The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 14 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
882
2,151
2,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West
35.28%
40.58%
42.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
578
1,479
1,810
Median daily rate
£400
£423
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.33%
+5.63%
+3.23%
10th Percentile
£263
£300
£285
90th Percentile
£572
£575
£545
England median daily rate
£500
£480
£475
% change year-on-year
+4.17%
+1.05%
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
33
40
64
Median hourly rate
£20.50
£41.00
£36.13
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00%
+13.49%
-9.69%
10th Percentile
£15.10
£12.82
£12.75
90th Percentile
£52.75
£53.75
£51.25
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£43.50
£41.53
% change year-on-year
-19.54%
+4.74%
+0.98%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the North West.
COBOL Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the North West over the 6 months to 14 July 2020.
COBOL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the North West.
COBOL 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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 July 2020. 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
COBOL Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West
For the 6 months to 14 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
