The first table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Application Platforms category for the South East 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Rank 219 210 241
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +31
Contract jobs citing CICS 6 32 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.074% 0.319% 0.123%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.429% 2.123% 0.745%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 6
Average daily rate £369 £320 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.23% -7.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £260 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £465 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £315 £311
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.97%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1397 1507 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 17.29% 15.00% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 739 740 777
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 89 149
Average hourly rate £18.50 £21.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.95% +16.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.40 £39.25 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
CICS
England

CICS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Surrey - - - -
CICS
England

CICS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (100.00%) COBOL
1 8 (100.00%) DB2
2 7 (87.50%) JCL
2 7 (87.50%) Mainframe
3 5 (62.50%) Micro Focus
3 5 (62.50%) Unisys
3 5 (62.50%) IBM
3 5 (62.50%) MVS
3 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) ALGOL
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) MQSeries
5 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 1 (12.50%) SOA
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) J2EE
5 1 (12.50%) FTP
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) VSAM
5 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (12.50%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Billing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (25.00%) Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Mainframe Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Mainframe Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Analyst Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
1 1 (12.50%) SOA
1 1 (12.50%) ETL
1 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) COBOL
2 7 (87.50%) JCL
3 5 (62.50%) ALGOL
3 5 (62.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Unisys
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
1 5 (62.50%) Micro Focus
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