The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 28 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
84
103
141
Rank change year-on-year
+19
+38
+15
Permanent jobs citing COBOL
1
1
4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
288
568
853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh
33.07%
37.79%
43.63%
Number of salaries quoted
184
443
534
10th Percentile
£42,500
£43,750
£39,225
25th Percentile
£48,750
£50,000
£48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£58,750
£60,000
£62,500
Median % change year-on-year
-2.08%
-4.00%
+8.70%
75th Percentile
£82,563
£74,500
£78,108
90th Percentile
£98,474
£91,934
£95,000
Scotland median annual salary
£58,033
£55,000
£60,000
% change year-on-year
+5.51%
-8.33%
+9.09%
COBOL Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
COBOL Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Edinburgh.
COBOL Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, job vacancies citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
