COBOL Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

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 job vacancy trend in County Antrim

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing COBOL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing COBOL