COBOL
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring COBOL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | - | - | 5.00% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 17.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| UK median daily rate | £413 | £467 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.67% | -6.60% | +1.01% |
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 50 | 55 | 45 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 20.08% | 28.65% | 28.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 24 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £428 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £463 | £309 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +31.25% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £631 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £675 | £541 |
| UK median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.80 | £42.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.88% | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.07% | -0.26% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing COBOL.
