The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 24 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing RPG 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
211 145 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 64.53% 54.92% 66.10%
Number of salaries quoted 206 133 181
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG
Suffolk

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Synon
1 2 (100.00%) RPG/400
2 1 (50.00%) AS400
2 1 (50.00%) LANSA
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Conversion

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Synon
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 2 (100.00%) Programmer
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AS400
1 1 (50.00%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) RPG/400
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) LANSA