The first table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Rank - - 99
Contract jobs citing CICS 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - 0.218%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 1.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
227 314 399
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 19.69% 19.49% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 170 195
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 21
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £23.70 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
CICS
South East

CICS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey CICS Hourly Rate Trend