The first table below looks at the demand for RPG/400 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/400 over the 3 months to 21 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG/400
Rank 539 578 562
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -16
Contract jobs citing RPG/400 1 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.030%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.006% 0.015% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
Average daily rate £301 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17606 20181 22529
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.29% 34.52% 37.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10838 11956 13041
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £570 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 631 717 922
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.62 £17.20 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

RPG/400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RPG/400 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

RPG/400 Jobs Demand Trend

RPG/400
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RPG/400 within the UK.

RPG/400 Daily Rate Trend

RPG/400
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RPG/400 within the UK.

RPG/400 Hourly Rate Trend

RPG/400
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG/400 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England - 1 £301 -
City of London - 1 £301 -
London - 1 £301 -

RPG/400
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing RPG/400 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/400.

1 3 (100.00%) RPG
1 3 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) JD Edwards
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 2 (66.67%) JDE World
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) iSeries
3 1 (33.33%) RPG IV

RPG/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing RPG/400 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/400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JDE World
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) JDE Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) AS400 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (33.33%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) RPG
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) RPG IV
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) JD Edwards