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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Yorkshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | 126 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +4 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 153 | 156 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.081 % | 0.064 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.297 % | 2.936 % |
| Salaries quoted | 121 | 145 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,615 | £29,658 |
| Average salary | £31,265 | £32,089 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.56 % |
| Average maximum salary | £32,915 | £34,519 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,337 | £34,554 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.26 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 4640 | 5314 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 2.449 % | 2.176 % |
| Salaries quoted | 3908 | 4475 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,822 | £29,752 |
| Average salary | £32,254 | £31,887 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.15 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,685 | £34,021 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,180 | £35,575 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
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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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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