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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 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
20 Jul 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
1063 |
1082 |
970 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+19 |
-112 |
-189 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
117 |
129 |
322 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.067% |
0.073% |
0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.12% |
0.13% |
0.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
93 |
84 |
211 |
| UK median annual salary |
£43,500 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-13.00% |
+11.11% |
-7.22% |
| 10th Percentile |
£34,500 |
£29,150 |
£31,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,900 |
£67,500 |
£62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£46,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-7.61% |
+2.22% |
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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 |
97,905 |
98,295 |
106,270 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.92% |
55.44% |
52.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
81,397 |
82,164 |
91,868 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,500 |
£28,750 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % 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 2018.
COBOL
Top 12 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 2018.
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 |
+27 |
114 |
£43,500 |
-17.92% |
14 |
| UK excluding London |
+9 |
106 |
£42,500 |
-7.61% |
11 |
| South East |
+25 |
48 |
£45,000 |
-30.77% |
1 |
| North of England |
+3 |
32 |
£42,000 |
+5.00% |
4 |
| North West |
+26 |
27 |
£42,000 |
-16.00% |
2 |
| Midlands |
-11 |
14 |
£41,800 |
-21.87% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+5 |
10 |
£42,650 |
- |
3 |
| London |
-6 |
10 |
£64,450 |
+10.17% |
5 |
| South West |
+10 |
9 |
£39,000 |
- |
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| Yorkshire |
+10 |
5 |
£52,000 |
+71.90% |
1 |
| West Midlands |
+13 |
4 |
£40,000 |
-25.23% |
1 |
| Scotland |
-22 |
3 |
£37,500 |
-16.67% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 20 July 2018, 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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