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The first part of the 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 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 for the York region.
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| 3 months to 19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | - | 32 | 24 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 0 | 9 | 80 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York | - | 3.103 % | 7.055 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 7.087 % | 15.30 % |
| Salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| Average salary | - | £28,500 | £30,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,250 | £35,750 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the Programming Languages category | 84 | 127 | 523 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York | 61.31 % | 43.79 % | 46.12 % |
| Salaries quoted | 73 | 105 | 402 |
| Average salary | £33,000 | £31,000 | £32,500 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £28,200 | £21,500 | £25,000 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,000 | £35,000 | £34,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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