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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 16 October 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
16 Oct 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
968 |
1083 |
1095 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+115 |
+12 |
-60 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
101 |
88 |
104 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.074% |
0.053% |
0.059% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.14% |
0.096% |
0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
74 |
68 |
86 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£42,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,193 |
£33,000 |
£27,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£60,253 |
£70,375 |
£66,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£42,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-5.56% |
- |
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 |
73,451 |
91,521 |
97,047 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
53.47% |
55.57% |
55.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
60,186 |
76,139 |
79,625 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£31,250 |
£29,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86,250 |
£82,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+4.29% |
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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 16 October 2019.
COBOL
Top 11 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 16 October 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 |
+103 |
100 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
10 |
| UK excluding London |
+77 |
94 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
9 |
| South East |
+41 |
43 |
£52,500 |
+12.90% |
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| North of England |
+40 |
36 |
£45,404 |
+21.08% |
8 |
| North West |
+40 |
23 |
£40,488 |
-0.03% |
2 |
| Midlands |
+48 |
15 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
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| Yorkshire |
+4 |
10 |
£46,000 |
+24.32% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+34 |
9 |
£42,500 |
- |
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| London |
+90 |
6 |
£68,750 |
-11.52% |
1 |
| West Midlands |
- |
6 |
£40,000 |
- |
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| North East |
- |
3 |
£47,500 |
- |
2 |
For the 6 months to 16 October 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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