COBOL
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 | - | 215 | 234 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +19 | +18 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | - | 0.20% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.62% | 0.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £56,090 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £71,837 | £61,180 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £73,805 | £69,447 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +6.27% | +46.20% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £84,964 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | - | £73,805 | £69,447 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +6.27% | +42.46% |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 818 | 1,768 | 2,128 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 37.66% | 32.91% | 45.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 507 | 1,413 | 1,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £36,750 | £39,544 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £43,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £80,000 | £83,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.99% | - | - |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
COBOL
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Manchester.