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The table below looks at the demand for the RPG Programmer role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RPG Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 RPG Programmer
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank205206
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads1326
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.181 %0.303 %
Salaries quoted1023
Average minimum salary£33,000£30,000
Average salary£34,600£32,391
% change on same period last year+6.81 %
Average maximum salary£36,200£34,783
UK excluding London average salary£36,084£34,682
% change on same period last year+4.04 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads71898571
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.653 %3.822 %
Salaries quoted61607335
Average minimum salary£33,437£34,093
Average salary£36,477£37,389
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum salary£39,517£40,686
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
RPG Programmer EnglandRPG Programmer
England

RPG Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing RPG Programmer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands RPG Programmer Demand Trend

RPG Programmer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands RPG Programmer Salary Trend

RPG Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RPG Programmer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

West Midlands RPG Programmer Salary Histogram

RPG Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG Programmer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireUp+44£39,000+11.42 %
BirminghamNew entry-3£33,000-
CoventryDown-52£28,000-20.00 %
RPG Programmer EnglandRPG Programmer
England

RPG Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited RPG Programmer in their job title 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 with RPG Programmer in their job title.

131 (100.00 %)RPG
226 (83.87 %)AS400
312 (38.71 %)iSeries
48 (25.81 %)Finance
48 (25.81 %)Degree
57 (22.58 %)Mathematics
57 (22.58 %)Internet
57 (22.58 %)Retail
66 (19.35 %)Banking
66 (19.35 %)Software Testing
66 (19.35 %)Retail Banking
66 (19.35 %)Unit Testing
75 (16.13 %)System Testing
75 (16.13 %)User Acceptance Testing
75 (16.13 %)EDI
75 (16.13 %)Java
84 (12.90 %)Project Management
93 (9.677 %)C
93 (9.677 %)COBOL
102 (6.452 %)SQL
102 (6.452 %)SQL Server
102 (6.452 %)Fund Management
102 (6.452 %)Insurance
102 (6.452 %)Pensions
111 (3.226 %)Business Intelligence
111 (3.226 %)IBM
111 (3.226 %)LANSA
111 (3.226 %)Change Management
111 (3.226 %)Logistics
111 (3.226 %)Visual LANSA

RPG Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited RPG Programmer in their job title 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 with RPG Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (16.13 %)EDI
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (22.58 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.452 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.226 %)Visual LANSA
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (25.81 %)Finance
27 (22.58 %)Retail
36 (19.35 %)Banking
36 (19.35 %)Retail Banking
42 (6.452 %)Insurance
42 (6.452 %)Pensions
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (83.87 %)AS400
212 (38.71 %)iSeries
37 (22.58 %)Mathematics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (19.35 %)Software Testing
16 (19.35 %)Unit Testing
25 (16.13 %)System Testing
25 (16.13 %)User Acceptance Testing
34 (12.90 %)Project Management
42 (6.452 %)Fund Management
51 (3.226 %)Business Intelligence
51 (3.226 %)Change Management
51 (3.226 %)Logistics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (100.00 %)RPG
25 (16.13 %)Java
33 (9.677 %)C
33 (9.677 %)COBOL
42 (6.452 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (25.81 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (3.226 %)IBM
11 (3.226 %)LANSA