Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 16 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 for the England region.

 IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank648595617
Rank change year-on-year
Down-53Up+22
Matching permanent IT job ads2765344
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.034 %0.080 %0.180 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.217 %0.503 %1.174 %
Salaries quoted2544272
Average salary£42,500£42,500£37,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+14.09 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,750£31,210£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£77,500£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.250 %+14.28 %
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
124701293029312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England15.66 %15.95 %15.38 %
Salaries quoted106341087524977
Average salary£40,000£38,000£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£62,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
CICS UKCICS
UK

CICS
Demand Trend

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

England CICS Demand Trend

CICS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CICS across the England region.

England CICS Salary Trend

CICS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CICS across the England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

England CICS Salary Histogram

CICS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the England region over the 3 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+720£42,500-15.00 %
LondonDown-204£67,500-22.85 %
North WestUp+62£41,000+17.14 %
East MidlandsNew entry-1£36,000-
CICS UKCICS
UK

CICS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CICS.

138 (84.44 %)COBOL
235 (77.78 %)Mainframe
334 (75.56 %)DB2
420 (44.44 %)JCL
519 (42.22 %)zOS
616 (35.56 %)IBM
616 (35.56 %)UNIX
714 (31.11 %)Finance
813 (28.89 %)VSAM
912 (26.67 %)Java
1011 (24.44 %)Retail
1011 (24.44 %)WebSphere
118 (17.78 %)C#
118 (17.78 %)VisualAge Generator
127 (15.56 %)SQL
136 (13.33 %)C
136 (13.33 %)Oracle
136 (13.33 %)Oracle 9i
136 (13.33 %)MVS
145 (11.11 %)IBM Mainframe
145 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
145 (11.11 %)Windows
145 (11.11 %)UML
145 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
145 (11.11 %)Eclipse
154 (8.889 %)Linux
154 (8.889 %)Microsoft
154 (8.889 %)Oracle OWB
154 (8.889 %)Migration
163 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CICS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (24.44 %)WebSphere
23 (6.667 %)Middleware
23 (6.667 %)J2EE
32 (4.444 %).NET
32 (4.444 %)CORBA
41 (2.222 %)JMS
41 (2.222 %)EJB
41 (2.222 %)JSP
41 (2.222 %)SOAP
41 (2.222 %)Web Services
41 (2.222 %)XML
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
22 (4.444 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (4.444 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (4.444 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (2.222 %)SAS
31 (2.222 %)MQSeries
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.444 %)MS Office
12 (4.444 %)MS Excel
12 (4.444 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (4.444 %)VoIP
12 (4.444 %)CTI
12 (4.444 %)Firewall
21 (2.222 %)FTP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (75.56 %)DB2
26 (13.33 %)Oracle 9i
35 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
44 (8.889 %)Oracle OWB
52 (4.444 %)Adabas
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (17.78 %)VisualAge Generator
25 (11.11 %)Eclipse
31 (2.222 %)XPEDITER
31 (2.222 %)ClearCase
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (31.11 %)Finance
211 (24.44 %)Retail
33 (6.667 %)Banking
33 (6.667 %)Marketing
42 (4.444 %)Corporate Banking
42 (4.444 %)Education
42 (4.444 %)Financial Institution
51 (2.222 %)Health
51 (2.222 %)Automotive
51 (2.222 %)Pensions
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
118 (40.00 %)Programmer
210 (22.22 %)Developer
39 (20.00 %)Analyst
47 (15.56 %)Performance Engineer
56 (13.33 %)Lead Designer
56 (13.33 %)Designer
65 (11.11 %)Systems Programmer
65 (11.11 %)Senior Programmer
74 (8.889 %)Senior Developer
83 (6.667 %)COBOL Developer
83 (6.667 %)Analyst Programmer
83 (6.667 %)DBA
83 (6.667 %)Architect
92 (4.444 %)Mainframe Programmer
92 (4.444 %)Technical Design Leader
92 (4.444 %)Middleware Developer
92 (4.444 %)Mainframe Developer
92 (4.444 %)COBOL Programmer
92 (4.444 %)Senior Analyst Developer
92 (4.444 %)Analyst Developer
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (77.78 %)Mainframe
213 (28.89 %)VSAM
35 (11.11 %)IBM Mainframe
42 (4.444 %)IVR
51 (2.222 %)Handset
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (42.22 %)zOS
216 (35.56 %)UNIX
36 (13.33 %)MVS
45 (11.11 %)Windows
54 (8.889 %)Linux
61 (2.222 %)OS/390
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (11.11 %)UML
24 (8.889 %)Migration
33 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
42 (4.444 %)Data Management
42 (4.444 %)Logistics
51 (2.222 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (2.222 %)Supplier Management
51 (2.222 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (2.222 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.222 %)Project Management
51 (2.222 %)Data Modelling
51 (2.222 %)OO
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (84.44 %)COBOL
220 (44.44 %)JCL
312 (26.67 %)Java
48 (17.78 %)C#
57 (15.56 %)SQL
66 (13.33 %)C
73 (6.667 %)PL/1
81 (2.222 %)NATURAL
81 (2.222 %)Assembly Language
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (6.667 %)Degree
21 (2.222 %)HND
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (4.444 %)Foglight
21 (2.222 %)OMEGAMON
21 (2.222 %)AutoSys
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (35.56 %)IBM
26 (13.33 %)Oracle
34 (8.889 %)Microsoft
42 (4.444 %)CA
42 (4.444 %)Nokia
42 (4.444 %)Cisco
42 (4.444 %)CheckPoint
42 (4.444 %)Perforce