RPG Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 24 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 South West 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 103 135 121
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -14
Contract jobs citing RPG 5 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% 0.031% 0.035%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.693% 0.082% 0.101%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £220 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £295 £375
% change year-on-year
-25.42% -21.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
Search 1 RPG jobs in the South West
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 722 1225 993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.80% 37.87% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 707 454
Average daily rate £326 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 75 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.70 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
RPG
England

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Gloucestershire +31 3 - -
Somerset - 2 £220 -
RPG
England

RPG
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (57.14%) AS400
1 4 (57.14%) RPG IV
2 3 (42.86%) INSURE/90
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) GIS
4 1 (14.29%) OS/400

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) INSURE/90
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) AS400 Developer
3 3 (42.86%) RPG Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (28.57%) Programmer
4 2 (28.57%) RPG Programmer
4 2 (28.57%) RPG Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) OS/400
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) RPG IV
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