The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire requiring COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
47
-
47
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+10
Contract jobs citing COBOL
1
0
10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
131
142
132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire
35.12%
31.07%
24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted
98
93
96
10th Percentile
£370
£400
£381
25th Percentile
£448
£413
£475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£519
£445
£594
Median % change year-on-year
+16.54%
-25.05%
+25.00%
75th Percentile
£588
£550
£700
90th Percentile
£650
£619
-
Yorkshire median daily rate
£500
£463
£525
% change year-on-year
+8.11%
-11.90%
+10.53%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in South Yorkshire.
COBOL Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
