COBOL
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 39 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +8 | - |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield | - | 2.92% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 10.32% | 1.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £405 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +23.46% | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | - | £500 | £405 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +23.46% | - |
All Programming Languages
Sheffield
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 Sheffield with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 125 | 126 | 123 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield | 33.60% | 28.31% | 31.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 87 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £399 | £413 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £500 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £600 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +20.00% | +22.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £700 | £549 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | - | £650 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £445 | £600 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.83% | +26.32% | +18.75% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Sheffield.