COBOL Contract Job Trends in Telford

COBOL
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford requiring COBOL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing COBOL 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.52% - 7.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.44% - 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £510 - £315
25th Percentile £561 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 - £358
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.70%
75th Percentile £608 - £375
90th Percentile £609 - £377
Shropshire median daily rate £595 - £358
% change year-on-year - - -33.70%

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 277 67 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 36.30% 38.95% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 50 28
10th Percentile £400 £350 £305
25th Percentile £430 £454 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £519 £497
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +4.48% -8.06%
75th Percentile £548 £540 £538
90th Percentile £630 £552 £542
Shropshire median daily rate £470 £519 £492
% change year-on-year -9.40% +5.54% -8.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52.05 - -
25th Percentile £53.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile £59.15 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £56.00 - -

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

COBOL job vacancy trend in Telford

COBOL
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing COBOL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing COBOL

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance