RPG Contracts in London
 
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 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 360 407 381
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -26
Contract jobs citing RPG 27 11 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.123% 0.040% 0.170%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.301% 0.107% 0.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 35
Average daily rate £550 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £349 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £658 £553 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £248 £290 £375
% change year-on-year
-14.65% -22.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £29.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 8980 10278 12998
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.83% 37.59% 42.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6494 6973 8770
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 158 178
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £18.00 £18.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
RPG
England

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +7 5 £475 +15.15%
Feltham - 1 £600 -
RPG
England

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 30 (66.67%) AS400
2 25 (55.56%) Banking
2 25 (55.56%) RPG IV
3 15 (33.33%) iSeries
4 13 (28.89%) IBM
5 11 (24.44%) OS/400
5 11 (24.44%) Java
5 11 (24.44%) PDM
6 10 (22.22%) Misys Equation
6 10 (22.22%) Private Banking
6 10 (22.22%) Online Banking
6 10 (22.22%) Misys
6 10 (22.22%) Project Management
7 9 (20.00%) WebSphere
7 9 (20.00%) Misys Midas
8 8 (17.78%) Investment Banking
8 8 (17.78%) Adobe CQ
8 8 (17.78%) WebSphere MQ
8 8 (17.78%) MSMQ
8 8 (17.78%) IIS
9 7 (15.56%) SQL
9 7 (15.56%) JD Edwards
10 5 (11.11%) Logistics
10 5 (11.11%) Finance
11 4 (8.889%) SunGard
11 4 (8.889%) XML
11 4 (8.889%) SunGard GMI
12 2 (4.444%) Unit Testing
12 2 (4.444%) RPG III
12 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 9 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (8.889%) XML
3 2 (4.444%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.78%) Adobe CQ
1 8 (17.78%) WebSphere MQ
1 8 (17.78%) MSMQ
1 8 (17.78%) IIS
Business Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Misys Equation
2 9 (20.00%) Misys Midas
3 4 (8.889%) SunGard GMI
4 1 (2.222%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.444%) DB2
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (55.56%) Banking
2 10 (22.22%) Private Banking
3 8 (17.78%) Investment Banking
4 5 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (2.222%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.222%) Advertising
5 1 (2.222%) Back Office
5 1 (2.222%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Programmer
1 23 (51.11%) Developer
2 17 (37.78%) Analyst
3 13 (28.89%) Analyst Programmer
4 10 (22.22%) RPG Developer
5 6 (13.33%) AS400 Developer
6 4 (8.889%) RPG Programmer
7 2 (4.444%) JDE Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.444%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.444%) Functional Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Trainer
8 1 (2.222%) Architect
8 1 (2.222%) Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) Data Architect
8 1 (2.222%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (66.67%) AS400
2 15 (33.33%) iSeries
3 10 (22.22%) Online Banking
4 1 (2.222%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.222%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) PDM
2 10 (22.22%) Project Management
3 5 (11.11%) Logistics
4 2 (4.444%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity
5 1 (2.222%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.222%) SOA
5 1 (2.222%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.222%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.222%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.222%) Information Management
5 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (2.222%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (2.222%) Business Analytics
5 1 (2.222%) Analytics
5 1 (2.222%) Data Architecture
5 1 (2.222%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (2.222%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (55.56%) RPG IV
2 11 (24.44%) Java
3 7 (15.56%) SQL
4 2 (4.444%) RPG III
5 1 (2.222%) C
5 1 (2.222%) COBOL
5 1 (2.222%) RPG/400
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) IBM
2 10 (22.22%) Misys
3 7 (15.56%) JD Edwards
4 4 (8.889%) SunGard
5 1 (2.222%) SAP
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