RPG Contracts in the South West

IBM RPG
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 - 173
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RPG 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.031% - 0.027%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% - 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
England median daily rate £420 £525 £350
% change year-on-year -20.00% +50.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 617 1,076 1,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.34% 29.19% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 768 779
10th Percentile £325 £346 £363
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £625
England median daily rate £538 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% +3.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 107 68
10th Percentile £40.00 £49.87 £46.57
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.33 £53.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £61.60 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.44% +25.00% +16.80%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG in the South West.

Daily rate trend for RPG in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for RPG in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 April 2024. 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
Devon - 1 - -
RPG
England

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM