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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 18 September 2018 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 |
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6 months to
18 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
199 |
197 |
136 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
-61 |
+52 |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL |
23 |
7 |
99 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West |
0.38% |
0.12% |
1.37% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.90% |
0.32% |
3.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
14 |
2 |
59 |
| North West median daily rate |
£375 |
£400 |
£420 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-6.25% |
-4.76% |
+5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£311 |
£353 |
£279 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£448 |
£531 |
| England median daily rate |
£350 |
£375 |
£350 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.67% |
+7.14% |
-9.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| North West median hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| England median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£31.50 |
£28.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
+10.53% |
-20.28% |
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.
| All Programming Languages North West |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
2,545 |
2,189 |
2,617 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West |
42.37% |
37.81% |
36.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,744 |
1,478 |
1,763 |
| North West median daily rate |
£400 |
£388 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.23% |
+3.33% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£293 |
£280 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£550 |
£510 |
£500 |
| England median daily rate |
£475 |
£450 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
53 |
88 |
66 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£36.25 |
£38.75 |
£28.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-6.45% |
+35.96% |
-22.97% |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.15 |
£11.75 |
£12.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.25 |
£50.00 |
£43.38 |
| England median hourly rate |
£42.00 |
£40.00 |
£37.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+6.67% |
+2.74% |
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COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing COBOL as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing COBOL in the North West.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing COBOL in the North West over the 6 months to 18 September 2018.
COBOL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT 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 18 September 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies |
| Lancashire |
- |
16 |
£375 |
- |
2 |
| Cheshire |
-11 |
3 |
£375 |
-6.25% |
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| Manchester |
-20 |
2 |
£375 |
-6.25% |
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| Merseyside |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
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COBOL
England |
For the 6 months to 18 September 2018, 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:
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