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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 19 August 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| COBOL UK |
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6 months to
19 Aug 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
1064 |
1010 |
755 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-54 |
-255 |
+307 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL |
119 |
254 |
589 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.067% |
0.13% |
0.27% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.12% |
0.25% |
0.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
80 |
174 |
425 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£46,750 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+6.95% |
+3.89% |
+12.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,000 |
£27,950 |
£31,850 |
| 90th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£63,750 |
£61,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
COBOL is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.
| Programming Language Skills UK |
| Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills |
98350 |
103342 |
111268 |
| As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK |
55.59% |
52.40% |
51.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
81428 |
89447 |
94712 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
+3.45% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
+1.27% |
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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 19 August 2017.
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 19 August 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 |
-47 |
111 |
£50,000 |
+5.82% |
16 |
| UK excluding London |
-42 |
95 |
£45,000 |
- |
15 |
| North of England |
-11 |
42 |
£37,500 |
+17.19% |
6 |
| South East |
-18 |
25 |
£65,000 |
+23.81% |
3 |
| London |
+11 |
24 |
£58,500 |
+17.00% |
2 |
| North West |
-14 |
24 |
£50,000 |
+42.86% |
2 |
| Midlands |
+20 |
19 |
£53,500 |
+40.79% |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
+19 |
18 |
£29,000 |
-3.33% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+9 |
14 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Scotland |
+12 |
8 |
£45,000 |
+27.66% |
1 |
| West Midlands |
+21 |
5 |
£53,500 |
+42.67% |
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| East of England |
-13 |
1 |
£32,500 |
-18.75% |
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For the 6 months to 19 August 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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