COBOL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 804 | 870 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | +66 | +327 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 16 | 113 | 57 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.029% | 0.10% | 0.062% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.096% | 0.33% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 96 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,500 | £46,860 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,250 | £56,809 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £73,805 | £63,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.62% | +17.15% | -6.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £84,964 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £82,500 | £73,805 | £66,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.78% | +10.57% | -1.11% |
All Programming Languages
UK
COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 16,658 | 34,738 | 38,813 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 29.73% | 31.52% | 42.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,575 | 25,693 | 26,126 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,100 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,250 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £98,474 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £54,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -1.82% | +4.76% |
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 14 June 2025.
COBOL
Top 8 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 14 June 2025. 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 Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +94 | 15 | £75,000 | +1.62% | 39 |
| London | +112 | 11 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +64 | 6 | £75,000 | +1.62% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +82 | 5 | £82,500 | +11.78% | 26 |
| North West | +2 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North of England | -5 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| South West | - | 2 | £82,500 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +102 | 1 | - | - |
COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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