COBOL Jobs in the North West

COBOL
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 286 308
Rank change year-on-year +22 +22 -58
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 27 12 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.28% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.93% 0.37% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 5
10th Percentile £68,000 £54,675 £33,500
25th Percentile £71,837 £56,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £69,447 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% +46.20% +22.58%
75th Percentile £84,964 £77,715 £50,000
90th Percentile - - £50,750
England median annual salary £73,805 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% +3.08% -1.89%

All Programming Languages
North West

COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,913 3,256 3,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.00% 40.81% 42.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,375 1,789 2,698
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL in the North West

COBOL
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the North West.

Salary trend for COBOL in the North West

COBOL
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for COBOL in the North West

COBOL
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Lancashire -3 14 £73,805 +28.36% 1
Manchester +32 13 £73,805 +6.27% 2
COBOL
England

COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (44.44%) Tuxedo
2 3 (11.11%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) DB2
1 3 (11.11%) Easytrieve
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Lead
1 22 (81.48%) Technical Leader
2 13 (48.15%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) DB2 DBA
3 3 (11.11%) DBA
4 1 (3.70%) Architect
4 1 (3.70%) COBOL Developer
4 1 (3.70%) Developer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) RESTful
2 3 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Distributed Computing
1 3 (11.11%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) zOS
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Agile
1 23 (85.19%) Coaching
1 23 (85.19%) Mentoring
1 23 (85.19%) Product Roadmap
1 23 (85.19%) Roadmaps
2 22 (81.48%) Strategic Thinking
3 12 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (44.44%) Front End Development
4 11 (40.74%) Re-Platforming
5 10 (37.04%) Architectural Design
5 10 (37.04%) Feasibility Study
5 10 (37.04%) Open Source
5 10 (37.04%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 3 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (3.70%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 23 (85.19%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 12 (44.44%) Java
3 10 (37.04%) C
3 10 (37.04%) C++
3 10 (37.04%) Python
4 3 (11.11%) JCL
4 3 (11.11%) REXX
4 3 (11.11%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) RACF
1 3 (11.11%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) Micro Focus
2 12 (44.44%) Oracle
3 3 (11.11%) BMC
3 3 (11.11%) IBM