CICS Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Rank 382 400 408
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +8
Contract jobs citing CICS 5 18 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.066% 0.082%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.123% 0.407% 0.492%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 13
Average daily rate £415 £574 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.66% +20.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £62.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 4079 4427 5082
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.55% 16.19% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2612 2745 3123
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 130 172
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
CICS
England

CICS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CICS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London CICS Jobs Demand Trend

CICS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CICS across the London region.

London CICS Daily Rate Trend

CICS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CICS across the London region.

London CICS Hourly Rate Trend

CICS
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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +8 3 - -
CICS
England

CICS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 10 (90.91%) Mainframe
2 8 (72.73%) COBOL
2 8 (72.73%) DB2
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (27.27%) IBM
4 3 (27.27%) CA
4 3 (27.27%) zOS
4 3 (27.27%) RACF
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
4 3 (27.27%) ETRM
5 2 (18.18%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (18.18%) Data Integration
5 2 (18.18%) Java EE
5 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
5 2 (18.18%) ChangeMan
5 2 (18.18%) ISPF
5 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
5 2 (18.18%) PDM
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) SAS
5 2 (18.18%) Informatica
5 2 (18.18%) REXX
5 2 (18.18%) Web Services
5 2 (18.18%) UNIX
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
2 2 (18.18%) Java EE
2 2 (18.18%) ISPF
2 2 (18.18%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (18.18%) SAS
3 1 (9.091%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) DB2
2 1 (9.091%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) ChangeMan
2 1 (9.091%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) COBOL Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) COBOL Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) COBOL Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Mainframe
2 2 (18.18%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (18.18%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.091%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) zOS
2 2 (18.18%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) ETRM
3 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) PDM
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) Document Management
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) COBOL
2 2 (18.18%) REXX
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) PL/1
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
1 3 (27.27%) CA
2 2 (18.18%) Informatica
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
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