The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 17 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 242 239 234
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -5
Permanent jobs citing RPG 6 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.084% 0.170% 0.102%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.140% 0.279% 0.194%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 5
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £34,500 £34,100
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £37,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4294 4303 3613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.22% 61.03% 52.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3761 3875 3274
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 West region.

North West RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire 0 3 £45,000 +24.13%
Manchester - 2 £42,250 -
RPG
England

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 16 (80.00%) Java
2 14 (70.00%) iSeries
3 10 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 10 (50.00%) Synon
3 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 10 (50.00%) XML
4 9 (45.00%) HTML
4 9 (45.00%) Apache Flex
4 9 (45.00%) RPG/400
4 9 (45.00%) RPG IV
5 8 (40.00%) WSDL
5 8 (40.00%) JD Edwards
5 8 (40.00%) JSP
5 8 (40.00%) Python
5 8 (40.00%) Ant
5 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (40.00%) Perl
5 8 (40.00%) PHP
5 8 (40.00%) Integration Testing
6 7 (35.00%) VB
6 7 (35.00%) IBM
7 6 (30.00%) Internet
7 6 (30.00%) VBA
7 6 (30.00%) Derivative
8 5 (25.00%) AS400
9 4 (20.00%) Project Management
10 2 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (10.00%) ERP
10 2 (10.00%) J2EE
10 2 (10.00%) Hibernate

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 10 (50.00%) XML
2 9 (45.00%) HTML
2 9 (45.00%) Apache Flex
3 8 (40.00%) JSP
3 8 (40.00%) WSDL
4 2 (10.00%) Hibernate
4 2 (10.00%) Spring
4 2 (10.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (10.00%) Java EE
4 2 (10.00%) J2EE
5 1 (5.000%) ASP
5 1 (5.000%) .NET
5 1 (5.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (5.000%) Confluence
2 1 (5.000%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Synon
2 8 (40.00%) Ant
3 1 (5.000%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
1 1 (5.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Developer
2 12 (60.00%) Java Developer
3 9 (45.00%) Analyst
3 9 (45.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 9 (45.00%) Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Analyst Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Java Analyst Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Java Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Developer Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Graduate Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Java Programmer
4 6 (30.00%) Graduate Java Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Java Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) iSeries
2 6 (30.00%) Derivative
3 5 (25.00%) AS400
4 2 (10.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 8 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (5.000%) EAM
5 1 (5.000%) System Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) UML
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) Java
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 9 (45.00%) RPG/400
3 9 (45.00%) RPG IV
4 8 (40.00%) Python
4 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (40.00%) Perl
4 8 (40.00%) PHP
5 7 (35.00%) VB
6 6 (30.00%) VBA
7 1 (5.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) ISEB
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) JD Edwards
2 7 (35.00%) IBM
3 2 (10.00%) Infor
4 1 (5.000%) Perforce
4 1 (5.000%) Teradata
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle
4 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills / things to learn: ** Good level of experience working with IBM server hardware - iSeries, AS-400 ** Knowledge of OS-400 operating systems and Applications running on mid-...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
We need a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function in a friendly and focussed development team with multiple technologies in play including Java, RPG, Android,...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Cheshire
The environment is currently Java, and candidates would ideally have exposure to the following: Jmeter SoapUI LoadUI Experience required: 2 years working within a structured performance test environment...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013