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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkIBM RPG (Report Program Generator)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank486445361
Rank change year-on-year
Down-41Down-84
Matching permanent IT job ads193235927
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.225 %0.277 %0.454 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.460 %0.589 %0.995 %
Salaries quoted146180621
Average salary£37,500£39,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.840 %+4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£33,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£37,500£37,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %+1.350 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
419763987893186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.86 %47.02 %45.66 %
Salaries quoted360403372177921
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

RPG
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing RPG within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

RPG Demand Trend

RPG
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RPG within the UK.

RPG Salary Trend

RPG
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

RPG Salary Histogram

RPG
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-37182£38,000-2.56 %
South EastDown-747£45,000+18.42 %
East of EnglandUp+342£38,250-1.92 %
LondonDown-6835£57,500+27.77 %
CambridgeshireUp+229£39,000-
YorkshireUp+1724£35,000-13.04 %
SurreyUp+2219£45,000+12.50 %
HampshireUp+2315£47,000+34.28 %
West MidlandsUp+3414£35,000-9.09 %
East MidlandsUp+514£35,000+7.69 %
NottinghamshireUp+913£35,000+7.69 %
HertfordshireUp+613£36,500-8.75 %
LeedsUp+2112£35,000-15.15 %
West YorkshireUp+1012£35,000-1.40 %
NottinghamUp+2311£35,000+7.69 %
South YorkshireNew entry-11£35,000-
WalesNew entry-11£37,500-
South WalesNew entry-10£37,500-
Home CountiesDown-159£45,000+20.00 %
City of LondonDown-816£52,250+16.11 %
North EastUp+275£26,250-27.08 %
South WestUp+34£25,500-27.14 %
SouthamptonUp+14£47,000-
MidlandsDown-44£36,000+2.85 %
KentDown-74£38,000-12.64 %
SolihullNew entry-4£55,000-
LeatherheadNew entry-4£45,000-
BirminghamUp+173£60,000+57.89 %
WarwickshireUp+123£33,000-15.38 %
PeterboroughDown-33£18,000-53.84 %

RPG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1215 (66.36 %)AS400
2100 (30.86 %)iSeries
387 (26.85 %)Finance
480 (24.69 %)SQL
564 (19.75 %)Java
634 (10.49 %)Insurance
733 (10.19 %)HTML
733 (10.19 %)SQL Server
829 (8.951 %)ERP
928 (8.642 %)Synon
1026 (8.025 %)IBM
1026 (8.025 %)Windows
1026 (8.025 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1125 (7.716 %)Degree
1223 (7.099 %)Oracle
1322 (6.790 %).NET
1421 (6.481 %)DB2
1421 (6.481 %)Banking
1520 (6.173 %)WebSphere
1619 (5.864 %)ETL
1619 (5.864 %)OS/400
1619 (5.864 %)JD Edwards
1718 (5.556 %)Project Management
1816 (4.938 %)COOL2E
1816 (4.938 %)JavaScript
1816 (4.938 %)Data Migration
1816 (4.938 %)Retail
1816 (4.938 %)Migration
1915 (4.630 %)Hibernate
1915 (4.630 %)Spring

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
133 (10.19 %)HTML
222 (6.790 %).NET
320 (6.173 %)WebSphere
415 (4.630 %)Hibernate
415 (4.630 %)Spring
514 (4.321 %)CSS
514 (4.321 %)Web Services
612 (3.704 %)XML
711 (3.395 %)EDI
810 (3.086 %)J2EE
97 (2.160 %)ASP.NET
106 (1.852 %)AJAX
113 (0.926 %)Middleware
113 (0.926 %)XSLT
122 (0.617 %)WSDL
131 (0.309 %)EDIFACT
131 (0.309 %)WBIMB
131 (0.309 %)JDBC
131 (0.309 %)Struts
131 (0.309 %)COM+
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (3.704 %)WebSphere Message Broker
27 (2.160 %)SharePoint
32 (0.617 %)ColdFusion
32 (0.617 %)Mathematica
32 (0.617 %)Tomcat
32 (0.617 %)MQSeries
41 (0.309 %)IIS
41 (0.309 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.309 %)Apache
41 (0.309 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (3.086 %)MS Excel
24 (1.235 %)MS Office
32 (0.617 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (2.469 %)INSURE/90
27 (2.160 %)GL Clearvision
27 (2.160 %)SunGard GMI
31 (0.309 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.309 %)Endur
31 (0.309 %)Retail-J
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (0.926 %)Intranet
22 (0.617 %)FTP
31 (0.309 %)SAN
31 (0.309 %)LAN
31 (0.309 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (10.19 %)SQL Server
226 (8.025 %)SQL Server Integration Services
321 (6.481 %)DB2
419 (5.864 %)ETL
59 (2.778 %)Reference Data
68 (2.469 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (1.852 %)BusinessObjects
76 (1.852 %)Datawarehouse
84 (1.235 %)RDBMS
93 (0.926 %)DTS
102 (0.617 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
102 (0.617 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.617 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
102 (0.617 %)SQL Server 2008
111 (0.309 %)QlikView
111 (0.309 %)Cognos Powerplay
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (8.642 %)Synon
216 (4.938 %)COOL2E
310 (3.086 %)QuickTest Pro
310 (3.086 %)LoadRunner
48 (2.469 %)CruiseControl
48 (2.469 %)Ant
48 (2.469 %)Visual Studio
52 (0.617 %)Selenium
61 (0.309 %)PVCS
61 (0.309 %)ClearCase
61 (0.309 %)JUnit
61 (0.309 %)Subversion
61 (0.309 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
187 (26.85 %)Finance
234 (10.49 %)Insurance
321 (6.481 %)Banking
416 (4.938 %)Retail
515 (4.630 %)Back Office
614 (4.321 %)Investment Banking
79 (2.778 %)Pensions
87 (2.160 %)Education
95 (1.543 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.617 %)Health
102 (0.617 %)Telecoms
102 (0.617 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.309 %)Games
111 (0.309 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1146 (45.06 %)Analyst
2145 (44.75 %)Programmer
3131 (40.43 %)Analyst Programmer
494 (29.01 %)Developer
567 (20.68 %)RPG Developer
663 (19.44 %)RPG Programmer
756 (17.28 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
852 (16.05 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
852 (16.05 %)AS400 Developer
926 (8.025 %)Senior Programmer
1025 (7.716 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
1025 (7.716 %)Senior Analyst
1123 (7.099 %)Development Manager
1216 (4.938 %)Senior Developer
1315 (4.630 %)Senior RPG Developer
1414 (4.321 %)SQL Developer
1513 (4.012 %)Senior AS400 Developer
1612 (3.704 %)Senior AS400 Analyst Programmer
1711 (3.395 %)Support Manager
189 (2.778 %)Applications Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1215 (66.36 %)AS400
2100 (30.86 %)iSeries
34 (1.235 %)EPoS
43 (0.926 %)Derivative
52 (0.617 %)Computer Science
52 (0.617 %)Replication
52 (0.617 %)Data Integration
61 (0.309 %)FMCG
61 (0.309 %)Credit Risk
61 (0.309 %)Multithreading
61 (0.309 %)LPAR
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (8.025 %)Windows
219 (5.864 %)OS/400
313 (4.012 %)UNIX
48 (2.469 %)AIX
54 (1.235 %)Linux
54 (1.235 %)Windows 2000 Server
54 (1.235 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.926 %)Windows XP
72 (0.617 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.617 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (8.951 %)ERP
218 (5.556 %)Project Management
316 (4.938 %)Migration
316 (4.938 %)Data Migration
413 (4.012 %)SOA
413 (4.012 %)Fund Management
512 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
512 (3.704 %)Software Testing
610 (3.086 %)Systems Analysis
610 (3.086 %)Test Scripting
610 (3.086 %)Business Intelligence
79 (2.778 %)BPR
79 (2.778 %)Scrum
79 (2.778 %)Continuous Integration
79 (2.778 %)Data Management
79 (2.778 %)Data Analysis
88 (2.469 %)E-Commerce
88 (2.469 %)Feature Driven Development
97 (2.160 %)Workflow
106 (1.852 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
180 (24.69 %)SQL
264 (19.75 %)Java
316 (4.938 %)JavaScript
415 (4.630 %)C++
415 (4.630 %)PHP
511 (3.395 %)VB.NET
67 (2.160 %)COBOL
67 (2.160 %)C#
76 (1.852 %)VBA
76 (1.852 %)VB
84 (1.235 %)C
92 (0.617 %)Delphi
92 (0.617 %)Perl
92 (0.617 %)T-SQL
92 (0.617 %)VBScript
92 (0.617 %)Python
92 (0.617 %)Ada
92 (0.617 %)ECMAScript
92 (0.617 %)FoxPro (VFP)
92 (0.617 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (7.716 %)Degree
24 (1.235 %)IBM Certification
24 (1.235 %)HND
24 (1.235 %)MCSE
24 (1.235 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.309 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.235 %)SLA
14 (1.235 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
126 (8.025 %)IBM
223 (7.099 %)Oracle
319 (5.864 %)JD Edwards
415 (4.630 %)Microsoft
514 (4.321 %)Sybase
613 (4.012 %)Cognos
710 (3.086 %)HP
87 (2.160 %)SunGard
96 (1.852 %)Business Objects
104 (1.235 %)TIBCO
104 (1.235 %)Red Hat
104 (1.235 %)Thunderhead
104 (1.235 %)VMware
113 (0.926 %)CA
122 (0.617 %)JDA
131 (0.309 %)Lotus
131 (0.309 %)Intel
131 (0.309 %)BMC
131 (0.309 %)Remedy
131 (0.309 %)OpenLink