The first table below looks at the demand for RPG/400 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/400 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/400
Rank 245 246 240
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -6
Permanent jobs citing RPG/400 3 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.071% 0.015%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.070% 0.116% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 1
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £36,400 £36,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-0.27% -8.75%
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/400
England

RPG/400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing RPG/400 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West RPG/400 Jobs Demand Trend

RPG/400
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RPG/400 across the North West region.

North West RPG/400 Salary Trend

RPG/400
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG/400 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 - 3 £45,000 -
RPG/400
England

RPG/400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RPG/400 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/400.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) RPG
1 9 (100.00%) Synon
2 8 (88.89%) JD Edwards
2 8 (88.89%) Python
2 8 (88.89%) WSDL
2 8 (88.89%) Ant
2 8 (88.89%) JSP
2 8 (88.89%) XML
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 8 (88.89%) Perl
2 8 (88.89%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) HTML
2 8 (88.89%) Apache Flex
2 8 (88.89%) Unit Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Integration Testing
3 7 (77.78%) iSeries
4 6 (66.67%) RPG IV
4 6 (66.67%) Derivative
4 6 (66.67%) VB
4 6 (66.67%) VBA
4 6 (66.67%) IBM
4 6 (66.67%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Java EE
5 2 (22.22%) Spring
5 2 (22.22%) Open Source

RPG/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RPG/400 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/400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) HTML
1 8 (88.89%) JSP
1 8 (88.89%) XML
1 8 (88.89%) WSDL
1 8 (88.89%) Apache Flex
2 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
2 2 (22.22%) Spring
2 2 (22.22%) Java EE
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Synon
2 8 (88.89%) Ant
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Java Developer
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Analyst Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Java Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Graduate Java Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Java Analyst Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Analyst Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Analyst Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Java Analyst Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Java Programmer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Developer Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Graduate Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Analyst Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) iSeries
2 6 (66.67%) Derivative
3 2 (22.22%) Open Source
4 1 (11.11%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Unit Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Integration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) RPG
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 8 (88.89%) Perl
2 8 (88.89%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) Python
3 6 (66.67%) RPG IV
3 6 (66.67%) VB
3 6 (66.67%) VBA
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) JD Edwards
2 6 (66.67%) IBM