RPG IV Contract Job Trends in England

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring RPG IV skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 469 558
Rank change year-on-year -76 +89 +138
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 5 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.015% 0.035% 0.003%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.050% 0.10% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile - £398 -
25th Percentile £425 £427 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £471 £300
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% +57.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £475 £520 -
90th Percentile - £539 -
UK median daily rate £450 £471 £300
% change year-on-year -4.51% +57.08% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
England

RPG IV 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,988 8,719 11,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.21% 33.45% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,649 5,537 8,122
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £656
90th Percentile £726 £774 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 207 485
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £36.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £42.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

RPG IV job vacancy trend in England

RPG IV
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG IV.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG IV

RPG IV
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG IV.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG IV

RPG IV
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the England region over the 6 months to 3 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -25 5 £450 +1.41% 1
RPG IV
UK

RPG IV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Grails
1 5 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) RPG