http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html See IT Job Watch site. Here is my ideas on the reasons for this increase ... en Cyrus Montakab Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:40:32 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.softwaremining/sm/pics/cyrus.jpg http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/ http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1252521632375 <p>I think the figures on the website refers to permanent jobs - not contracting positions. Also, I would have thought the COBOL &quot;permenant&quot; job market&nbsp;would be bigger than the &quot;contract&quot; one ... because companies are not looking at big new developments in COBOL (suited to contractors), but are looking at long term maintenance of them.</p> <p>On topic of &quot;sweatshops&quot; - If you were a manager for BIG company, would you outsource your business-critical application to a sweatshop ?</p> Cyrus Montakab http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comments http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1252521632375 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:40:32 GMT http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1246729491812 Up by 43%! Well that would get a contractor to maybe $50 an hour if he were lucky , in the US from what I have seen. I also understand there are lots of back office swetshops in India where they are training people in Cobol, VMS and other legacy stuff. Anonymous http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comments http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1246729491812 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:44:51 GMT