The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 117 117 114
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Permanent jobs citing RPG 3 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.168% 0.363% 0.121%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.293% 0.559% 0.196%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £45,000 £36,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.13% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1025 1252 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.29% 64.97% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1119 900
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG
North West

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire RPG Jobs Demand Trend

RPG
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RPG across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RPG.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (83.33%) iSeries
3 8 (66.67%) RPG/400
3 8 (66.67%) Apache Flex
3 8 (66.67%) Synon
4 7 (58.33%) JD Edwards
4 7 (58.33%) Ant
4 7 (58.33%) JSP
4 7 (58.33%) XML
4 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (58.33%) Perl
4 7 (58.33%) PHP
4 7 (58.33%) SQL
4 7 (58.33%) Unit Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Integration Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Python
4 7 (58.33%) WSDL
4 7 (58.33%) HTML
5 6 (50.00%) IBM
5 6 (50.00%) Derivative
5 6 (50.00%) RPG IV
5 6 (50.00%) VB
5 6 (50.00%) VBA
5 6 (50.00%) Internet
6 3 (25.00%) Project Management
7 1 (8.333%) UML
7 1 (8.333%) Web Services
7 1 (8.333%) J2EE
7 1 (8.333%) Oracle
7 1 (8.333%) DB2

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RPG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) Apache Flex
2 7 (58.33%) HTML
2 7 (58.33%) JSP
2 7 (58.33%) XML
2 7 (58.33%) WSDL
3 1 (8.333%) Hibernate
3 1 (8.333%) Spring
3 1 (8.333%) Java EE
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
3 1 (8.333%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Synon
2 7 (58.33%) Ant
3 1 (8.333%) JIRA
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Java Developer
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Java Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Graduate Java Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Java Analyst Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Analyst Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Analyst Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Java Analyst Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Java Programmer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Developer Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) iSeries
2 6 (50.00%) Derivative
3 1 (8.333%) AS400
3 1 (8.333%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Unit Testing
1 7 (58.33%) Integration Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) UML
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) RPG/400
3 7 (58.33%) Python
3 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (58.33%) Perl
3 7 (58.33%) PHP
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
4 6 (50.00%) VB
4 6 (50.00%) VBA
4 6 (50.00%) RPG IV
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) JD Edwards
2 6 (50.00%) IBM
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Perforce
Cheshire
The environment is currently Java, and candidates would ideally have exposure to the following: Jmeter SoapUI LoadUI Experience required: 2 years working within a structured performance test environment...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013