RPG Job Trends in Manchester

IBM RPG
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 - - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs citing RPG 0 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester - - 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.82%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary - - £55,000

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 983 866 1,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.39% 38.51% 31.78%
Number of salaries quoted 792 550 1,444
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,900 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,125 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

RPG job vacancy trend in Manchester

RPG
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing RPG