The first table below looks at the demand for RPG/400 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/400 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/400
Rank 386 - 419
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RPG/400 1 0 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% - 0.046%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.011% - 0.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
Average daily rate £301 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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/400
England

RPG/400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RPG/400 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London RPG/400 Jobs Demand Trend

RPG/400
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RPG/400 across the London region.

London RPG/400 Daily Rate Trend

RPG/400
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RPG/400 across the London region.

London RPG/400 Hourly Rate Trend

RPG/400
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG/400 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 - 1 £301 -
RPG/400
England

RPG/400
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RPG/400 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/400.

1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
1 1 (100.00%) RPG IV

RPG/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RPG/400 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/400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) RPG IV