The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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
85
100
126
Rank change year-on-year
+15
+26
+27
Contract jobs citing COBOL
12
11
13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
343
425
628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
25.50%
21.83%
26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted
211
308
439
10th Percentile
£235
£260
£362
25th Percentile
£401
£350
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£456
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+4.11%
-13.10%
+14.57%
75th Percentile
£575
£575
£595
90th Percentile
£689
£638
£700
England median daily rate
£525
£540
£565
% change year-on-year
-2.78%
-4.42%
+2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted
15
13
8
10th Percentile
£16.85
£40.10
£21.73
25th Percentile
£17.87
£55.00
£23.81
Median hourly rate
£27.50
£57.50
£29.32
Median % change year-on-year
-52.17%
+96.13%
+68.59%
75th Percentile
£31.33
£58.75
£64.69
90th Percentile
£33.91
£69.75
£98.25
England median hourly rate
£62.75
£62.50
£61.84
% change year-on-year
+0.40%
+1.07%
+23.68%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
COBOL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the West Midlands.
COBOL Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
COBOL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the West Midlands.
COBOL Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
COBOL Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
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 West Midlands region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
