The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Swindon 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.
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 Swindon.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
20
32
73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon
20.41%
26.02%
31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted
13
19
61
10th Percentile
£373
£375
£400
25th Percentile
£463
£413
£438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£525
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-
+5.00%
-1.86%
75th Percentile
£588
£600
£588
90th Percentile
£650
£670
-
Wiltshire median daily rate
£575
£553
£525
% change year-on-year
+4.07%
+5.24%
+5.00%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Swindon.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Swindon.
COBOL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Swindon.
COBOL Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon
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 Swindon region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:
