IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CICS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
17 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
685 |
641 |
815 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-44 |
+174 |
+183 |
| Permanent jobs citing CICS |
6 |
12 |
14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK |
0.008% |
0.028% |
0.016% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category |
0.16% |
0.28% |
0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£58,600 |
£78,135 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£65,500 |
£80,246 |
£68,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£77,000 |
£89,945 |
£71,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-14.39% |
+26.68% |
+29.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£88,500 |
£97,300 |
£79,875 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,400 |
£98,004 |
£90,450 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£54,000 |
£89,945 |
£71,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-39.96% |
+26.68% |
-29.52% |
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 |
3,698 |
4,217 |
9,126 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
4.95% |
9.81% |
10.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,501 |
2,833 |
6,756 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£30,000 |
£27,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£32,750 |
£37,500 |
£34,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
+10.00% |
-9.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£69,500 |
£77,500 |
£67,563 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88,750 |
£102,500 |
£88,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£41,740 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-7.25% |
+5.88% |
-10.53% |
CICS
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CICS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
CICS
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CICS.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing CICS over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.
CICS
Top 8 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 17 March 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.
CICS
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:
