COBOL Consultant Job Trends in Birmingham

COBOL Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

As of 30 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median COBOL Consultant salary in Birmingham.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a COBOL Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.030% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 3,103 1,187 2,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.04% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,451 850 1,792
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

COBOL Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'COBOL Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

COBOL Consultant job vacancy trend in Birmingham

COBOL Consultant
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for COBOL Consultant job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for COBOL Consultant job vacancies in Birmingham

COBOL Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 July 2026, COBOL Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring COBOL Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Db2
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot

COBOL Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Db2
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JCL