COBOL Jobs in the UK excluding London

COBOL
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 668 671 809
Rank change year-on-year +3 +138 -117
Permanent jobs citing COBOL 111 46 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.083% 0.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 95 19 47
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,900 £45,800
25th Percentile £56,809 £50,700 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £66,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.98% -1.48% +42.11%
75th Percentile £84,964 £77,715 £74,000
90th Percentile - - £88,500
UK median annual salary £73,805 £62,750 £67,250
% change year-on-year +17.62% -6.69% +41.58%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 23,352 21,449 34,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.56% 38.54% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16,842 12,866 21,023
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for COBOL in the UK excluding London

COBOL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for COBOL in the UK excluding London

COBOL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for COBOL in the UK excluding London

COBOL
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK excluding London region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +82 68 £73,805 +6.27%
North West +8 26 £73,805 +6.27%
Yorkshire +87 24 £73,805 +10.98%
North East - 18 £73,805 -
South East +3 17 £55,000 +9.89%
West Midlands -11 12 £73,805 +57.03% 1
Midlands -37 12 £73,805 +10.16% 1
Scotland -56 12 £71,991 -4.86% 1
East of England -13 2 £42,000 -28.81% 1
COBOL
UK

COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (33.33%) Tuxedo
2 11 (9.91%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (43.24%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.90%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.61%) Relational Database
2 12 (10.81%) DB2
3 1 (0.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.91%) ChangeMan
2 5 (4.50%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (11.71%) Finance
2 11 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (9.91%) Law
2 11 (9.91%) Marketing
3 5 (4.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.90%) Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (59.46%) Lead
1 66 (59.46%) Technical Leader
2 50 (45.05%) Senior
3 20 (18.02%) Developer
4 15 (13.51%) COBOL Developer
5 14 (12.61%) Mainframe Developer
6 12 (10.81%) Mainframe Software Engineer
6 12 (10.81%) Software Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Architect
7 8 (7.21%) Senior Architect
7 8 (7.21%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 8 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.50%) IBM Mainframe Developer
8 5 (4.50%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.50%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (4.50%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.60%) Applications Support
10 2 (1.80%) Analyst
10 2 (1.80%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (1.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (33.33%) RESTful
2 5 (4.50%) EDI
2 5 (4.50%) OSGi
2 5 (4.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.42%) Mainframe
2 11 (9.91%) Reference Data
2 11 (9.91%) VSAM
3 5 (4.50%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.22%) Linux
2 8 (7.21%) VME
3 4 (3.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (77.48%) Agile
2 74 (66.67%) Coaching
2 74 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 74 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 74 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 66 (59.46%) Strategic Thinking
4 42 (37.84%) Front End Development
5 41 (36.94%) Software Engineering
6 37 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
6 37 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
7 29 (26.13%) Architectural Design
7 29 (26.13%) Feasibility Study
7 29 (26.13%) Open Source
8 19 (17.12%) Decision-Making
9 14 (12.61%) ITIL
9 14 (12.61%) Service Delivery
10 11 (9.91%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (9.91%) Machine Learning
10 11 (9.91%) Operational Stability
10 11 (9.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (72.07%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 54 (48.65%) Java
3 31 (27.93%) C
4 29 (26.13%) C++
4 29 (26.13%) Python
5 12 (10.81%) JCL
6 4 (3.60%) C#
6 4 (3.60%) SQL
7 1 (0.90%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.90%) PHP
7 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (12.61%) CTC Cleared
1 14 (12.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (9.91%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 80 (72.07%) Micro Focus
2 48 (43.24%) Oracle
3 14 (12.61%) Unisys
4 6 (5.41%) IBM
5 1 (0.90%) CA
5 1 (0.90%) Microsoft