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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 6 April 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
6 Apr 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
849 |
1014 |
1057 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+165 |
+43 |
-3 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
130 |
112 |
145 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
0.11% |
0.075% |
0.082% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.20% |
0.14% |
0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
113 |
88 |
117 |
| Median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
-14.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£41,450 |
£31,675 |
£36,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£92,875 |
£79,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+11.11% |
-14.29% |
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 |
63,667 |
81,568 |
99,401 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
54.43% |
54.65% |
56.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
52,512 |
67,111 |
83,760 |
| Median annual salary |
£54,500 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.81% |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88,750 |
£85,000 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,500 |
£45,000 |
£43,750 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.11% |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
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COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COBOL
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
COBOL
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL over the 6 months to 6 April 2020.
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 6 April 2020.
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 |
+178 |
130 |
£50,000 |
- |
12 |
| UK excluding London |
+120 |
114 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
12 |
| South East |
+77 |
53 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
2 |
| North of England |
+95 |
49 |
£46,000 |
+24.32% |
7 |
| Yorkshire |
+61 |
28 |
£46,000 |
+24.32% |
1 |
| North West |
+58 |
20 |
£57,500 |
+22.34% |
3 |
| London |
+107 |
16 |
£50,000 |
-42.86% |
2 |
| East of England |
+53 |
8 |
£46,500 |
-13.89% |
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| Midlands |
+47 |
4 |
£46,000 |
+8.24% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
+28 |
4 |
£46,000 |
+8.24% |
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| Work from Home |
+7 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
| North East |
-8 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
For the 6 months to 6 April 2020, 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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