COBOL Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

COBOL
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring COBOL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing COBOL 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% 0.18% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.47% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 - £440

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 215 198 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.20% 34.68% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 111 171
10th Percentile £385 £387 £400
25th Percentile £431 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £532 £550
90th Percentile £625 £553 £600
Scotland median daily rate £500 £461 £516
% change year-on-year +8.29% -10.65% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £58.00 £21.00 £54.38
25th Percentile £64.38 £21.61 £55.40
Median hourly rate £75.00 £24.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% -57.00% +9.24%
75th Percentile - £52.15 £59.55
90th Percentile - £72.00 £60.72
Scotland median hourly rate £59.36 £23.77 £61.00
% change year-on-year +149.76% -61.04% +16.19%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

COBOL job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing COBOL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing COBOL

COBOL
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing COBOL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing COBOL

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VME
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (100.00%) ICL