COBOL Developer Contracts in the North West

COBOL Developer
England > North West

As of 8 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median COBOL Developer daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a COBOL Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.046% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £360 £351 £378
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.02% -24.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,012 2,235 2,807
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 94.22% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,296 1,365 1,928
10th Percentile £258 £263 £288
25th Percentile £367 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
75th Percentile £562 £588 £588
90th Percentile £658 £675 £663
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.52% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 206 164
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £27.00 £34.61 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.98% +15.35% +30.28%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.65 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.75 £71.88 £64.63
England median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%

COBOL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured COBOL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL Developer in the North West

COBOL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL Developer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for COBOL Developer in the North West

COBOL Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 - -
COBOL Developer
England

COBOL Developer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, COBOL Developer contract job roles required 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 North West region featuring COBOL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) VME
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection

COBOL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL