COBOL
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring COBOL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim | - | - | 5.71% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 19.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | - | - | £500 |
All Programming Languages
County Antrim
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 County Antrim.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 49 | 49 | 41 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim | 20.59% | 29.34% | 29.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 21 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £419 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £463 | £303 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +31.25% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £613 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £675 | £554 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +31.25% | -20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.80 | £51.25 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.07% | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £51.80 | £42.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +21.88% | - | - |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing COBOL.
