COBOL Job Trends in Blackpool

COBOL
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 0.59% - 6.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.70% - 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £71,837
25th Percentile - - £72,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - £79,932
75th Percentile - - £84,964
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £44,447 - £73,805
% change year-on-year - - +28.36%

All Programming Languages
Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool 15.98% 14.81% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 25 7 14
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,750 £41,692
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,717 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,055 £54,016
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -7.33% -
75th Percentile £55,972 £58,943 £82,666
90th Percentile £66,906 £58,998 £84,964
Lancashire median annual salary £46,500 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.10% +0.11% +5.82%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.

COBOL job vacancy trend in Blackpool

COBOL
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing COBOL

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA