COBOL Contracts in Scotland

COBOL
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring COBOL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited COBOL over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 160 173
Rank change year-on-year +46 +13 -5
Contract jobs citing COBOL 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.047% 0.15% 0.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.45% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £486 -
25th Percentile - £503 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% -3.41% -
75th Percentile - £545 £575
90th Percentile - £548 -
UK median daily rate £374 £540 £515
% change year-on-year -30.74% +4.85% +27.16%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

COBOL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 594 885 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.72% 33.12% 30.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 616 745
10th Percentile £350 £400 £390
25th Percentile £409 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £493 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +1.03% +14.71%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £613 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £29.60 £41.90 £17.50
25th Percentile £41.31 £50.37 £32.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £58.27 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +23.97% +2.17%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.11 £55.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £69.88 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL in Scotland

COBOL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for COBOL in Scotland

COBOL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBOL in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for COBOL in Scotland

COBOL
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Edinburgh +28 1 £400 -24.71%
COBOL
UK

COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL