# Market evidence report — ict-system-developer

Source: **43 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 43), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 27 | 63 % |
| senior | 12 | 28 % |
| lead | 3 | 7 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMP/e | 12 | 28 % |
| 2 | z/OS | 11 | 26 % |
| 3 | CICS | 6 | 14 % |
| 4 | JES2 | 6 | 14 % |
| 5 | DB2 | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | TSO/ISPF | 5 | 12 % |
| 7 | IBM z/OS | 4 | 9 % |
| 8 | RACF | 4 | 9 % |
| 9 | TCP/IP | 4 | 9 % |
| 10 | IMS | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | Java | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | JES3 | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | MQ | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | REXX | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | SMS | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | VTAM | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | WLM | 3 | 7 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troubleshooting | 9 | 21 % |
| 2 | performance tuning | 8 | 19 % |
| 3 | software development | 8 | 19 % |
| 4 | software maintenance | 6 | 14 % |
| 5 | mainframe systems programming | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | software installation | 5 | 12 % |
| 7 | storage management | 5 | 12 % |
| 8 | capacity planning | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | database design | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | debugging | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | problem solving | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | programming | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | root cause analysis | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | system administration | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | system integration | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | system optimization | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | systems programming | 3 | 7 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | performance tuning | 4 | 9 % |
| 2 | software installation | 4 | 9 % |
| 3 | application deployment | 3 | 7 % |
| 4 | implementation plan development | 3 | 7 % |
| 5 | incident resolution | 3 | 7 % |
| 6 | incident response | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | software maintenance | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | system installation | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | technical documentation | 3 | 7 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 43 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

43 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- troubleshooting — 21 % (9 ads)
- performance tuning — 19 % (8 ads)
- software development — 19 % (8 ads)
- software maintenance — 14 % (6 ads)
- mainframe systems programming — 12 % (5 ads)
- software installation — 12 % (5 ads)
- storage management — 12 % (5 ads)
- capacity planning — 7 % (3 ads)
- database design — 7 % (3 ads)
- debugging — 7 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- SMP/e — 28 % (12 ads)
- z/OS — 26 % (11 ads)
- CICS — 14 % (6 ads)
- JES2 — 14 % (6 ads)
- DB2 — 12 % (5 ads)
- TSO/ISPF — 12 % (5 ads)
- IBM z/OS — 9 % (4 ads)
- RACF — 9 % (4 ads)
- TCP/IP — 9 % (4 ads)
- IMS — 7 % (3 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · senior 28 % · lead 7 % · n/a 2 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| z/OS Systems Programmer | 6 |
| Systems Programmer I | 3 |
| Senior IBM z/OS Systems Programmer | 2 |
| Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer - ISV z/OS-2 | 2 |
| Systems Programmer JCL z/OS DB2 | 2 |
| Aviation Analytics Systems Programmer | 1 |
| Aviation Data Systems Programmer — Remote | 1 |
| CICS Systems Programmer - Mainframe - Remote | 1 |
| CICS Systems Programmer, Gwynn Oak, Maryland(Fully Onsite) | 1 |
| Computer System Programmer | 1 |
| Computer Systems Programmer | 1 |
| DB2 Systems Programmer - Telecommute | 1 |
| Engineer (ICT Systems) – FAS Specialist with Security Clearance | 1 |
| ICT Data Systems Engineer | 1 |
| ICT Software Developer | 1 |
| Multiplayer Systems Programmer | 1 |
| Onsite Maryland Systems Programmer Impact | 1 |
| Principal CICS Systems Programmer | 1 |
| Senior Full Stack Programmer (Systems Programmer II) | 1 |
| Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer - Automation | 1 |
| Senior System Programmer / Computer System Specialist Staff Augmentation | 1 |
| Senior Systems Programmer - Storage | 1 |
| SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Z/OS | 1 |
| Senior Systems Programmers | 1 |
| Sr z/OS Mainframe Senior Network Systems Programmer - CONTRACT (REMOTE) | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.