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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
Rank 780 801 749
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -52
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 50 62 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.050% 0.055% 0.094%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.093% 0.100% 0.177%
Number of salaries quoted 30 28 67
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,400 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.00% -
All Programming Languages
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
53969 61789 62275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 53.51% 54.40% 53.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46925 54745 54187
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG IV
UK

RPG IV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RPG IV Jobs Demand Trend

RPG IV
Salary Trend

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

England RPG IV Salary Trend

RPG IV
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG IV across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England RPG IV Salary Histogram

RPG IV
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +26 27 £40,000 +31.14%
South West +11 10 £30,000 -25.00%
London +11 5 £70,000 -
North West +2 4 £45,000 +28.57%
Yorkshire -18 2 £37,500 -6.25%
East Midlands - 2 £38,750 -
RPG IV
UK

RPG IV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing RPG IV 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 IV.

1 109 (99.09%) RPG
2 92 (83.64%) AS400
3 38 (34.55%) Finance
4 34 (30.91%) SQL
5 32 (29.09%) iSeries
6 22 (20.00%) Synon
7 21 (19.09%) Java
8 15 (13.64%) JD Edwards
8 15 (13.64%) HTML
8 15 (13.64%) RPG/400
9 14 (12.73%) ERP
10 10 (9.091%) IBM
10 10 (9.091%) EDI
11 9 (8.182%) JavaScript
11 9 (8.182%) Unit Testing
12 8 (7.273%) JSP
12 8 (7.273%) XML
12 8 (7.273%) OS/400
13 6 (5.455%) WSDL
13 6 (5.455%) Internet
13 6 (5.455%) Python
13 6 (5.455%) Perl
13 6 (5.455%) PHP
13 6 (5.455%) VB
13 6 (5.455%) VBA
13 6 (5.455%) Ant
13 6 (5.455%) Derivative
13 6 (5.455%) Apache Flex
13 6 (5.455%) Integration Testing
14 5 (4.545%) Systems Analysis

RPG IV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing RPG IV 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 IV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (13.64%) HTML
2 10 (9.091%) EDI
3 8 (7.273%) JSP
3 8 (7.273%) XML
4 6 (5.455%) WSDL
4 6 (5.455%) Apache Flex
5 3 (2.727%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.818%) Java EE
6 2 (1.818%) Grails
6 2 (1.818%) CSS
6 2 (1.818%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.818%) Spring
6 2 (1.818%) XSLT
7 1 (0.909%) .NET
7 1 (0.909%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.636%) MQSeries
2 2 (1.818%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (1.818%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.909%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.909%) GlassFish
3 1 (0.909%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.909%) Liferay
Business Applications
1 5 (4.545%) BPCS
2 4 (3.636%) SunGard GMI
3 1 (0.909%) Apache OFBiz
3 1 (0.909%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.455%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.818%) DB2
1 2 (1.818%) DataStage
2 1 (0.909%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (20.00%) Synon
2 6 (5.455%) Ant
3 3 (2.727%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.909%) COOL2E
General
1 38 (34.55%) Finance
2 5 (4.545%) Banking
2 5 (4.545%) Marketing
3 4 (3.636%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.818%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.818%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (80.91%) Developer
2 64 (58.18%) AS400 Developer
3 53 (48.18%) RPG Developer
4 22 (20.00%) Programmer
5 21 (19.09%) Analyst
6 19 (17.27%) Analyst Programmer
7 18 (16.36%) Senior Developer
8 9 (8.182%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (8.182%) Senior Analyst Programmer
8 9 (8.182%) Senior Programmer
9 8 (7.273%) Senior Java Developer
9 8 (7.273%) Java Developer
10 6 (5.455%) Analyst Developer
10 6 (5.455%) Java Analyst Programmer
10 6 (5.455%) Java Programmer
10 6 (5.455%) Graduate
10 6 (5.455%) Developer Analyst
10 6 (5.455%) Graduate Developer
10 6 (5.455%) Senior Analyst Developer
10 6 (5.455%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 92 (83.64%) AS400
2 32 (29.09%) iSeries
3 6 (5.455%) Derivative
4 2 (1.818%) SaaS
5 1 (0.909%) LPAR
5 1 (0.909%) Open Source
5 1 (0.909%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.909%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.273%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (12.73%) ERP
2 9 (8.182%) Unit Testing
3 6 (5.455%) Integration Testing
4 5 (4.545%) ETL
4 5 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (3.636%) Project Management
6 2 (1.818%) UML
6 2 (1.818%) OO
6 2 (1.818%) E-Commerce
6 2 (1.818%) System Testing
6 2 (1.818%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (1.818%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (0.909%) Business Analysis
7 1 (0.909%) EAM
7 1 (0.909%) ITIL
7 1 (0.909%) CRM
7 1 (0.909%) Change Management
7 1 (0.909%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (0.909%) Asset Management
7 1 (0.909%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 109 (99.09%) RPG
2 34 (30.91%) SQL
3 21 (19.09%) Java
4 15 (13.64%) RPG/400
5 9 (8.182%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.455%) Perl
6 6 (5.455%) PHP
6 6 (5.455%) VB
6 6 (5.455%) VBA
6 6 (5.455%) Python
7 2 (1.818%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.818%) C
7 2 (1.818%) Groovy
8 1 (0.909%) RPG III
8 1 (0.909%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.909%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (13.64%) JD Edwards
2 10 (9.091%) IBM
3 4 (3.636%) SunGard
3 4 (3.636%) CODA
4 2 (1.818%) Infor
4 2 (1.818%) AccuRev
4 2 (1.818%) Oracle
4 2 (1.818%) JBoss
5 1 (0.909%) Cognos
5 1 (0.909%) Business Objects
Taunton, South West
The position is for an RPG Developer with strong experience of RPG400 and RPGILE. Coupled with this ability you will have good interpersonal skills, be able to communicate...
Michael Rothstein
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013