RPG Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

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.

IBM RPG
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank532490465
Rank change year-on-year
Down-42Down-25
Matching contract IT job ads479171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.079 %0.148 %0.129 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.230 %0.397 %0.344 %
Number of daily rates quoted285228
Average daily rate£333£400£330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.87 %+21.21 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£237£314
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£454£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£329£325
% change year-on-year
-13.30 %+1.15 %
Number of hourly rates quoted002
Average hourly rate--£29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£29.75
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		204102292520661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK34.48 %37.36 %37.52 %
Number of daily rates quoted121261324810820
Average daily rate£375£413£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09 %-2.94 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£260£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£558£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted698916770
Average hourly rate£34.00£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85 %+16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£19.50£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£45.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£35.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-2.85 %+16.66 %

RPG
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RPG within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

RPG Demand Trend

RPG
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RPG within the UK.

RPG Daily Rate Trend

RPG
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

RPG Daily Rate Histogram

RPG
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RPG within the UK.

RPG Hourly Rate Trend

RPG
Top 27 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-2337£365-18.88 %
South EastUp+517£375-16.66 %
BerkshireNew entry-13£375-
LondonDown-119£406-26.13 %
City of LondonUp+326£413+10.00 %
West MidlandsDown-124£225-
WindsorNew entry-3£391-
GlasgowUp+22£290-3.33 %
ScotlandDown-22£290-3.33 %
East MidlandsDown-22--
Thames ValleyNew entry-2--
South WalesUp+11--
CardiffDown-31--
WalesDown-31--
East of EnglandDown-61--
East SussexDown-111--
South WestDown-211£190-
GloucestershireNew entry-1£190-
WarwickshireNew entry-1£225-
MidlandsNew entry-1£238-
North WestNew entry-1£200-
CinderfordNew entry-1£190-
ManchesterNew entry-1£200-
SloughNew entry-1£300-
WokinghamNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

143 (58.90 %)AS400
235 (47.95 %)iSeries
332 (43.84 %)RPG IV
431 (42.47 %)Finance
521 (28.77 %)IBM
619 (26.03 %)Banking
716 (21.92 %)RPG/400
815 (20.55 %)SQL
914 (19.18 %)JD Edwards
1013 (17.81 %)Degree
1112 (16.44 %)Project Management
1211 (15.07 %)Oracle
1310 (13.70 %)DB2
1310 (13.70 %).NET
1310 (13.70 %)WebSphere
149 (12.33 %)FTP
157 (9.589 %)Java
157 (9.589 %)SQL Server
166 (8.219 %)Migration
166 (8.219 %)SAP
166 (8.219 %)Microsoft
166 (8.219 %)Six Sigma
166 (8.219 %)Root Cause Analysis
166 (8.219 %)TOGAF
175 (6.849 %)JDE World
175 (6.849 %)UNIX
175 (6.849 %)Manufacturing
184 (5.479 %)International Banking
184 (5.479 %)PRINCE2
184 (5.479 %)C#

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (13.70 %).NET
110 (13.70 %)WebSphere
22 (2.740 %)EDI
31 (1.370 %)Synon Analyst Programmer
31 (1.370 %)HTML
31 (1.370 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (4.110 %)Lotus Notes
13 (4.110 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (2.740 %)MQSeries
31 (1.370 %)Tomcat
31 (1.370 %)SharePoint
31 (1.370 %)IIS
31 (1.370 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.370 %)MS Excel
11 (1.370 %)MS Project
11 (1.370 %)MS Office
11 (1.370 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (6.849 %)JDE World
22 (2.740 %)Loan IQ
31 (1.370 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
31 (1.370 %)INSURE/90
31 (1.370 %)Oracle BPM
31 (1.370 %)SAP FI
31 (1.370 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (1.370 %)SAP CO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (12.33 %)FTP
23 (4.110 %)SSH
32 (2.740 %)TCP/IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (13.70 %)DB2
27 (9.589 %)SQL Server
33 (4.110 %)DataStage
33 (4.110 %)TOAD
33 (4.110 %)Data Warehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.370 %)ERwin
11 (1.370 %)TestDirector
11 (1.370 %)Synon
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (42.47 %)Finance
219 (26.03 %)Banking
35 (6.849 %)Manufacturing
44 (5.479 %)International Banking
53 (4.110 %)Investment Banking
53 (4.110 %)Retail
53 (4.110 %)Back Office
62 (2.740 %)Retail Banking
71 (1.370 %)French Language
71 (1.370 %)German Language
71 (1.370 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120 (27.40 %)Developer
120 (27.40 %)Analyst
213 (17.81 %)Project Manager
213 (17.81 %)Analyst Programmer
213 (17.81 %)Programmer
310 (13.70 %)Consultant
310 (13.70 %)AS400 Developer
47 (9.589 %)RPG Programmer
47 (9.589 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
47 (9.589 %)RPG Developer
56 (8.219 %)JDE Consultant
65 (6.849 %)JDE Functional Consultant
65 (6.849 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
65 (6.849 %)Functional Consultant
74 (5.479 %)Applications Developer
83 (4.110 %)Business Analyst
83 (4.110 %)Senior Analyst
92 (2.740 %)Senior Manager
92 (2.740 %)Support Analyst
92 (2.740 %)Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
143 (58.90 %)AS400
235 (47.95 %)iSeries
33 (4.110 %)Mainframe
42 (2.740 %)Mathematics
51 (1.370 %)Computer Science
51 (1.370 %)Informatics
51 (1.370 %)Online Banking
51 (1.370 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (6.849 %)UNIX
23 (4.110 %)Linux
32 (2.740 %)OS/400
32 (2.740 %)Windows
41 (1.370 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (16.44 %)Project Management
26 (8.219 %)Migration
26 (8.219 %)Six Sigma
26 (8.219 %)Root Cause Analysis
26 (8.219 %)TOGAF
34 (5.479 %)PRINCE2
34 (5.479 %)Lean Six Sigma
34 (5.479 %)Problem Management
43 (4.110 %)Web Application Development
43 (4.110 %)Waterfall
43 (4.110 %)ITIL
43 (4.110 %)DSDM
43 (4.110 %)PRINCE
43 (4.110 %)Business Intelligence
43 (4.110 %)ERP
43 (4.110 %)Workflow
43 (4.110 %)Automated Testing
52 (2.740 %)Change Management
52 (2.740 %)Scrum
52 (2.740 %)OO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
132 (43.84 %)RPG IV
216 (21.92 %)RPG/400
315 (20.55 %)SQL
47 (9.589 %)Java
54 (5.479 %)C#
54 (5.479 %)COBOL
63 (4.110 %)RPG III
71 (1.370 %)C
71 (1.370 %)Delphi
71 (1.370 %)JavaScript
71 (1.370 %)PHP
71 (1.370 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (17.81 %)Degree
22 (2.740 %)ISEB
22 (2.740 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.740 %)IBM Certification
22 (2.740 %)MCSD
31 (1.370 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.370 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.370 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
121 (28.77 %)IBM
214 (19.18 %)JD Edwards
311 (15.07 %)Oracle
46 (8.219 %)SAP
46 (8.219 %)Microsoft
53 (4.110 %)Lotus
62 (2.740 %)LANSA
71 (1.370 %)JBoss
71 (1.370 %)PeopleSoft
71 (1.370 %)webMethods
71 (1.370 %)Salesforce.com
71 (1.370 %)VMware
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