Micro Focus COBOL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Micro Focus COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Micro Focus COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 587 | 704 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +117 | +141 |
| Contract jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.007% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.024% | 0.005% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £325 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £350 | £338 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.70% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £375 | £344 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £338 |
All Programming Languages
UK
Micro Focus 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 10,015 | 12,736 | 20,223 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.07% | 29.58% | 34.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,814 | 9,069 | 14,573 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £395 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £528 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.57% | -4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £774 | £763 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 249 | 486 | 462 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.13 | £32.25 | £26.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.00 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.18 | £60.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.52% | +2.03% | +21.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.96 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | +1.07% | +24.30% |
Micro Focus COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Micro Focus COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Micro Focus COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL.
Micro Focus COBOL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL.