CICS Job Trends in the South East

IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CICS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CICS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.023% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 619 671 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.59% 7.53% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 496 468 689
10th Percentile £27,875 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,563 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £51,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% -2.39% -4.35%

CICS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CICS job vacancy trend in the South East

CICS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CICS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CICS

CICS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 4 £60,000 -
Thames Valley - 4 £60,000 -
CICS
England

CICS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Db2
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) ChangeMan
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Legacy Code
1 4 (100.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) COBOL
1 4 (100.00%) JCL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) CA Endevor