The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank - 72 61
Permanent jobs citing RPG 0 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East - 0.229% 0.990%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.512% 1.872%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 7
Average salary - £30,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
350 391 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 50.80% 44.69% 52.90%
Number of salaries quoted 314 310 306
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £22,450 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG
England

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 6 (100.00%) AS400
1 6 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) iSeries
3 1 (16.67%) RPG/400

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) HTML
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) RPG Developer
1 5 (83.33%) AS400 Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (16.67%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 4 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) RPG/400