CICS Job Trends in London

IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring CICS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 428 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs citing CICS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.007% 0.007% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.087% 0.057% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
England median annual salary £77,000 £89,945 £77,288
% change year-on-year -14.39% +16.38% -14.30%

All Application Platform Skills
London

CICS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,148 1,745 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.58% 11.56% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 796 1,156 1,946
10th Percentile £33,625 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,938 £53,852 £45,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -4.06%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £120,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

CICS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CICS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

CICS job vacancy trend in London

CICS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CICS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CICS

CICS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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%) WebSphere
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) IBM