COBOL
North East > Tyne and Wear
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 95 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | - | 0.82% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 3.24% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £73,805 | - |
| North East median annual salary | - | £73,805 | - |
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
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 Tyne and Wear.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 123 | 401 | 302 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 19.43% | 25.17% | 34.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 106 | 344 | 181 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £33,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,125 | £41,976 | £47,672 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,500 | £56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.90% | -0.89% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £71,991 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £83,381 | £77,500 |
| North East median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +22.22% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.
COBOL
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Tyne and Wear.