East of England CICS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Location Birmingham Brentford Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester Coventry Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Ipswich Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	117	159
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	16	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	3.200 %	0.587 %
Daily rates quoted	10	1
Average minimum daily rate	£430	£450
Average daily rate	£454	£525
% change on same period last year	-13.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£478	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£349
% change on same period last year	+18.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.33	£39.42
% change on same period last year	-0.21 %
Application Platforms East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	500	681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.711 %	0.688 %
Daily rates quoted	155	188
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£316
Average daily rate	£347	£333
% change on same period last year	+4.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£339
% change on same period last year	+3.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.63	£23.47
Average hourly rate	£20.94	£24.67
% change on same period last year	-15.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.24	£25.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.54	£24.08
% change on same period last year	+1.92 %
CICS England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CICS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CICS across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

CICS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CICS across the East of England region.

CICS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CICS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

CICS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CICS across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Norfolk	+8	12	£470	-10.41 %
East Anglia	-	2	£388	-
Essex	-	1	-	-
Suffolk	-	1	-	-

CICS England

CICS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing CICS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CICS.

1 21 (67.74 %) COBOL 2 18 (58.06 %) IBM 3 16 (51.61 %) Mainframe 4 15 (48.39 %) DB2 5 14 (45.16 %) zOS 6 13 (41.94 %) WebSphere 7 12 (38.71 %) QMS 8 10 (32.26 %) Finance 8 10 (32.26 %) IBM Mainframe 9 9 (29.03 %) Java 10 8 (25.81 %) CA 11 7 (22.58 %) SOA 12 6 (19.35 %) J2EE 12 6 (19.35 %) EAI 12 6 (19.35 %) UML

12 6 (19.35 %) OOA/OOD 12 6 (19.35 %) Stakeholder Management 12 6 (19.35 %) ESB 13 5 (16.13 %) Insurance 13 5 (16.13 %) Banking 13 5 (16.13 %) MVS 13 5 (16.13 %) JCL 14 4 (12.90 %) Use Case 15 3 (9.677 %) C 15 3 (9.677 %) Assembly Language 16 2 (6.452 %) TCP/IP 16 2 (6.452 %) SQL 16 2 (6.452 %) Service Delivery 17 1 (3.226 %) Change Management 17 1 (3.226 %) Data Security

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing CICS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CICS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 13 (41.94 %) WebSphere 2 6 (19.35 %) J2EE 3 1 (3.226 %) ADO.NET 3 1 (3.226 %) CSS 3 1 (3.226 %) WebServices 3 1 (3.226 %) XML 3 1 (3.226 %) ISPF 3 1 (3.226 %) HTML 3 1 (3.226 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 6 (19.35 %) ESB 2 1 (3.226 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 1 (3.226 %) MS Office 1 1 (3.226 %) MS Excel 1 1 (3.226 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 2 (6.452 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (48.39 %) DB2 2 1 (3.226 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (3.226 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (3.226 %) SQL Server	General 1 10 (32.26 %) Finance 2 5 (16.13 %) Banking 2 5 (16.13 %) Insurance 3 1 (3.226 %) Pensions 3 1 (3.226 %) Retail 3 1 (3.226 %) Chemicals
Job Titles 1 12 (38.71 %) Solutions Designer 2 9 (29.03 %) Programmer 3 8 (25.81 %) Architect 3 8 (25.81 %) Systems Programmer 4 7 (22.58 %) Solutions Architect 5 3 (9.677 %) Developer 6 2 (6.452 %) Analyst 6 2 (6.452 %) Consultant 7 1 (3.226 %) CICS Programmer 7 1 (3.226 %) .NET Developer 7 1 (3.226 %) Technical Specialist 7 1 (3.226 %) Test Analyst 7 1 (3.226 %) Analyst Programmer 7 1 (3.226 %) Systems Support 7 1 (3.226 %) Technical Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 16 (51.61 %) Mainframe 2 10 (32.26 %) IBM Mainframe 3 1 (3.226 %) EFT
Operating Systems 1 14 (45.16 %) zOS 2 5 (16.13 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (38.71 %) QMS 2 7 (22.58 %) SOA 3 6 (19.35 %) UML 3 6 (19.35 %) OOA/OOD 3 6 (19.35 %) EAI 3 6 (19.35 %) Stakeholder Management 4 4 (12.90 %) Use Case 5 2 (6.452 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (3.226 %) Change Management 6 1 (3.226 %) Data Security 6 1 (3.226 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 21 (67.74 %) COBOL 2 9 (29.03 %) Java 3 5 (16.13 %) JCL 4 3 (9.677 %) Assembly Language 4 3 (9.677 %) C 5 2 (6.452 %) SQL 6 1 (3.226 %) C++ 6 1 (3.226 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 1 (3.226 %) ISEB
Systems Management 1 1 (3.226 %) OMEGAMON	Vendors 1 18 (58.06 %) IBM 2 8 (25.81 %) CA 3 1 (3.226 %) Progress 3 1 (3.226 %) Microsoft