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This section looks at the demand for IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CICS over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank230206
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching permanent IT job ads16
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.072 %0.527 %
Salaries quoted16
Average minimum salary£35,000£46,000
Average salary£37,500£47,000
% change on same period last year-20.21 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£48,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,333£40,044
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Application Platforms West MidlandsApplication Platforms
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13981138
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.693 %0.494 %
Salaries quoted1234937
Average minimum salary£31,387£31,385
Average salary£33,851£34,057
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Average maximum salary£36,316£36,730
UK excluding London average salary£37,035£38,390
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
CICS EnglandCICS
England

CICS
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands CICS Demand Trend

CICS
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands CICS Salary Trend

CICS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SolihullDown-201£37,500+2.73 %
CICS EnglandCICS
England

CICS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing CICS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CICS.

17 (100.00 %)Unix
17 (100.00 %)Mainframe
24 (57.14 %)IBM Mainframe
24 (57.14 %)IBM
24 (57.14 %)Oracle
24 (57.14 %)DB2
33 (42.86 %)XML
33 (42.86 %)COBOL
33 (42.86 %)Java
33 (42.86 %)SQL
33 (42.86 %)VB
33 (42.86 %)ISPF
41 (14.29 %)WebSphere
41 (14.29 %)VMware
41 (14.29 %)Spring
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)HP
41 (14.29 %)Citrix
41 (14.29 %)BMC
41 (14.29 %)Tivoli
41 (14.29 %)HPUX
41 (14.29 %)Solaris
41 (14.29 %)Linux
41 (14.29 %)Windows NT
41 (14.29 %)SLA

CICS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing CICS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CICS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (42.86 %)XML
13 (42.86 %)ISPF
21 (14.29 %)WebSphere
21 (14.29 %)Spring
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)DB2
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Job Titles
14 (57.14 %)Operations Manager
14 (57.14 %)Support Manager
23 (42.86 %)Applications Support Manager
23 (42.86 %)Applications Manager
23 (42.86 %)Lead Software Engineer
23 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
23 (42.86 %)Applications Support
Miscellaneous
17 (100.00 %)Mainframe
24 (57.14 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
17 (100.00 %)Unix
21 (14.29 %)HPUX
21 (14.29 %)Solaris
21 (14.29 %)Linux
21 (14.29 %)Windows NT
Programming Languages
13 (42.86 %)COBOL
13 (42.86 %)Java
13 (42.86 %)SQL
13 (42.86 %)VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)SLA
Systems Management
11 (14.29 %)Tivoli
Vendors
14 (57.14 %)Oracle
14 (57.14 %)IBM
21 (14.29 %)HP
21 (14.29 %)Citrix
21 (14.29 %)BMC
21 (14.29 %)VMware
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