The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 81 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Permanent jobs citing RPG 14 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.213% 0.425% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.555% 0.833% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 0
Average salary £40,000 £30,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
548 360 610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 47.49% 50.99% 58.15%
Number of salaries quoted 483 331 561
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,093 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG
South East

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG across the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent RPG Salary Histogram

RPG
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Folkestone - 2 £30,500 -
Dover - 1 £34,000 -
RPG
South East

RPG
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 14 (100.00%) AS400
1 14 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 11 (78.57%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Marketing
3 5 (35.71%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (14.29%) DataStage
5 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
6 1 (7.143%) Change Management
6 1 (7.143%) RPG/400

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) DataStage
General
1 11 (78.57%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
1 11 (78.57%) AS400 Developer
2 9 (64.29%) RPG Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) ETL
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (7.143%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 1 (7.143%) RPG/400