CICS Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

CICS Specialist
UK > England

As of 29 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median CICS Specialist daily rate in England.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 - 537
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a CICS Specialist 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £459
25th Percentile - - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £470
75th Percentile - - £480
90th Percentile - - £485
UK median daily rate - - £470

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 38,613 22,095 34,042
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.34% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,880 14,635 22,555
10th Percentile £322 £294 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,705 913 2,522
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -22.48% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £37.18
% change year-on-year +51.84% -24.72% -17.38%

CICS Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'CICS Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CICS Specialist job vacancy trend in England

CICS Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CICS Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CICS Specialist job vacancies in England

CICS Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CICS Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CICS Specialist job vacancies in England

CICS Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CICS Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
CICS Specialist
UK

CICS Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, CICS Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring CICS Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) RACF

CICS Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM