RPG Contract Job Trends in Leeds

IBM RPG
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring RPG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 51 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RPG 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds - 0.22% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £368 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - £368 -

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 264 175 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 34.78% 37.72% 26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 114 179
10th Percentile £335 £327 £313
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% +2.37% -11.63%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £594
90th Percentile £650 £725 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.89% - -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £28.34 £23.70
25th Percentile - £31.47 £30.08
Median hourly rate - £90.42 £41.35
Median % change year-on-year - +118.64% -37.58%
75th Percentile - £102.00 £51.99
90th Percentile - - £58.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £61.61 £26.78
% change year-on-year - +130.07% -59.58%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

RPG job vacancy trend in Leeds

RPG
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing RPG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing RPG