I though Fortran programmers are more expensive than C++ ones; but itjobsearch.co.uk says they aren't.

Fortan programmer: 45,000 GBP (3 month avg), +23% salary change from last year

C++ programmers: between 47K GBP to 100K (for c++ quants).With 3-5% average salary change from year to year.

I don't know Fortran; but looks like the fame about its high costs comes from mainframe hardware (which also runs C++, btw).