RPG IV Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for RPG IV skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG IV over the 3 months to 20 May 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 England 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
Rank 475 551 543
Rank change year-on-year
+76 -8
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 28 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.067% 0.028% 0.049%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.179% 0.079% 0.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 9
Average daily rate £500 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £198 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £393 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
-24.13% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £29.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 15621 18916 21187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 37.46% 35.44% 38.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9825 11461 12455
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 671 882
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.50 £19.66
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
RPG IV
UK

RPG IV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RPG IV Jobs Demand Trend

RPG IV
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RPG IV Daily Rate Trend

RPG IV
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RPG IV across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England RPG IV Daily Rate Histogram

RPG IV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RPG IV Hourly Rate Trend

RPG IV
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
London +39 19 £550 -
South East +17 5 - -
South West +25 3 £220 +15.78%
North West +17 1 £200 -
RPG IV
UK

RPG IV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RPG IV 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 IV.

1 41 (100.00%) RPG
2 26 (63.41%) AS400
3 11 (26.83%) PDM
3 11 (26.83%) iSeries
3 11 (26.83%) Project Management
3 11 (26.83%) OS/400
4 10 (24.39%) Banking
5 9 (21.95%) Java
6 8 (19.51%) XML
6 8 (19.51%) IBM
6 8 (19.51%) JD Edwards
6 8 (19.51%) Investment Banking
7 5 (12.20%) WebSphere
7 5 (12.20%) Logistics
7 5 (12.20%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (9.756%) SunGard
8 4 (9.756%) .NET
8 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
8 4 (9.756%) DB2
8 4 (9.756%) EDIFACT
8 4 (9.756%) Finance
8 4 (9.756%) SunGard GMI
9 3 (7.317%) Problem Management
9 3 (7.317%) Workflow
9 3 (7.317%) Automated Testing
9 3 (7.317%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (7.317%) SQL
9 3 (7.317%) Oracle
9 3 (7.317%) EDI
9 3 (7.317%) FTP

RPG IV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RPG IV 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 IV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (19.51%) XML
2 5 (12.20%) WebSphere
3 4 (9.756%) EDIFACT
3 4 (9.756%) .NET
4 3 (7.317%) EDI
5 2 (4.878%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (7.317%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (9.756%) SunGard GMI
2 2 (4.878%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (2.439%) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) FTP
2 1 (2.439%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.756%) DB2
2 3 (7.317%) TOAD
2 3 (7.317%) DataStage
3 1 (2.439%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.317%) ERwin
General
1 10 (24.39%) Banking
2 8 (19.51%) Investment Banking
3 4 (9.756%) Finance
4 2 (4.878%) Automotive
4 2 (4.878%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.878%) Advertising
5 1 (2.439%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.439%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Developer
2 17 (41.46%) Programmer
3 16 (39.02%) Analyst
4 14 (34.15%) Analyst Programmer
5 10 (24.39%) RPG Developer
5 10 (24.39%) AS400 Developer
6 6 (14.63%) RPG Programmer
7 3 (7.317%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 3 (7.317%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.878%) EDI Consultant
8 2 (4.878%) JDE Analyst Programmer
8 2 (4.878%) Trainer
8 2 (4.878%) Consultant
8 2 (4.878%) Applications Developer
9 1 (2.439%) Analyst Developer
9 1 (2.439%) EDI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (63.41%) AS400
2 11 (26.83%) iSeries
3 2 (4.878%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.83%) OS/400
2 2 (4.878%) UNIX
2 2 (4.878%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Project Management
1 11 (26.83%) PDM
2 5 (12.20%) Logistics
3 3 (7.317%) Automated Testing
3 3 (7.317%) Problem Management
3 3 (7.317%) Workflow
3 3 (7.317%) Web Application Development
4 2 (4.878%) PRINCE
4 2 (4.878%) Six Sigma
4 2 (4.878%) ITIL
4 2 (4.878%) PRINCE2
4 2 (4.878%) DSDM
4 2 (4.878%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.878%) Waterfall
4 2 (4.878%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (4.878%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.439%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.439%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) RPG
2 9 (21.95%) Java
3 3 (7.317%) SQL
3 3 (7.317%) RPG III
4 1 (2.439%) RPG/400
4 1 (2.439%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.878%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) IBM
1 8 (19.51%) JD Edwards
2 4 (9.756%) SunGard
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle
4 2 (4.878%) SAP
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