The first table below looks at the demand for the CICS Systems Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CICS Systems Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CICS System Programmer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a CICS Systems Programmer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2263 2735 2748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.47% 91.59% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1073 1386 1424
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 168 204
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.46 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.07% +2.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
CICS Systems Programmer
England

CICS Systems Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CICS Systems Programmer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West CICS Systems Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

CICS Systems Programmer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited CICS Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with CICS Systems Programmer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) CICS
1 2 (100.00%) CA
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
1 2 (100.00%) RACF
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) VSAM
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stress Testing

CICS Systems Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited CICS Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with CICS Systems Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stress Testing
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) CA