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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 23 October 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
23 Oct 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
1072 |
1032 |
807 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-40 |
-225 |
+165 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
109 |
192 |
549 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.062% |
0.10% |
0.25% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.11% |
0.19% |
0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
90 |
133 |
398 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,000 |
£26,250 |
£31,578 |
| 90th Percentile |
£66,750 |
£63,750 |
£63,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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 |
97115 |
100005 |
112786 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.32% |
52.74% |
51.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
79652 |
86237 |
96348 |
| UK median annual salary |
£48,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+2.11% |
+5.56% |
+1.12% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
£73,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£41,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
+2.56% |
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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 23 October 2017.
COBOL
Top 13 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 23 October 2017.
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 |
-7 |
100 |
£47,500 |
- |
5 |
| UK excluding London |
-29 |
93 |
£45,000 |
- |
6 |
| North of England |
+26 |
62 |
£37,500 |
+25.00% |
3 |
| North West |
+34 |
38 |
£50,000 |
+42.86% |
1 |
| Yorkshire |
+21 |
24 |
£29,000 |
+5.45% |
2 |
| London |
-2 |
15 |
£57,000 |
-18.57% |
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| South East |
-12 |
14 |
£67,500 |
+35.00% |
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| Scotland |
-9 |
8 |
£45,000 |
+27.66% |
1 |
| Midlands |
+4 |
5 |
£45,750 |
+20.39% |
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| East Midlands |
+22 |
4 |
£40,000 |
+3.90% |
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| East of England |
-3 |
3 |
£64,469 |
+130.24% |
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| South West |
+13 |
1 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
2 |
| West Midlands |
-1 |
1 |
£51,500 |
+37.33% |
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For the 6 months to 23 October 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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