The first table below looks at the demand for COBOL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COBOL
Rank 209 192 153
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -39
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 4 16 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.072% 0.306% 1.006%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.135% 0.569% 1.842%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 39
Average salary £45,500 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.11% +38.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,950 £27,700 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.26% +21.53%
All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2961 2810 2714
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 53.39% 53.81% 54.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2396 2473 2373
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COBOL
England

COBOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire COBOL Salary Trend

COBOL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBOL across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire COBOL Salary Histogram

COBOL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
North Yorkshire -4 4 £45,500 +62.50%
COBOL
England

COBOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL.

1 31 (96.88%) SQL
2 29 (90.63%) Java
2 29 (90.63%) Mainframe
3 18 (56.25%) ATM
4 16 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 16 (50.00%) C++
4 16 (50.00%) Finance
4 16 (50.00%) HP
4 16 (50.00%) BASE24
4 16 (50.00%) NonStop SQL
5 14 (43.75%) Project Planning
6 13 (40.63%) Project Management
6 13 (40.63%) Hibernate
6 13 (40.63%) Scrum
6 13 (40.63%) CICS
6 13 (40.63%) W3C
6 13 (40.63%) JUnit
6 13 (40.63%) Web Services
6 13 (40.63%) XML
6 13 (40.63%) PRINCE2
6 13 (40.63%) WSDL
6 13 (40.63%) XML Schema
6 13 (40.63%) JAXB
6 13 (40.63%) Oracle
6 13 (40.63%) Apache
6 13 (40.63%) ETL
6 13 (40.63%) Grails
6 13 (40.63%) GlassFish
6 13 (40.63%) Spring
6 13 (40.63%) Agile Software Development

COBOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing COBOL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited COBOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (40.63%) Hibernate
1 13 (40.63%) Web Services
1 13 (40.63%) XML
1 13 (40.63%) WSDL
1 13 (40.63%) XML Schema
1 13 (40.63%) JAXB
1 13 (40.63%) Grails
1 13 (40.63%) Spring
1 13 (40.63%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.125%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (40.63%) CICS
1 13 (40.63%) Apache
1 13 (40.63%) GlassFish
Business Applications
1 16 (50.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 18 (56.25%) ATM
2 16 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (50.00%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (40.63%) JUnit
2 1 (3.125%) Subversion
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (65.63%) Developer
2 14 (43.75%) Senior Developer
3 11 (34.38%) Java Software Engineer
3 11 (34.38%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Lead Developer
4 2 (6.250%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.250%) Team Leader
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Team Leader
4 2 (6.250%) Java Team Leader
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Leader
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Developer
5 1 (3.125%) COBOL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (90.63%) Mainframe
2 13 (40.63%) W3C
3 3 (9.375%) EMV
3 3 (9.375%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (3.125%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Project Planning
2 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 13 (40.63%) Scrum
2 13 (40.63%) PRINCE2
2 13 (40.63%) ETL
2 13 (40.63%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (40.63%) TDD
2 13 (40.63%) Continuous Integration
2 13 (40.63%) Kanban
2 13 (40.63%) Feature Driven Development
2 13 (40.63%) User Stories
3 11 (34.38%) Unit Testing
4 8 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (96.88%) SQL
2 29 (90.63%) Java
3 16 (50.00%) C++
4 8 (25.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) HP
2 13 (40.63%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Micro Focus
West Yorkshire
To maintain awareness and understanding of appropriate development tools and techniques - Lead and motivate development, testing and support teams - Definition, promotion and adherence to quality standards - Definition, promotion...
Axica Recruitment
Salary: £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013