East of England RPG Jobs

This section looks at the demand for IBM RPG (Report Program Generator) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM RPG (Report Program Generator)
Location Barking Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Elland England Fareham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenock Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Inverclyde Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidstone Manchester Margate Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Plymouth Ramsgate Reading Rugby Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	142	128
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching permanent IT job ads	153	174
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.072 %
As % of the category below	2.148 %	2.527 %
Salaries quoted	120	126
Average minimum salary	£34,175	£31,709
Average salary	£37,563	£32,877
% change on same period last year	+14.25 %
Average maximum salary	£40,950	£34,045
UK excluding London average salary	£33,703	£35,477
% change on same period last year	-4.99 %
Programming Languages East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads	7122	6885
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.718 %	2.841 %
Salaries quoted	6009	5857
Average minimum salary	£33,028	£32,932
Average salary	£36,224	£36,006
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Average maximum salary	£39,420	£39,080
UK excluding London average salary	£35,189	£35,554
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
RPG England

RPG
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing RPG across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

RPG
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RPG across the East of England region.

RPG
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

RPG
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing RPG within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+9	98	£40,134	+23.25 %
Hertfordshire	+49	52	£33,761	+0.03 %
Norfolk	-29	3	£35,000	+13.30 %

RPG England

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 297 (82.04 %) AS400 2 131 (36.19 %) Java 3 65 (17.96 %) Finance 4 62 (17.13 %) SQL 5 59 (16.30 %) MS Excel 6 53 (14.64 %) HTML 7 37 (10.22 %) Insurance 8 36 (9.945 %) Microsoft 9 33 (9.116 %) ERP 10 31 (8.564 %) JD Edwards 11 29 (8.011 %) SQL Server 12 28 (7.735 %) .NET 13 27 (7.459 %) IBM 14 23 (6.354 %) Business Analysis 15 21 (5.801 %) Games

16 19 (5.249 %) MS Office 17 18 (4.972 %) QA 18 17 (4.696 %) WebSphere 18 17 (4.696 %) Retail 19 15 (4.144 %) DB2 20 13 (3.591 %) CSS 20 13 (3.591 %) Project Management 20 13 (3.591 %) Software Testing 21 11 (3.039 %) Internet 21 11 (3.039 %) EDI 21 11 (3.039 %) JDA 21 11 (3.039 %) C# 22 10 (2.762 %) Geac 22 10 (2.762 %) ISEB 22 10 (2.762 %) ISTQB

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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 53 (14.64 %) HTML 2 28 (7.735 %) .NET 3 17 (4.696 %) WebSphere 4 13 (3.591 %) CSS 5 11 (3.039 %) EDI 6 6 (1.657 %) XML 6 6 (1.657 %) ASP.NET 7 5 (1.381 %) J2EE 8 4 (1.105 %) Middleware 9 1 (0.276 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 7 (1.934 %) Lotus Domino 2 1 (0.276 %) ESB 2 1 (0.276 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 59 (16.30 %) MS Excel 2 19 (5.249 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.105 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (1.381 %) Movex 2 3 (0.829 %) BPCS 3 2 (0.552 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 11 (3.039 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 29 (8.011 %) SQL Server 2 15 (4.144 %) DB2 3 4 (1.105 %) Data Mining 4 1 (0.276 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.276 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (0.276 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.276 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 8 (2.210 %) PowerBuilder 2 2 (0.552 %) JUnit 2 2 (0.552 %) Eclipse	General 1 65 (17.96 %) Finance 2 37 (10.22 %) Insurance 3 21 (5.801 %) Games 4 17 (4.696 %) Retail 5 8 (2.210 %) Marketing 6 3 (0.829 %) Auditing 7 1 (0.276 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.276 %) Health 7 1 (0.276 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 256 (70.72 %) Analyst 2 248 (68.51 %) Programmer 3 230 (63.54 %) Analyst Programmer 4 212 (58.56 %) RPG Programmer 5 202 (55.80 %) RPG Analyst Programmer 6 192 (53.04 %) AS400 Analyst Programmer 7 86 (23.76 %) Senior Analyst 8 85 (23.48 %) Senior Analyst Programmer 8 85 (23.48 %) Senior Programmer 9 66 (18.23 %) Senior RPG Analyst Programmer 9 66 (18.23 %) Senior RPG Programmer 10 59 (16.30 %) Senior AS400 Analyst Programmer 11 49 (13.54 %) Developer 12 37 (10.22 %) AS400 Developer 13 22 (6.077 %) RPG Developer 14 20 (5.525 %) AS400 Support 15 18 (4.972 %) Support Analyst 16 14 (3.867 %) Applications Support 17 11 (3.039 %) Java Programmer 18 10 (2.762 %) Senior Test Manager	Miscellaneous 1 297 (82.04 %) AS400 2 4 (1.105 %) French Language 2 4 (1.105 %) German Language 2 4 (1.105 %) Spanish Language 3 1 (0.276 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 4 (1.105 %) Windows 2 1 (0.276 %) Linux 2 1 (0.276 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 33 (9.116 %) ERP 2 23 (6.354 %) Business Analysis 3 13 (3.591 %) Software Testing 3 13 (3.591 %) Project Management 4 10 (2.762 %) Test Management 5 8 (2.210 %) Change Management 6 7 (1.934 %) Incident Management 7 5 (1.381 %) Service Delivery 7 5 (1.381 %) ITIL 7 5 (1.381 %) PRINCE2 7 5 (1.381 %) UML 8 4 (1.105 %) Systems Analysis 9 3 (0.829 %) Integration Testing 9 3 (0.829 %) Agile Software Development 9 3 (0.829 %) OO 10 1 (0.276 %) E-Commerce 10 1 (0.276 %) Data Modelling 10 1 (0.276 %) SOA 10 1 (0.276 %) Web Development 10 1 (0.276 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 131 (36.19 %) Java 2 62 (17.13 %) SQL 3 11 (3.039 %) C# 4 8 (2.210 %) PL/SQL 5 6 (1.657 %) VB.NET 6 4 (1.105 %) JavaScript 6 4 (1.105 %) Delphi 7 1 (0.276 %) C 7 1 (0.276 %) C++	Qualifications 1 10 (2.762 %) ISEB 1 10 (2.762 %) ISTQB 2 7 (1.934 %) Degree 2 7 (1.934 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 4 (1.105 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (1.105 %) CISA 3 4 (1.105 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (4.972 %) QA 2 9 (2.486 %) SLA 3 3 (0.829 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 36 (9.945 %) Microsoft 2 31 (8.564 %) JD Edwards 3 27 (7.459 %) IBM 4 11 (3.039 %) JDA 5 10 (2.762 %) Geac 6 6 (1.657 %) Oracle 7 4 (1.105 %) SAP 8 1 (0.276 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.276 %) MKS