CICS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CICS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CICS 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - - 0.038%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - £358

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 217 139 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.38% 9.32% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 76 114
10th Percentile £315 £323 £201
25th Percentile £411 £405 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -2.13%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £587
90th Percentile £630 £650 £608
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £433
% change year-on-year +2.00% +15.61% -12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £52.63 £23.09 £17.35
25th Percentile £81.25 £26.45 £22.61
Median hourly rate £86.00 £32.05 £24.09
Median % change year-on-year +168.33% +33.04% -66.12%
75th Percentile £98.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile £102.75 - £66.25
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £55.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +47.27% +42.86% -31.86%

CICS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CICS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CICS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CICS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CICS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CICS

CICS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CICS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CICS