The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 98 125 125
Rank change year-on-year
+27 0
Contract jobs citing RPG 23 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.982% 0.410% 0.166%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.319% 1.752% 0.530%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 3
Average daily rate £401 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.95% +0.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £300 £344
% change year-on-year
-26.66% -12.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
693 742 943
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.60% 23.41% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 372 415
Average daily rate £375 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 19 72
Average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £44.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -26.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.09 £19.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £43.40 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
RPG
South East

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RPG across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire RPG Jobs Demand Trend

RPG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RPG across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire RPG Daily Rate Trend

RPG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RPG across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire RPG Daily Rate Histogram

RPG
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RPG across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire RPG Hourly Rate Trend

RPG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Slough +8 14 £450 +50.00% 3
RPG
South East

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RPG also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited RPG.

1 23 (82.14%) iSeries
2 19 (67.86%) WebSphere
3 16 (57.14%) RPG IV
3 16 (57.14%) Oracle
4 14 (50.00%) DataStage
4 14 (50.00%) IBM
5 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
5 13 (46.43%) WebSphere MQ
5 13 (46.43%) Finance
6 12 (42.86%) AS400
7 11 (39.29%) XML
7 11 (39.29%) .NET
8 9 (32.14%) SAP
8 9 (32.14%) Web Application Development
9 8 (28.57%) Waterfall
9 8 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
9 8 (28.57%) TOGAF
9 8 (28.57%) Automated Testing
9 8 (28.57%) ITIL
9 8 (28.57%) DSDM
9 8 (28.57%) Migration
9 8 (28.57%) Six Sigma
10 7 (25.00%) ERwin
10 7 (25.00%) TOAD
10 7 (25.00%) DB2
10 7 (25.00%) Problem Management
11 6 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (21.43%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (21.43%) Workflow

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RPG also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited RPG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (67.86%) WebSphere
2 13 (46.43%) WebSphere MQ
3 11 (39.29%) XML
3 11 (39.29%) .NET
4 4 (14.29%) SOAP
4 4 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (3.571%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (10.71%) IBM Notes
3 2 (7.143%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
1 3 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (17.86%) SAP FI
2 2 (7.143%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) FTP
1 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) DataStage
2 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
3 7 (25.00%) TOAD
3 7 (25.00%) DB2
4 6 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (10.71%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) ERwin
General
1 13 (46.43%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) AS400 Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Project Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Project Manager
3 5 (17.86%) RPG Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Applications Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Team Leader
5 3 (10.71%) Contracts Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Consultant
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (82.14%) iSeries
2 12 (42.86%) AS400
3 4 (14.29%) Mainframe
4 2 (7.143%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) UNIX
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Web Application Development
2 8 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 8 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
2 8 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 8 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
2 8 (28.57%) DSDM
2 8 (28.57%) Migration
2 8 (28.57%) Six Sigma
3 7 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (21.43%) Workflow
5 5 (17.86%) ETL
5 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
6 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (14.29%) UML
6 4 (14.29%) CRM
6 4 (14.29%) RUP
6 4 (14.29%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (10.71%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) RPG IV
2 5 (17.86%) Java
3 3 (10.71%) SQL
4 2 (7.143%) RPG/400
4 2 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
1 2 (7.143%) MCSD
1 2 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (7.143%) IBM Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Oracle
2 14 (50.00%) IBM
3 9 (32.14%) SAP
4 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (10.71%) Lotus
6 1 (3.571%) Empirix
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