COBOL Contract Job Trends in South London

COBOL
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring COBOL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing COBOL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.35% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £390 £475
% change year-on-year +41.03% -17.89% -2.56%

All Programming Languages
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 97 69 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 33.92% 39.43% 41.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 41 57
10th Percentile £456 £446 £403
25th Percentile £500 £470 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £810
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.63
Median hourly rate - - £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile - - £71.88
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £43.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +20.69% -8.42% -24.60%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

COBOL job vacancy trend in South London

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing COBOL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing COBOL

COBOL
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the South London region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
Jobs
Bromley - 1 £350 - 1
COBOL
London

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection