COBOL
West Yorkshire > Leeds
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 126 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds | - | 0.34% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 1.17% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £73,805 | - |
| West Yorkshire median annual salary | - | £73,805 | £83,620 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.74% | +71.53% |
All Programming Languages
Leeds
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 Leeds.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 277 | 686 | 1,255 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds | 35.33% | 28.74% | 44.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 227 | 537 | 792 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £32,500 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -16.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,375 | £69,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,500 | £86,000 | £88,750 |
| West Yorkshire median annual salary | £60,000 | £51,500 | £55,043 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.50% | -6.44% | +4.84% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.
COBOL
Salary Trend in Leeds
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Leeds.