Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkIBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank460377486
Rank change year-on-year
Down-83Up+109
Matching contract IT job ads2566121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.053 %0.164 %0.148 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.375 %1.152 %1.108 %
Daily rates quoted41324
Average daily rate£254£423£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.94 %+20.71 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£251£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£645£500£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£500£330
% change year-on-year
-55.00 %+51.51 %
Hourly rates quoted027
Average hourly rate-£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--14.28 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
--14.28 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6674573110916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.23 %14.21 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted289517983135
Average daily rate£358£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.140 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£213£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£341£370
% change year-on-year
-4.690 %-7.830 %
Hourly rates quoted445458964
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.38£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.78£23.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.69 %+15.00 %

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.

CICS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CICS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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 within the UK.

CICS Daily Rate Trend

CICS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CICS within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

CICS Daily Rate Histogram

CICS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CICS within the UK.

CICS Hourly Rate Trend

CICS
Top 19 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 UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-9019£254-39.94 %
North WestDown-28£254-
ManchesterDown-84£225-
West MidlandsUp+83£225-27.41 %
South EastUp+53--
LondonDown-813£800+89.34 %
Milton KeynesUp+32--
East MidlandsDown-52--
BuckinghamshireDown-62--
ScotlandDown-142--
EdinburghDown-162--
BootleNew entry-2£283-
NorthamptonNew entry-2--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-2--
MerseysideNew entry-2£283-
City of LondonDown-641£800-
WarwickshireNew entry-1--
HampshireNew entry-1--
HavantNew entry-1--

CICS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

133 (55.93 %)DB2
230 (50.85 %)Mainframe
329 (49.15 %)COBOL
417 (28.81 %)Finance
512 (20.34 %)IBM
512 (20.34 %)MVS
512 (20.34 %)JCL
611 (18.64 %)Windows
710 (16.95 %)Java
89 (15.25 %)MS Visio
89 (15.25 %)UNIX
98 (13.56 %)CA
98 (13.56 %)zOS
107 (11.86 %)SQL
116 (10.17 %)AIX
116 (10.17 %)PL/1
116 (10.17 %)Banking
116 (10.17 %)Derivative
125 (8.475 %)Migration
125 (8.475 %)Middleware
125 (8.475 %)AutoSys
125 (8.475 %)Linux
125 (8.475 %)Oracle
134 (6.780 %)IBM Mainframe
134 (6.780 %)Enterprise Architecture
134 (6.780 %)Assembly Language
134 (6.780 %)FTP
134 (6.780 %)Configuration Management
134 (6.780 %)Agile Software Development
134 (6.780 %)VisionPLUS

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (8.475 %)Middleware
24 (6.780 %)ISPF
24 (6.780 %)WebSphere
33 (5.085 %)XML
42 (3.390 %)J2EE
42 (3.390 %)JSF
51 (1.695 %)Spring
51 (1.695 %)HTML
51 (1.695 %).NET
51 (1.695 %)EJB
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.390 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (3.390 %)WebSphere Process Server
12 (3.390 %)JCAPS
12 (3.390 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (1.695 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (1.695 %)Lotus Notes
21 (1.695 %)Apache
21 (1.695 %)Tomcat
21 (1.695 %)MQSeries
21 (1.695 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (15.25 %)MS Visio
22 (3.390 %)MS Office
31 (1.695 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (6.780 %)VisionPLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (6.780 %)FTP
21 (1.695 %)Ethernet
21 (1.695 %)HTTP
21 (1.695 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.695 %)SNA
21 (1.695 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (55.93 %)DB2
23 (5.085 %)SQL Server
32 (3.390 %)DataStage
32 (3.390 %)Adabas
41 (1.695 %)IMS/DB
41 (1.695 %)Easytrieve
41 (1.695 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.695 %)COOL:Gen
11 (1.695 %)WinRunner
11 (1.695 %)TestDirector
11 (1.695 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (1.695 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (28.81 %)Finance
26 (10.17 %)Banking
33 (5.085 %)Retail
33 (5.085 %)Automotive
42 (3.390 %)Financial Institution
42 (3.390 %)Manufacturing
42 (3.390 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.695 %)Marketing
51 (1.695 %)Auditing
51 (1.695 %)Pensions
51 (1.695 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
122 (37.29 %)Analyst
217 (28.81 %)Programmer
312 (20.34 %)Analyst Programmer
48 (13.56 %)Developer
55 (8.475 %)COBOL Programmer
55 (8.475 %)CICS Programmer
64 (6.780 %)Designer
64 (6.780 %)Architect
64 (6.780 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
64 (6.780 %)COBOL Analyst
64 (6.780 %)Infrastructure Designer
73 (5.085 %)Systems Programmer
73 (5.085 %)COBOL Developer
82 (3.390 %)Support Analyst
82 (3.390 %)Service Analyst
82 (3.390 %)Operations Analyst
82 (3.390 %)Tester
82 (3.390 %)Consultant
82 (3.390 %)DBA
82 (3.390 %)Adabas DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (50.85 %)Mainframe
26 (10.17 %)Derivative
34 (6.780 %)IBM Mainframe
43 (5.085 %)Cryptography
51 (1.695 %)VSAM
51 (1.695 %)AS400
51 (1.695 %)HACMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (20.34 %)MVS
211 (18.64 %)Windows
39 (15.25 %)UNIX
48 (13.56 %)zOS
56 (10.17 %)AIX
65 (8.475 %)Linux
73 (5.085 %)Windows NT
81 (1.695 %)Windows Vista
81 (1.695 %)OS/390
81 (1.695 %)Windows 2000
81 (1.695 %)HPUX
81 (1.695 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (8.475 %)Migration
24 (6.780 %)Enterprise Architecture
24 (6.780 %)Configuration Management
24 (6.780 %)Agile Software Development
33 (5.085 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (3.390 %)ITIL
42 (3.390 %)Service Management
42 (3.390 %)Systems Analysis
51 (1.695 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (1.695 %)Web Development
51 (1.695 %)Incident Management
51 (1.695 %)Data Management
51 (1.695 %)Project Management
51 (1.695 %)Validation
51 (1.695 %)PRINCE2
51 (1.695 %)Data Modelling
51 (1.695 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
129 (49.15 %)COBOL
212 (20.34 %)JCL
310 (16.95 %)Java
47 (11.86 %)SQL
56 (10.17 %)PL/1
64 (6.780 %)Assembly Language
73 (5.085 %)REXX
82 (3.390 %)C
82 (3.390 %)JavaScript
91 (1.695 %)AWK
91 (1.695 %)NATURAL
91 (1.695 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.695 %)QA
11 (1.695 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (3.390 %)RACF
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (8.475 %)AutoSys
21 (1.695 %)OMEGAMON
21 (1.695 %)MAINVIEW
21 (1.695 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (20.34 %)IBM
28 (13.56 %)CA
35 (8.475 %)Oracle
42 (3.390 %)BMC
42 (3.390 %)Microsoft
51 (1.695 %)Lotus
51 (1.695 %)Siebel
51 (1.695 %)Remedy
51 (1.695 %)PeopleSoft