IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring CICS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CICS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing CICS | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 1.56% | - | - |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 7.87% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £447 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £457 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £402 | - | - |
All Application Platform Skills
Cheshire
CICS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 89 | 56 | 55 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 19.82% | 11.11% | 10.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 66 | 43 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £230 | £301 | £202 |
| 25th Percentile | £322 | £322 | £361 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £393 | £400 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.75% | -11.11% | +8.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £425 | £495 | £565 |
| 90th Percentile | £522 | £515 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £425 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -7.89% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.00 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £40.59 | £32.12 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.39% | +56.66% | +9.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing CICS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CICS in Cheshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CICS in Cheshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 7 | £405 | - | 1 |
| CICS North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: