COBOL Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

COBOL
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.27% - 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.44% - 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £42,150
25th Percentile - - £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - £55,100
% change year-on-year - - -15.23%

All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 209 339 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 18.66% 31.65% 43.86%
Number of salaries quoted 172 184 232
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £79,625 £87,375
South East median annual salary £56,500 £59,313 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.74% +7.84% -4.35%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

COBOL job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

COBOL
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing COBOL

COBOL
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aylesbury - 3 £60,000 - 1
COBOL
South East

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) C Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#