RPG Developer Contracts in England

RPG Developer
UK > England

The median RPG Developer daily rate in England is £393, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 539 638
Rank change year-on-year +65 +99 +135
Contract jobs requiring an RPG Developer 11 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.008% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.009% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile £371 - -
25th Percentile £384 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £420 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £438 - £488
90th Percentile £550 - £650
UK median daily rate £393 £420 £375
% change year-on-year -6.55% +12.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

RPG Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured RPG Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RPG Developer in England

RPG Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for RPG Developer in England

RPG Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RPG Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RPG Developer in England

RPG Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for RPG Developer in England

RPG Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +43 7 £375 -10.71% 2
Midlands - 1 £600 -
South East - 1 £390 -
West Midlands - 1 £600 -
RPG Developer
UK

RPG Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, RPG Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring RPG Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) RPG
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
3 7 (63.64%) Finance
4 6 (54.55%) IBM
5 5 (45.45%) AS400
5 5 (45.45%) iSeries
5 5 (45.45%) RPG IV
6 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (36.36%) Degree
6 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
7 3 (27.27%) Web Development
7 3 (27.27%) Project Management
7 3 (27.27%) HTML
7 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
7 3 (27.27%) CSS
7 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
8 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
8 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (18.18%) XML
8 2 (18.18%) DB2
8 2 (18.18%) MQSeries
8 2 (18.18%) Private Banking
8 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (18.18%) Banking
8 2 (18.18%) Billing
9 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
9 1 (9.09%) Law
9 1 (9.09%) Agile
9 1 (9.09%) Data Conversion
9 1 (9.09%) RPG/400

RPG Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) DB2
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Billing
2 2 (18.18%) Private Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) CSS
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) XML
3 1 (9.09%) Middleware
3 1 (9.09%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) AS400
1 5 (45.45%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
2 3 (27.27%) Web Development
3 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Data Conversion
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) RPG
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
3 5 (45.45%) RPG IV
4 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.09%) Python
5 1 (9.09%) R
5 1 (9.09%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) IBM