COBOL
England > Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 188 | 178 | 250 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | +72 | +39 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 0.048% | 0.48% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.29% | 1.99% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £56,809 | £64,800 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £58,938 | £67,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £73,805 | £74,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.39% | -0.93% | +35.45% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £84,964 | £82,125 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £84,600 |
| England median annual salary | £80,000 | £73,805 | £63,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.39% | +17.15% | +0.80% |
All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
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 in Yorkshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 687 | 1,306 | 1,942 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 16.40% | 24.12% | 36.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 559 | 1,009 | 1,333 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £34,778 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,813 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,550 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | +4.00% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.
COBOL
Salary Trend in Yorkshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Yorkshire.
COBOL
Job Locations in Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Yorkshire | +12 | 2 | £80,000 | +22.20% | 1 |
| COBOL England |
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COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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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