COBOL
Berkshire > Reading
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 83 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | - | 0.095% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.36% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £588 | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | - | £588 | - |
All Programming Languages
Reading
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 Reading with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 289 | 278 | 322 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 24.29% | 26.40% | 23.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 202 | 219 | 253 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £363 | £351 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £459 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £656 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £708 | £650 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.14% | +8.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.13 | £63.00 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £56.65 | £72.63 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £59.22 | £79.19 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.22% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66.03 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £67.63 | £80.06 | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £61.60 | £70.00 | £72.95 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.00% | -4.04% | +88.26% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Reading.