IBM RPG
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 585 | 659 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +163 | -136 |
| Contract jobs citing RPG | 5 | 44 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.074% | 0.043% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.039% | 0.21% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 30 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £367 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £525 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +50.00% | +1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £650 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £783 | £490 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £300 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.11% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
RPG is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,836 | 20,708 | 32,245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.59% | 34.95% | 36.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,125 | 14,930 | 23,486 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 490 | 468 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.93 | £26.21 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £49.92 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.67% | +20.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £77.30 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.18 | £49.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +23.49% | +17.25% |
RPG
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +100 | 4 | £420 | -6.67% | 7 |
| London | +80 | 3 | £420 | -20.00% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +104 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +43 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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