 (3.416 %)PL/SQL
1011 (3.416 %)NATURAL
118 (2.484 %)JavaScript
127 (2.174 %)RPG
136 (1.863 %)PHP
136 (1.863 %)Shell Script
136 (1.863 %)Korn
136 (1.863 %)PL/1
145 (1.553 %)VB6
154 (1.242 %)Assembly Language
154 (1.242 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
136 (11.18 %)Degree
25 (1.553 %)HP AIS
25 (1.553 %)HP ASE
25 (1.553 %)HP MASE
33 (0.932 %)OCP
33 (0.932 %)Oracle Certification
33 (0.932 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.311 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (4.348 %)QA
25 (1.553 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.621 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.932 %)BMC PATROL
22 (0.621 %)Foglight
31 (0.311 %)OMEGAMON
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
169 (21.43 %)Oracle
251 (15.84 %)IBM
323 (7.143 %)Micro Focus
411 (3.416 %)Microsoft
510 (3.106 %)Sun
67 (2.174 %)Business Objects
76 (1.863 %)Perforce
85 (1.553 %)HP
94 (1.242 %)BEA
94 (1.242 %)ICL
103 (0.932 %)Ab Initio
112 (0.621 %)Cognos
112 (0.621 %)Cisco
112 (0.621 %)CA
112 (0.621 %)Nokia
112 (0.621 %)CheckPoint
121 (0.311 %)OpenLink
121 (0.311 %)SAP
121 (0.311 %)Sybase