The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 18 June 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank - 57 52
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 0 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York - 1.163% 0.714%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.701% 1.327%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
Average salary - £28,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.75%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +18.46%
All Programming Languages
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
231 294 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 51.56% 68.37% 53.81%
Number of salaries quoted 154 220 197
Average salary £33,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
North Yorkshire

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York COBOL Salary Trend