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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 913 1156
Rank change year-on-year +85 +243 -274
Permanent jobs citing RPG 86 39 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.040% 0.049%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.26% 0.093% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 59 24 76
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £38,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +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 33,562 41,867 90,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.71% 43.01% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 26,942 43,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £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 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,772 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +116 78 £52,500 -4.55% 5
UK excluding London +14 68 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Work from Home +72 27 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +22 22 £40,000 -20.00%
North of England +43 16 £52,500 - 2
North West +8 14 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Midlands +5 14 £45,000 +5.88% 1
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands +19 13 £45,000 +5.88%
London +151 10 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Yorkshire +72 2 £45,500 -4.21% 1
South West -26 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 (8.14%) Blender
1 7 (8.14%) Maya
2 4 (4.65%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.49%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.16%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.16%) AWS
2 1 (1.16%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) DB2
2 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Eclipse
1 10 (11.63%) JIRA
General
1 23 (26.74%) Finance
2 17 (19.77%) Legal
3 15 (17.44%) Games
4 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.47%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.30%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.81%) Music Industry
8 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (33.72%) Programmer
2 28 (32.56%) Analyst
3 27 (31.40%) Analyst Programmer
3 27 (31.40%) Developer
4 18 (20.93%) RPG Developer
5 13 (15.12%) RPG Programmer
6 11 (12.79%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 10 (11.63%) AS400 Developer
8 7 (8.14%) 3D Artist
8 7 (8.14%) Software Developer
9 6 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) Systems Programmer
10 4 (4.65%) Administrator
10 4 (4.65%) Art Director
10 4 (4.65%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
10 4 (4.65%) AS400 Programmer
10 4 (4.65%) Chief Technology Officer
10 4 (4.65%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (4.65%) Systems Analyst Programmer
11 3 (3.49%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.95%) EDI
2 10 (11.63%) JSON
2 10 (11.63%) REST
2 10 (11.63%) Web Services
2 10 (11.63%) XML
2 10 (11.63%) XSL
3 5 (5.81%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.49%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (2.33%) React
6 1 (1.16%) .NET
6 1 (1.16%) Laravel
6 1 (1.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (41.86%) AS400
2 22 (25.58%) iSeries
3 14 (16.28%) Animation
4 10 (11.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (11.63%) Replication
5 4 (4.65%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.65%) PMI
6 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.16%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (26.74%) SDLC
3 15 (17.44%) ERP
4 14 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (16.28%) ITIL
5 11 (12.79%) Clean Code
5 11 (12.79%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (12.79%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (11.63%) B2B
6 10 (11.63%) BCP
6 10 (11.63%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (11.63%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.63%) High Availability
6 10 (11.63%) Modular Programming
6 10 (11.63%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (11.63%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (11.63%) Systems Analysis
6 10 (11.63%) Task Automation
6 10 (11.63%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 39 (45.35%) SQL
2 25 (29.07%) RPG IV
3 16 (18.60%) RPG/400
4 5 (5.81%) Java
5 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.16%) C
6 1 (1.16%) C++
6 1 (1.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Degree
2 6 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (11.63%) Firmware
1 10 (11.63%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (51.16%) IBM
2 10 (11.63%) Dell
2 10 (11.63%) NetApp
2 10 (11.63%) Veeam
2 10 (11.63%) VMware
3 5 (5.81%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft