COBOL Programmer Jobs

COBOL Programmer
UK

The median COBOL Programmer salary in the UK is £44,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 913 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a COBOL Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.001% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 - -
75th Percentile £45,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

COBOL Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured COBOL Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL Programmer in the UK

COBOL Programmer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL Programmer.

Salary trend for COBOL Programmer in the UK

COBOL Programmer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
England - 1 £44,000 -
East of England - 1 £44,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £44,000 -

COBOL Programmer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, COBOL Programmer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring COBOL Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus COBOL

COBOL Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft