CICS Contracts in the North of England

IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CICS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CICS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 201 235
Rank change year-on-year +17 +34 -50
Contract jobs citing CICS 1 16 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% 0.28% 0.070%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.28% 3.23% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - - £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.86%
75th Percentile - - £523
90th Percentile - - £547
England median daily rate £374 £600 £488
% change year-on-year -37.67% +23.08% +2.63%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

CICS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 356 495 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 7.59% 8.52% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 349 622
10th Percentile £203 £200 £175
25th Percentile £313 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £525
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 12 41
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.53 £16.63
Median hourly rate £15.23 £22.25 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.55% +20.27% -
75th Percentile £44.47 £30.00 £35.56
90th Percentile £46.18 £39.38 £46.72
England median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.95
% change year-on-year -24.44% +61.14% +4.73%

CICS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CICS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CICS in the North of England

CICS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CICS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for CICS in the North of England

CICS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CICS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for CICS in the North of England

CICS
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +5 1 £470 -
CICS
England

CICS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) CICS Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) z/OS Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
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