CICS Systems Programmer Contract Job Trends

CICS System Programmer
UK

The median CICS System Programmer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 - 607
Rank change year-on-year - - +200
Contract jobs requiring a CICS Systems Programmer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £475
75th Percentile £550 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

CICS Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CICS Systems Programmer job vacancy trend in the UK

CICS Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CICS Systems Programmer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CICS Systems Programmer job vacancies in the UK

CICS Systems Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CICS Systems Programmer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CICS Systems Programmer job vacancies in the UK

CICS Systems Programmer
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CICS Systems Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 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
England - 3 £500 -
London - 3 £500 -
Work from Home - 1 - -

CICS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, CICS Systems Programmer 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 featuring CICS Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CICS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
1 3 (100.00%) RACF
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) COBOL
3 1 (33.33%) DB2
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) PL/1
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) REXX
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis

CICS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
1 1 (33.33%) COBOL
1 1 (33.33%) PL/1
1 1 (33.33%) REXX
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) OMEGAMON