COBOL Job Trends in South Yorkshire

COBOL
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring COBOL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 5 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.38% - 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.02% - 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 10
10th Percentile £48,668 - -
25th Percentile - - £71,837
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £73,805
75th Percentile - - £84,964
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 - £73,805
% change year-on-year - - -11.74%

All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 248 127 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.69% 31.99% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 169 102 375
10th Percentile £24,000 £30,575 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,105 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,550 £86,125 £75,463
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBOL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

COBOL job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

COBOL
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing COBOL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing COBOL

COBOL
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for COBOL in South Yorkshire

COBOL
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Sheffield - 5 £55,000 - 2
COBOL
Yorkshire

COBOL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA