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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
Rank 205 211 199
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 11 4 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.210% 0.072% 0.282%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.343% 0.118% 0.497%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £36,400 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-9.00% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3210 3378 3423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 61.19% 61.03% 56.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2875 2965 3000
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £25,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG IV
England

RPG IV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West RPG IV Jobs Demand Trend

RPG IV
Salary Trend

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

South West RPG IV Salary Trend

RPG IV
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the South West 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
Somerset - 9 £27,500 -
Bristol - 2 £35,000 -
RPG IV
England

RPG IV
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing RPG IV 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 IV.

1 21 (100.00%) RPG
2 20 (95.24%) AS400
3 12 (57.14%) iSeries
3 12 (57.14%) SQL
4 7 (33.33%) RPG/400
5 6 (28.57%) EDI
5 6 (28.57%) OS/400
6 4 (19.05%) CODA
6 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 4 (19.05%) Finance
7 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (4.762%) RPG III
8 1 (4.762%) Logistics

RPG IV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing RPG IV 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 IV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (28.57%) EDI
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (95.24%) Developer
2 15 (71.43%) AS400 Developer
3 11 (52.38%) RPG Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Applications Developer
5 1 (4.762%) RPG Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (95.24%) AS400
2 12 (57.14%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Project Management
2 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) RPG
2 12 (57.14%) SQL
3 7 (33.33%) RPG/400
4 1 (4.762%) RPG III
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) CODA
Taunton, South West
The position is for an RPG Developer with strong experience of RPG400 and RPGILE. Coupled with this ability you will have good interpersonal skills, be able to communicate...
Michael Rothstein
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013