COBOL
England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
11 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
136 |
129 |
124 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-7 |
-5 |
- |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands |
0.040% |
0.045% |
0.11% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.24% |
0.16% |
0.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£54,000 |
- |
£73,000 |
| England median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£65,465 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.35% |
+19.03% |
+4.76% |
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 the East Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
425 |
626 |
706 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands |
17.06% |
28.10% |
37.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
346 |
373 |
604 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£32,500 |
£33,750 |
| 25th Percentile |
£32,813 |
£37,500 |
£41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£47,500 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-5.00% |
-4.76% |
-4.55% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
£72,500 |
| England median annual salary |
£62,500 |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.85% |
+4.00% |
-3.85% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
COBOL
Salary Trend in the East Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing COBOL.
COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:
