Micro Focus COBOL Contracts

Micro Focus COBOL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Micro Focus COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Micro Focus COBOL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 699 857
Rank change year-on-year +123 +158 -190
Contract jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.023% 0.005% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
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 is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,840 21,040 32,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.48% 35.09% 36.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,115 15,203 23,486
10th Percentile £350 £395 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £782 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 482 512
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £77.00 £67.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.54
% change year-on-year - +26.16% +16.56%

Micro Focus COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Micro Focus COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL.

Daily rate trend for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL.

Hourly rate trend for Micro Focus COBOL in the UK

Micro Focus COBOL
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home - 3 £350 - 5

Micro Focus COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL Analyst Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) Developer Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Micro Focus
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle