The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bicester requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
6 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
10 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Bicester |
5.00% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
28.57% |
- |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
£58,250 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£59,375 |
- |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£62,500 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£64,375 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£64,750 |
- |
- |
| Oxfordshire median annual salary |
£62,500 |
- |
- |
COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Bicester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
7 |
5 |
26 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bicester |
17.50% |
38.46% |
27.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
7 |
3 |
26 |
| 10th Percentile |
£42,900 |
£82,750 |
£30,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£55,000 |
£83,125 |
£36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£87,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-31.43% |
+118.75% |
-38.46% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£91,250 |
£60,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£66,000 |
- |
- |
| Oxfordshire median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£54,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+0.92% |
-0.91% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bicester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bicester.
COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester 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:
