The first table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 24 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 404 425 377
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -48
Permanent jobs citing RPG 29 14 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.131% 0.059% 0.205%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.264% 0.115% 0.400%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 20
Average salary £40,000 £42,250 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.32% +11.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,600 £36,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £61,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
10980 12150 11743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 49.61% 51.09% 51.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9671 10829 10496
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South 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 South East region.

South East RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Kent -3 14 £40,000 +31.14%
Hampshire -7 9 £35,500 -17.44%
Oxfordshire - 3 £42,500 -
Surrey - 2 - -
Berkshire - 1 £80,000 -
RPG
England

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 54 (83.08%) RPG IV
2 52 (80.00%) AS400
3 34 (52.31%) Finance
4 16 (24.62%) Synon
5 14 (21.54%) ERP
6 9 (13.85%) BPCS
7 8 (12.31%) JD Edwards
8 7 (10.77%) Java
8 7 (10.77%) iSeries
9 6 (9.231%) SQL
10 5 (7.692%) ETL
10 5 (7.692%) Marketing
11 4 (6.154%) Degree
11 4 (6.154%) Systems Analysis
11 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (6.154%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (6.154%) Volume Testing
11 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (6.154%) Project Management
11 4 (6.154%) SLA
11 4 (6.154%) Windows XP
11 4 (6.154%) C
11 4 (6.154%) ITIL
11 4 (6.154%) Windows
11 4 (6.154%) Windows 7
12 3 (4.615%) HTML
12 3 (4.615%) JavaScript
12 3 (4.615%) EDI
13 2 (3.077%) CSS
13 2 (3.077%) Lotus

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 3 (4.615%) HTML
1 3 (4.615%) EDI
2 2 (3.077%) CSS
2 2 (3.077%) Flash
3 1 (1.538%) .NET
3 1 (1.538%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.077%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (1.538%) GlassFish
2 1 (1.538%) Alfresco
2 1 (1.538%) Liferay
Applications
1 2 (3.077%) MS Visio
1 2 (3.077%) Photoshop
1 2 (3.077%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (13.85%) BPCS
2 1 (1.538%) Apache OFBiz
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.077%) DataStage
2 1 (1.538%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.538%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Synon
2 1 (1.538%) COOL2E
General
1 34 (52.31%) Finance
2 5 (7.692%) Marketing
3 2 (3.077%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.077%) Games
3 2 (3.077%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (66.15%) Developer
2 33 (50.77%) AS400 Developer
3 31 (47.69%) RPG Developer
4 12 (18.46%) Analyst
4 12 (18.46%) Programmer
5 10 (15.38%) Analyst Programmer
6 9 (13.85%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.154%) Senior Programmer
7 4 (6.154%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (6.154%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.154%) Senior Analyst Programmer
8 3 (4.615%) Consultant
9 2 (3.077%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.077%) Support Analyst
9 2 (3.077%) UI Designer
9 2 (3.077%) Designer
10 1 (1.538%) Chief Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.538%) Architect
10 1 (1.538%) Chief Architect
10 1 (1.538%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 52 (80.00%) AS400
2 7 (10.77%) iSeries
3 2 (3.077%) SaaS
4 1 (1.538%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (6.154%) Windows XP
1 4 (6.154%) Windows
1 4 (6.154%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) ERP
2 5 (7.692%) ETL
3 4 (6.154%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (6.154%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (6.154%) Volume Testing
3 4 (6.154%) Project Management
3 4 (6.154%) ITIL
4 2 (3.077%) CRM
5 1 (1.538%) Unit Testing
5 1 (1.538%) Data Architecture
5 1 (1.538%) Change Management
5 1 (1.538%) E-business
5 1 (1.538%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 54 (83.08%) RPG IV
2 7 (10.77%) Java
3 6 (9.231%) SQL
4 4 (6.154%) C
5 3 (4.615%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.538%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 4 (6.154%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.154%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) JD Edwards
2 2 (3.077%) Lotus
3 1 (1.538%) Twitter
3 1 (1.538%) Cognos
3 1 (1.538%) Business Objects
3 1 (1.538%) SAP
3 1 (1.538%) Oracle
3 1 (1.538%) Salesforce.com