RPG Job Trends in the North West

IBM RPG
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 - - 271
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs citing RPG 0 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West - - 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £55,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +39.13% +9.52% -4.55%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,555 1,905 3,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.38% 40.52% 28.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 791 2,484
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

RPG job vacancy trend in the North West

RPG
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing RPG