RPG Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IBM RPG
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring RPG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 118 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing RPG 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.099% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.33% 0.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £371 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £373 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.07% - -
75th Percentile £625 £374 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £600 £373 -
% change year-on-year +61.07% - -

All Programming Languages
City of London

RPG falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 599 715 823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 32.66% 35.27% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 455 595
10th Percentile £356 £406 £400
25th Percentile £430 £477 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £590
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -0.85% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £828
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £26.00 £51.80 -
25th Percentile £26.31 £74.38 £46.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £112.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.32% +135.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £48.75
90th Percentile £55.63 - -
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £41.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -25.30% -12.63% -17.39%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RPG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

RPG job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Insurance Systems Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (50.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) SQL