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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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3 months to
22 Jun 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
823 |
818 |
636 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
-182 |
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| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
51 |
129 |
367 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.057% |
0.13% |
0.33% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.10% |
0.25% |
0.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
36 |
89 |
271 |
| Median salary |
£45,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
+11.11% |
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| 90% offered a salary of more than |
£26,750 |
£35,000 |
£33,850 |
| 10% offered a salary of more than |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
£60,000 |
| UK excluding London median salary |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.26% |
+5.55% |
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COBOL is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.
| Programming Language Skills UK |
| Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills |
49780 |
52059 |
57223 |
| As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK |
56.04% |
52.78% |
51.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
41779 |
45080 |
48809 |
| Median salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.55% |
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| 90% offered a salary of more than |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
| 10% offered a salary of more than |
£75,000 |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
| UK excluding London median salary |
£42,500 |
£41,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.65% |
+2.50% |
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COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing COBOL as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.
COBOL
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBOL.
COBOL
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing COBOL over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.
COBOL
Top 30 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.
| Location |
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads |
Median Salary
Last 3 Months |
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Live
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-27 |
44 |
£50,000 |
- |
4 |
| North West |
-31 |
13 |
£50,000 |
+42.85% |
1 |
| Cheshire |
-22 |
12 |
£50,000 |
+42.85% |
1 |
| South East |
-17 |
11 |
£65,000 |
+23.80% |
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| London |
+19 |
8 |
£58,500 |
+17.00% |
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| Yorkshire |
+5 |
8 |
£26,750 |
-10.83% |
1 |
| Knutsford |
-31 |
8 |
£45,000 |
+28.57% |
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| Buckinghamshire |
- |
8 |
£62,500 |
- |
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| Scotland |
+16 |
7 |
£45,000 |
+27.65% |
1 |
| Glasgow |
+16 |
6 |
£45,000 |
+27.65% |
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| High Wycombe |
- |
5 |
£65,000 |
- |
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| West Yorkshire |
+19 |
4 |
£21,500 |
- |
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| Surrey |
+30 |
3 |
£80,000 |
+28.00% |
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| Leeds |
+11 |
3 |
£21,500 |
- |
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| Sheffield |
-7 |
3 |
£37,500 |
+25.00% |
1 |
| South Yorkshire |
-16 |
3 |
£37,500 |
+25.00% |
1 |
| Milton Keynes |
- |
3 |
£46,000 |
- |
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| West Midlands |
+10 |
2 |
£52,500 |
+40.00% |
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| East Midlands |
+22 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Leicestershire |
+12 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
| Shropshire |
+3 |
1 |
£53,500 |
+44.59% |
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| Telford |
+1 |
1 |
£53,500 |
+44.59% |
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| Essex |
-2 |
1 |
£32,500 |
- |
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| East of England |
-3 |
1 |
£32,500 |
-18.75% |
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| Chelmsford |
-14 |
1 |
£32,500 |
- |
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| Coventry |
- |
1 |
£51,500 |
- |
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| Dewsbury |
- |
1 |
£32,000 |
- |
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| Edinburgh |
- |
1 |
£40,000 |
- |
1 |
| Harrogate |
- |
1 |
£20,000 |
- |
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| Woking |
- |
1 |
£80,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for COBOL.
COBOL
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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Cheshire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 days ago
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 2 days ago
Nottingham
Experian
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 24 days ago
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Computershare Investor Services
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday + Share Plan + Pension
Posted: 17 days ago
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