IBM RPG
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 906 1187
Rank change year-on-year +88 +281 -284
Permanent jobs citing RPG 87 40 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.042% 0.046%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.26% 0.100% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 60 25 73
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £41,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%

All Programming Languages
UK

RPG is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,947 40,085 91,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.25% 42.29% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,291 26,714 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG.

Salary trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in the UK

RPG
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +109 79 £52,500 -4.55% 5
UK excluding London -2 69 £47,500 -2.56% 3
Work from Home +55 28 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +8 22 £40,000 -23.81%
North of England +29 17 £53,750 +2.38% 2
North West -9 15 £53,750 -2.27% 1
Midlands -1 14 £45,000 +5.88% 1
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands -1 13 £45,000 +5.88%
London +114 10 £65,000 -18.75%
Yorkshire +54 2 £45,500 -4.21% 1
South West -28 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

RPG
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:

Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Blender
1 7 (8.05%) Maya
2 4 (4.60%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.45%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.05%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.15%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.15%) AWS
2 1 (1.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.49%) Firewall
2 5 (5.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) DB2
2 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Eclipse
1 10 (11.49%) JIRA
General
1 23 (26.44%) Finance
2 17 (19.54%) Legal
3 15 (17.24%) Games
4 10 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.75%) Music Industry
8 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (34.48%) Programmer
2 29 (33.33%) Analyst
3 28 (32.18%) Analyst Programmer
4 27 (31.03%) Developer
5 18 (20.69%) RPG Developer
6 14 (16.09%) RPG Programmer
7 12 (13.79%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 10 (11.49%) AS400 Developer
9 7 (8.05%) 3D Artist
9 7 (8.05%) Software Developer
10 6 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (6.90%) Systems Programmer
11 5 (5.75%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
11 5 (5.75%) AS400 Programmer
12 4 (4.60%) Administrator
12 4 (4.60%) Art Director
12 4 (4.60%) Chief Technology Officer
12 4 (4.60%) Systems Analyst
12 4 (4.60%) Systems Analyst Programmer
13 3 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) EDI
2 10 (11.49%) JSON
2 10 (11.49%) REST
2 10 (11.49%) Web Services
2 10 (11.49%) XML
2 10 (11.49%) XSL
3 5 (5.75%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (2.30%) React
6 1 (1.15%) .NET
6 1 (1.15%) Laravel
6 1 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 37 (42.53%) AS400
2 22 (25.29%) iSeries
3 14 (16.09%) Animation
4 10 (11.49%) Data Centre
4 10 (11.49%) Replication
5 4 (4.60%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.60%) PMI
6 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.15%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.15%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.15%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (26.44%) SDLC
3 15 (17.24%) ERP
4 14 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (16.09%) ITIL
5 11 (12.64%) Clean Code
5 11 (12.64%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (12.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (11.49%) B2B
6 10 (11.49%) BCP
6 10 (11.49%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (11.49%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.49%) High Availability
6 10 (11.49%) Modular Programming
6 10 (11.49%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (11.49%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (11.49%) Project Management
6 10 (11.49%) Task Automation
6 10 (11.49%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 39 (44.83%) SQL
2 25 (28.74%) RPG IV
3 16 (18.39%) RPG/400
4 5 (5.75%) Java
5 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.15%) C
6 1 (1.15%) C++
6 1 (1.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (11.49%) Firmware
1 10 (11.49%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (11.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (50.57%) IBM
2 10 (11.49%) Dell
2 10 (11.49%) NetApp
2 10 (11.49%) Veeam
2 10 (11.49%) VMware
3 5 (5.75%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft