IBM RPG
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 814 955 1115
Rank change year-on-year +141 +160 -264
Permanent jobs citing RPG 80 38 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.036% 0.063%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.24% 0.083% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 54 23 86
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,625 £43,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +35.71%

All Programming Languages
UK

RPG is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,184 45,628 82,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.80% 43.54% 53.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,016 29,016 44,193
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.48% +1.85% +8.00%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG.

Salary trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in the UK

RPG
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +158 72 £52,500 -4.55% 8
UK excluding London +27 62 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Work from Home +84 23 £50,000 -4.76% 3
South East +48 22 £40,000 -15.79%
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands +37 13 £45,000 +5.88%
Midlands +17 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
North of England +36 11 £52,500 -4.55% 3
London +148 10 £65,000 -16.13% 4
North West +6 10 £52,500 -4.55% 2
South West -23 2 - -
Yorkshire +89 1 £36,000 - 1

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Blender
1 7 (8.75%) Maya
2 4 (5.00%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.75%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.75%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) Firewall
2 5 (6.25%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.75%) DB2
2 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Eclipse
1 10 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 23 (28.75%) Finance
2 17 (21.25%) Legal
3 14 (17.50%) Games
4 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.50%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 26 (32.50%) Developer
2 25 (31.25%) Programmer
3 24 (30.00%) Analyst
4 23 (28.75%) Analyst Programmer
5 18 (22.50%) RPG Developer
6 10 (12.50%) AS400 Developer
7 9 (11.25%) RPG Programmer
8 7 (8.75%) 3D Artist
8 7 (8.75%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 7 (8.75%) Software Developer
9 6 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (7.50%) Systems Programmer
10 4 (5.00%) Administrator
10 4 (5.00%) Art Director
10 4 (5.00%) Chief Technology Officer
10 4 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (5.00%) Systems Analyst Programmer
11 3 (3.75%) Senior
11 3 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.75%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.00%) EDI
2 10 (12.50%) JSON
2 10 (12.50%) REST
2 10 (12.50%) Web Services
2 10 (12.50%) XML
2 10 (12.50%) XSL
3 5 (6.25%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 32 (40.00%) AS400
2 21 (26.25%) iSeries
3 14 (17.50%) Animation
4 10 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 10 (12.50%) Replication
5 4 (5.00%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (5.00%) PMI
6 2 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.25%) SDLC
3 15 (18.75%) ERP
4 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (17.50%) ITIL
5 11 (13.75%) Clean Code
5 11 (13.75%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (12.50%) B2B
6 10 (12.50%) BCP
6 10 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (12.50%) High Availability
6 10 (12.50%) Modular Programming
6 10 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
6 10 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 10 (12.50%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 38 (47.50%) SQL
2 25 (31.25%) RPG IV
3 16 (20.00%) RPG/400
4 4 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) Degree
2 6 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (12.50%) Firmware
1 10 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (53.75%) IBM
2 10 (12.50%) Dell
2 10 (12.50%) NetApp
2 10 (12.50%) Veeam
2 10 (12.50%) VMware
3 5 (6.25%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft