The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing RPG 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
65 78 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 35.71% 30.35% 22.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 14
Average daily rate £363 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £250 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +52.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
RPG
England

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands RPG Daily Rate Trend

RPG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands RPG Hourly Rate Trend

RPG
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (66.67%) Retail Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) RPG IV

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) AS400 Developer
2 1 (33.33%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) AS400
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) RPG IV
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