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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) skills within the South West 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank132142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.644 %3.017 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£303
Average daily rate-£326
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£348
% change on same period last year+17.12 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.17£37.30
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South West
Matching contract IT job ads466696
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.734 %0.746 %
Daily rates quoted103154
Average minimum daily rate£301£291
Average daily rate£325£309
% change on same period last year+5.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted5860
Average minimum hourly rate£23.56£24.64
Average hourly rate£25.22£26.74
% change on same period last year-5.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.89£28.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
CICS EnglandCICS
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West CICS Demand Trend

CICS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West CICS Daily Rate Trend

CICS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireDown-93--
CICS EnglandCICS
England

CICS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

16 (100.00 %)DB2
25 (83.33 %)Mainframe
25 (83.33 %)COBOL
32 (33.33 %)VB
32 (33.33 %)VB.NET
32 (33.33 %).NET
32 (33.33 %)VB6
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server
41 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
41 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
41 (16.67 %)TOAD
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)JCL
41 (16.67 %)VSAM
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (16.67 %)ISPF
41 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (16.67 %)Electric

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
21 (16.67 %)ISPF
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)DB2
21 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
21 (16.67 %)TOAD
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Electric
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %)Mainframe Developer
31 (16.67 %)COBOL Developer
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft Developer
31 (16.67 %)Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Test Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Senior Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Senior Test Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Mainframe
21 (16.67 %)VSAM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)COBOL
22 (33.33 %)VB
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (33.33 %)VB6
31 (16.67 %)JCL
31 (16.67 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft