COBOL
Shropshire > Telford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 | 26 | 18 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | +28 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford | 2.78% | 8.55% | 8.39% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.69% | 14.71% | 11.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £318 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £330 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £507 | £358 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.75% | -33.70% | +4.45% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £373 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £376 | £550 |
| Shropshire median daily rate | £507 | £358 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.75% | -33.70% | +4.65% |
All Programming Languages
Telford
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 Telford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 39 | 68 | 116 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford | 36.11% | 58.12% | 74.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 48 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £438 | £351 | £420 |
| 25th Percentile | £455 | £496 | £518 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £479 | £535 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.51% | -0.93% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £524 | £538 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | £596 |
| Shropshire median daily rate | £495 | £535 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.48% | -0.93% | +9.09% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Telford.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Telford.
COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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: