The first table below looks at the demand for CICS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CICS over the 3 months to 23 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Rank 208 - 215
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing CICS 2 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% - 0.049%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.174% - 0.280%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £38,000 - £26,000
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 £28,250 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+81.41% -24.16%
All Application Platforms
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1148 1093 1070
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 21.88% 19.68% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 996 965 964
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,175 £26,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
CICS
England

CICS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West CICS Jobs Demand Trend

CICS
Salary Trend

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

South West CICS Salary Trend

CICS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CICS across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucestershire - 1 £28,500 -
Wiltshire - 1 £47,500 -
CICS
England

CICS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CICS.

1 7 (87.50%) DB2
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
1 7 (87.50%) Mainframe
1 7 (87.50%) IBM Mainframe
2 6 (75.00%) zOS
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Banking
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 3 (37.50%) vSphere
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (37.50%) XenApp
4 3 (37.50%) XenServer
4 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Java EE
4 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
4 3 (37.50%) COBOL
4 3 (37.50%) HP
4 3 (37.50%) Citrix
4 3 (37.50%) NetApp
4 3 (37.50%) Lotus
4 3 (37.50%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) Web Services
4 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) AIX
4 3 (37.50%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (37.50%) SOA
5 2 (25.00%) CATIA
5 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CICS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) Java EE
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
1 3 (37.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) CATIA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) DB2
2 1 (12.50%) Ingres
2 1 (12.50%) Adabas
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Solutions Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Mainframe Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Production Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Mainframe
1 7 (87.50%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) zOS
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
1 3 (37.50%) SOA
2 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Cash Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) COBOL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) NATURAL
2 1 (12.50%) JCL
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) vSphere
1 3 (37.50%) XenApp
1 3 (37.50%) XenServer
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) HP
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
2 3 (37.50%) NetApp
2 3 (37.50%) Lotus
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Sybase
Bristol, Avon
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Posted: 17 May 2013