The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
78
-
115
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+26
Contract jobs citing COBOL
1
0
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
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 Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
303
450
570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
32.72%
29.66%
30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted
231
355
442
10th Percentile
£375
£343
£339
25th Percentile
£400
£401
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£463
£450
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+2.78%
-10.00%
-1.96%
75th Percentile
£539
£538
£600
90th Percentile
£622
£620
£675
North West median daily rate
£470
£475
£500
% change year-on-year
-1.05%
-5.00%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
13
5
10th Percentile
£68.38
-
£39.10
25th Percentile
£69.69
£52.50
£40.00
Median hourly rate
£76.25
£70.00
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
+8.93%
+55.56%
+192.87%
75th Percentile
£84.69
£81.00
£48.75
90th Percentile
£87.13
£82.90
£59.10
North West median hourly rate
£70.00
£48.43
£40.59
% change year-on-year
+44.54%
+19.32%
-2.19%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Manchester.
COBOL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Manchester.
COBOL Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
