Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for RPG skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG over the 3 months to 16 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 for the Wales region.

 IBM RPG (Report Program Generator)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank65-93
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales1.425 %-0.310 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.771 %-0.739 %
Salaries quoted1204
Average salary£37,500-£36,250
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£37,500£37,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %+1.350 %
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
433370677
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales51.43 %42.87 %41.92 %
Salaries quoted410326635
Average salary£32,500£30,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-3.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,200£37,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
RPG UKRPG
UK

RPG
Demand Trend

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

Wales RPG Demand Trend

RPG
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RPG across the Wales region.

Wales RPG Salary Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 16 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
South WalesNew entry-11£37,500-
West WalesNew entry-1£28,000-
RPG UKRPG
UK

RPG
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

121 (91.30 %)SQL
121 (91.30 %)AS400
220 (86.96 %)Finance
220 (86.96 %)SQL Server
220 (86.96 %)SQL Server Integration Services
319 (82.61 %)ETL
413 (56.52 %)Migration
413 (56.52 %)Data Migration
59 (39.13 %)iSeries
67 (30.43 %)Data Analysis
76 (26.09 %)Systems Analysis
76 (26.09 %)Microsoft
85 (21.74 %)Insurance
91 (4.348 %)Struts
91 (4.348 %)J2EE
91 (4.348 %)Java
91 (4.348 %)JavaScript

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.348 %)Struts
11 (4.348 %)J2EE
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (86.96 %)SQL Server
120 (86.96 %)SQL Server Integration Services
219 (82.61 %)ETL
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (86.96 %)Finance
25 (21.74 %)Insurance
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (60.87 %)Developer
213 (56.52 %)Senior Developer
213 (56.52 %)Senior AS400 Developer
213 (56.52 %)Senior RPG Developer
213 (56.52 %)RPG Developer
213 (56.52 %)AS400 Developer
39 (39.13 %)Programmer
39 (39.13 %)RPG Programmer
48 (34.78 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
48 (34.78 %)Analyst Programmer
48 (34.78 %)Analyst
56 (26.09 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
56 (26.09 %)Senior Programmer
56 (26.09 %)Senior RPG Analyst Programmer
56 (26.09 %)Senior RPG Programmer
56 (26.09 %)Senior Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Java Developer
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (91.30 %)AS400
29 (39.13 %)iSeries
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (56.52 %)Migration
113 (56.52 %)Data Migration
27 (30.43 %)Data Analysis
36 (26.09 %)Systems Analysis
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (91.30 %)SQL
21 (4.348 %)Java
21 (4.348 %)JavaScript
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (26.09 %)Microsoft