The first table below looks at the demand for RPG IV skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG IV 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 Northamptonshire 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 IV (ILE RPG)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
-24.13% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
41 107 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 16.60% 25.48% 18.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 73 32
Average daily rate £325 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £225 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £431 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
RPG IV
East Midlands

RPG IV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire RPG IV Daily Rate Trend

RPG IV
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) RPG III

RPG IV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) RPG III