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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 529 | 583 | 754 |
Rank change year-on-year | +54 | +171 | -105 |
Contract jobs citing COBOL | 46 | 99 | 84 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.096% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.36% | 0.52% | 0.27% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 48 | 39 |
10th Percentile | £325 | £331 | £402 |
25th Percentile | £356 | £456 | £431 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £540 | £500 |
Median % change year-on-year | -25.93% | +8.00% | +23.46% |
75th Percentile | £459 | £550 | £540 |
90th Percentile | £488 | £649 | £613 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £358 | £540 | £495 |
% change year-on-year | -33.70% | +9.09% | +22.22% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
% change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
COBOL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBOL over the 6 months to 1 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 1 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 |
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England | +49 | 32 | £389 | -24.10% | 5 |
Work from Home | +62 | 27 | £360 | -33.33% | 2 |
UK excluding London | +4 | 18 | £358 | -33.70% | 3 |
London | +92 | 14 | £465 | -2.11% | 3 |
West Midlands | +12 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
Midlands | +11 | 11 | £358 | -33.70% | 1 |
South East | +15 | 5 | £358 | -39.06% | 1 |
Scotland | +35 | 2 | £400 | -24.71% | 1 |
North of England | +1 | 1 | £340 | -10.82% | |
Yorkshire | +1 | 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: