COBOL
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 561 | 601 | 773 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | +172 | -121 |
| Contract jobs citing COBOL | 41 | 94 | 83 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.095% | 0.17% | 0.095% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.31% | 0.50% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 45 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £405 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £348 | £463 | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £374 | £540 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.74% | +4.85% | +27.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £463 | £550 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | £533 | £649 | £613 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £358 | £540 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.70% | +8.00% | +23.46% |
All Programming Languages
UK
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,047 | 18,952 | 31,653 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.12% | 34.11% | 36.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,199 | 13,649 | 23,126 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £381 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 528 | 440 | 496 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.95 | £29.71 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £51.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +21.65% | +14.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.63 | £78.12 | £70.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +25.00% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBOL over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
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Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +59 | 30 | £374 | -29.50% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +61 | 24 | £360 | -33.33% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +9 | 17 | £358 | -33.70% | 3 |
| London | +80 | 12 | £475 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
| Midlands | +10 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
| South East | +19 | 5 | £358 | -39.06% | |
| Scotland | +37 | 1 | £400 | -24.71% | 1 |
| North of England | +4 | 1 | £340 | -10.82% | |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 1 | £340 | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | £838 | - |
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: