Trends for COBOL

Rank 24 of 47Current

1.1K ListingsCurrent

20.9K ListingsHistoric

Number of Jobs Over Time

Job Rank in Programming Languages

Rank

Name

Jobs

Δ%

Objective-C

2,224

-151

-6.4%

1.7%

0.1%

Apache Groovy

1,428

-255

-15.2%

1.1%

COBOL

1,084

-104

-8.8%

0.8%

VBScript

827

-181

-18.0%

0.6%

-0.1%

Rust

637

7.4%

0.5%

0.1%

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About COBOL

COBOL (an acronym for 'common business-oriented language') is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented. COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments. Learn more about COBOL here .

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Related Technologies

These are the technologies that appear most often in job listings that contain COBOL. Results are not limited to Programming Languages and can represent technologies that are part of the same stack (IE React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) or close competitors in the same category (IE React, Angular, and AngularJS).

Results may not be reciprocal. For example, Java often appears in Scala listings but Scala is not one of the most common technologies in Java listings.

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