Micro Focus COBOL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Micro Focus COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Micro Focus COBOL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL 74 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 69 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,837 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 - -
75th Percentile £84,964 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,805 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Micro Focus COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

Micro Focus COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Micro Focus COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL.

Salary trend for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 74 £73,805 - 8
UK excluding London - 74 £73,805 - 7
Work from Home - 68 £73,805 - 5
North of England - 63 £73,805 - 6
North West - 23 £73,805 - 2
Yorkshire - 22 £73,805 - 3
North East - 18 £73,805 - 3
Midlands - 10 £73,805 - 1
West Midlands - 10 £73,805 - 1
East of England - 1 £44,000 -

Micro Focus COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (50.00%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (6.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (89.19%) Lead
1 66 (89.19%) Technical Leader
2 44 (59.46%) Senior
3 5 (6.76%) Developer
3 5 (6.76%) Senior Developer
3 5 (6.76%) Senior Software Developer
3 5 (6.76%) Software Developer
4 2 (2.70%) Architect
4 2 (2.70%) Senior Architect
4 2 (2.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.35%) COBOL Programmer
5 1 (1.35%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (50.00%) RESTful
2 5 (6.76%) EDI
2 5 (6.76%) OSGi
2 5 (6.76%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Linux
2 2 (2.70%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (91.89%) Agile
1 68 (91.89%) Coaching
1 68 (91.89%) Mentoring
1 68 (91.89%) Product Roadmap
1 68 (91.89%) Roadmaps
2 66 (89.19%) Strategic Thinking
3 42 (56.76%) Front End Development
4 37 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
5 31 (41.89%) Re-Platforming
6 29 (39.19%) Architectural Design
6 29 (39.19%) Feasibility Study
6 29 (39.19%) Open Source
6 29 (39.19%) Software Engineering
7 5 (6.76%) Time Management
8 2 (2.70%) Architectural Patterns
8 2 (2.70%) Decision-Making
8 2 (2.70%) Design Patterns
8 2 (2.70%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 74 (100.00%) COBOL
2 43 (58.11%) Java
3 29 (39.19%) C
3 29 (39.19%) C++
3 29 (39.19%) Python
4 1 (1.35%) Objective-C
4 1 (1.35%) PHP
4 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) Micro Focus
2 37 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft