# Companies using COBOL

46,287 companies use COBOL, based on their job posts and their employees' public profiles. Hiring for it has slowed, though 13,476 job posts still named it from October 2025 to August 2026. IT teams are its most common home.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name COBOL in the most job posts?

Tata Consultancy Services leads with 1,117 job posts naming COBOL, followed by Accenture and Capgemini. Of the five companies in the table, Tata Consultancy Services has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 5,281.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Tata Consultancy Services](https://sumble.com/orgs/tata-consultancy-services-tcs) | 1,117 | 5,281 | "Lead-level COBOL professional with substantial hands-on experience in banking applications." (cobol developer, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Accenture](https://sumble.com/orgs/accenture) | 1,098 | 2,872 | "Develop, modify, and maintain programs using RPG IV/ILE, COBOL, and Control Language (CL)." (as400 data engineer , Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Capgemini](https://sumble.com/orgs/capgemini) | 1,095 | 2,404 | "Develop and maintain COBOL-based applications supporting core banking operations." (Mainframe Developer with Finance/Banking (FTE - Atlanta, Chicago & New York), Nov 7, 2026) |
| [IBM](https://sumble.com/orgs/ibm) | 1,058 | 2,858 | "…environment, utilizing expertise in a wide range of AS/400 products, including RPG, COBOL/400, SYNON, and new age offerings on the platform." (AS400 & Manhattan Active Support Analyst, Oct 23, 2026) |
| [Accenture in India](https://sumble.com/orgs/accentureindia) | 932 | 278 | "The candidate should have minimum 7.5 years of experience in COBOL." (Custom Software Engineer, Nov 7, 2026) |

## Is hiring for COBOL growing?

COBOL turned up in a shrinking share of job posts: 6.4 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, compared with 7.3 from March to May. August 2026 was its lowest month since October 2025, at 5.9.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 977 | 1,413,673 | 6.9 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,405 | 1,822,119 | 7.7 |
| Dec 2025 | 903 | 1,236,103 | 7.3 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,336 | 1,828,002 | 7.3 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,347 | 1,856,647 | 7.3 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,426 | 1,850,711 | 7.7 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,241 | 1,728,886 | 7.2 |
| May 2026 | 1,288 | 1,821,509 | 7.1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,260 | 1,909,496 | 6.6 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,207 | 1,815,180 | 6.6 |
| Aug 2026 | 1,086 | 1,835,698 | 5.9 |

## How many companies named COBOL in a job post for the first time in recent months?

Job posts named COBOL for the first time at 164 companies from June to August 2026, against 161 from March to May. The 164 from June to August are 2.1% of all 7,738 companies whose job posts name it.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 161 |
| June to August 2026 | 164 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 614 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use COBOL?

Most of these companies come from employees' profiles: 83% have no job post naming COBOL. 7,738 name it in their own job posts.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name COBOL | 7,738 | 17% |
| Employees' profiles list COBOL | 38,549 | 83% |

## What size are the companies that use COBOL?

COBOL skews toward smaller firms. 28% of its users are companies with fewer than 50 employees, against 22% on the typical tech page. 3,722 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 28% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 47% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 17% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 8% | 23% |

## Where are COBOL companies based?

Spain is 2.3 times as common among COBOL companies as on the typical tech page, at 4.1%. The United States leads overall with 37%. India is less common than usual, at 4.4% against 6.9% on the typical tech page.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 15,940 | 37% | 43% |
| Brazil | 2,579 | 6% | 2.8% |
| United Kingdom | 2,219 | 5.2% | 6.4% |
| France | 2,123 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| India | 1,875 | 4.4% | 6.9% |
| Spain | 1,760 | 4.1% | 1.8% |

## Which teams work with COBOL?

At 208 companies, the team named in COBOL job posts is IT, at least twice the next.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| IT | 208 |
| Technology | 49 |
| Development | 30 |
| Mainframe | 30 |
| Application development | 28 |
| QA | 23 |

## Which roles mention COBOL most?

Software Engineer is the role behind 47% of the job posts that mention COBOL. Business Systems is second, at 5.7%.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Software Engineer | 47% | 6,357 | 1,771 | 1,565 |
| Business Systems | 5.7% | 764 | 240 | 139 |
| IT Support | 3.8% | 511 | 118 | 109 |
| Automation Engineer | 2.2% | 299 | 93 | 69 |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 2.1% | 277 | 85 | 50 |
| Analyst | 1.9% | 261 | 63 | 49 |

## Which companies started naming COBOL in job posts recently?

From April to August 2026, 151 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming COBOL: 87 commercial, 35 mid-market and 29 enterprise. BCNC GROUP has the most job posts of the new commercial companies, 12 from April to August.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [BCNC GROUP](https://sumble.com/orgs/bcnc-group) | 12 |
| Commercial | [LUZA Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/ptc-group) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Coasin Logicalis](https://sumble.com/orgs/coasin-logicalis) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Centorrino Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/centorrino-technologies) | 4 |
| Commercial | [GMO-Z.com RUNSYSTEM JSC.](https://sumble.com/orgs/gmo-runsystem) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [moOngy](https://sumble.com/orgs/moongy) | 6 |
| Mid-market | [Evertec](https://sumble.com/orgs/evertec) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [CM - Christelijke Mutualiteit](https://sumble.com/orgs/christelijke-mutualiteit) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [GNC](https://sumble.com/orgs/gnc) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [DAF Trucks NV](https://sumble.com/orgs/daf-trucks) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Rakuten](https://sumble.com/orgs/global-rakuten-corporate) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Crisil](https://sumble.com/orgs/crisil) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Fanatics](https://sumble.com/orgs/fanatics,-inc) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Mattel, Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/mattel) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [MITRE](https://sumble.com/orgs/mitre) | 3 |

Companies that named COBOL in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do COBOL companies use?

COBOL companies are 22 times as likely as similar companies to use IBM Assembler: 7.8% of them, against 0.35%. Next is PowerBuilder: 5.4% of these companies use it, against 0.26% of similar ones.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| IBM Assembler | 349 | 7.8% | 0.35% | 22 times |
| PowerBuilder | 241 | 5.4% | 0.26% | 20 times |
| IBM WebSphere Application Server | 362 | 8.1% | 0.4% | 20 times |
| Autosys | 282 | 6.3% | 0.33% | 19 times |
| PowerCenter | 261 | 5.8% | 0.32% | 18 times |
| Control-M | 863 | 19% | 1% | 18 times |
| IBM DB2 | 2,665 | 60% | 3.3% | 18 times |
| IBM MQ | 924 | 21% | 1.2% | 17 times |

Shares are out of the 4,478 companies whose job posts name COBOL, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## Which project themes come up in COBOL job posts?

7,894 job posts naming COBOL describe broad digital transformation, and 2,584 describe Data Infrastructure Migration work. After that comes Cloud Migration, with 528.

| Project theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Digital Transformation | 7,894 |
| Data Infrastructure Migration | 2,584 |
| Cloud Migration | 528 |
| Microservices Migration | 416 |

- "Drive modernization of IBM zSeries applications (COBOL, DB2, CICS) into microservices-based architecture" (Capgemini, Mainframe Developer With CICS, Nov 6, 2026)

## About this data

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