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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 6 months to 20 July 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
20 Jul 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
958 |
1074 |
1093 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+116 |
+19 |
-115 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
134 |
117 |
129 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.092% |
0.067% |
0.073% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.17% |
0.12% |
0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
97 |
93 |
84 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£43,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+14.94% |
-13.00% |
+11.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£34,500 |
£29,150 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£83,900 |
£67,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£42,500 |
£46,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-7.61% |
+2.22% |
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| All Programming Languages UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
78,560 |
97,905 |
98,298 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
53.79% |
55.92% |
55.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
64,439 |
81,397 |
82,167 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£30,500 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
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COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
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 6 months to 20 July 2019.
COBOL
Top 14 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 6 months to 20 July 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+110 |
128 |
£50,000 |
+14.94% |
16 |
| UK excluding London |
+97 |
125 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
14 |
| South East |
+33 |
49 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
4 |
| North of England |
+21 |
40 |
£37,476 |
-10.77% |
6 |
| Midlands |
+50 |
24 |
£40,000 |
-4.31% |
4 |
| North West |
+10 |
17 |
£44,154 |
+5.13% |
2 |
| East Midlands |
+27 |
16 |
£47,250 |
+10.79% |
1 |
| Yorkshire |
+18 |
14 |
£52,000 |
- |
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| London |
+75 |
9 |
£93,750 |
+45.46% |
2 |
| North East |
- |
9 |
£21,000 |
- |
4 |
| West Midlands |
+21 |
8 |
£40,000 |
- |
3 |
| East of England |
- |
6 |
£54,000 |
- |
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| Scotland |
+10 |
5 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
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| Wales |
- |
1 |
£40,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 20 July 2019, IT jobs citing COBOL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent 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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