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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Warwickshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
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29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 70 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 24 | 38 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.625 % | 5.810 % |
| Salaries quoted | 24 | 37 |
| Average minimum salary | £24,583 | £29,865 |
| Average salary | £24,833 | £30,676 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.04 % |
| Average maximum salary | £25,083 | £31,486 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,378 | £33,739 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.75 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 662 | 654 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.361 % | 0.275 % |
| Salaries quoted | 599 | 616 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,803 | £32,153 |
| Average salary | £31,042 | £33,922 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.49 % |
| Average maximum salary | £33,280 | £35,691 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,257 | £35,638 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.07 % |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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