RPG Contracts in London

IBM RPG
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 485 584
Rank change year-on-year +100 +99 -111
Contract jobs citing RPG 3 16 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.060% 0.062%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.047% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
England median daily rate £420 £450 £344
% change year-on-year -6.67% +30.91% -1.79%

All Programming Languages
London

RPG is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,409 10,827 16,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.22% 40.49% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,899 8,076 12,520
10th Percentile £380 £413 £417
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £731 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £541 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.33% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 85 113
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.55 £28.80
25th Percentile £34.42 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.88 £85.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.10
% change year-on-year +4.17% +19.76% +15.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for RPG in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for RPG in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (66.67%) MQSeries
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Private Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) RPG Developer
3 1 (33.33%) AS400 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (66.67%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM