RPG Job Trends in Kent

IBM RPG
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring RPG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing RPG 0 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent - - 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.81%
75th Percentile - - £175,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% +12.50% -23.81%

All Programming Languages
Kent

RPG falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 271 131 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 18.41% 19.47% 25.05%
Number of salaries quoted 165 109 329
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RPG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

RPG job vacancy trend in Kent

RPG
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing RPG