The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - 102 -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex - 0.072% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.168% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +23.07%
All Programming Languages
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
773 595 645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 51.53% 43.05% 45.17%
Number of salaries quoted 672 500 580
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Sussex COBOL Jobs Demand Trend

COBOL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex COBOL Salary Trend