Micro Focus COBOL Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Micro Focus COBOL
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Micro Focus COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.063% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

Micro Focus 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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 315 184 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 19.72% 26.10% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 247 123 323
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - +18.01% -15.26%
75th Percentile £65,313 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £83,500 £70,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%

Micro Focus COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Micro Focus COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Micro Focus COBOL job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Micro Focus COBOL
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Micro Focus COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Micro Focus COBOL

Micro Focus COBOL
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus COBOL within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Bicester - 1 £60,000 -
Micro Focus COBOL
South East

Micro Focus COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Db2
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle