RPG IV Contract Job Trends in London

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring RPG IV skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 370 412
Rank change year-on-year -5 +42 +163
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 5 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.053% 0.005%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.092% 0.14% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - £393 -
25th Percentile £425 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £300
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +54.17% -42.86%
75th Percentile £475 £494 -
90th Percentile - £515 -
England median daily rate £450 £480 £300
% change year-on-year -6.25% +60.00% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,428 5,824 6,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.80% 38.46% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,648 3,933 5,149
10th Percentile £370 £375 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £810
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 39 67
10th Percentile £25.29 £35.60 £26.25
25th Percentile £33.88 £40.06 £36.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -0.79%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

RPG IV job vacancy trend in London

RPG IV
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

RPG IV
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

RPG IV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 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