IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring CICS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CICS over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Dec 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 770 | 725 | 1052 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -45 | +327 | +35 |
| Permanent jobs citing CICS | 19 | 11 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.021% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 0.33% | 0.19% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £51,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £76,727 | £52,500 | £56,219 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,253 | £71,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.07% | -5.33% | +30.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,778 | £82,967 | £84,056 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £91,934 | £116,070 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £85,253 | £77,288 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.30% | +28.81% | +26.32% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 5,830 | 5,945 | 15,845 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.15% | 11.13% | 12.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,513 | 4,543 | 9,629 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £31,250 | £30,787 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,000 | £39,807 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £76,385 |
| 90th Percentile | £112,500 | £91,934 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,000 | £47,102 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.22% | -0.84% | +5.56% |
CICS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CICS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CICS
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CICS.
CICS
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CICS within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -45 | 19 | £85,253 | +20.07% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 18 | £85,253 | +10.30% | |
| North of England | -26 | 14 | £85,253 | +20.07% | |
| North West | -36 | 12 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +15 | 3 | £85,253 | +10.30% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 2 | £85,253 | +2.01% | |
| London | +1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
CICS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: