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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM RPG
Rank 201 165 156
Rank change year-on-year
-36 -9
Permanent jobs citing RPG 3 20 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.439% 0.479%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.122% 0.813% 1.038%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 19
Average salary £49,295 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.84% -9.67%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2469 2459 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.11% 53.95% 46.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2154 2212 1735
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
RPG
England

RPG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands RPG Jobs Demand Trend

RPG
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -19 3 £49,295 +35.98%
RPG
England

RPG
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Games
1 3 (75.00%) Billing
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) AS400
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) iSeries
2 1 (25.00%) J2EE
2 1 (25.00%) DB2
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware

RPG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) J2EE
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Games
1 3 (75.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Games Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AS400
1 1 (25.00%) iSeries
1 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus