COBOL
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | - | 1.00% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 4.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £425 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £402 | - | £425 |
All Programming Languages
Chester
COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 20 | 6 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 27.40% | 10.71% | 23.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £275 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £300 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -29.41% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £325 | £563 |
| 90th Percentile | £593 | - | £625 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £402 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.37% | -5.00% | +17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £86.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +102.35% | +6.25% | +78.65% |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £86.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +102.35% | +6.25% | +73.91% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Chester.