RPG Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM RPG
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 457 519
Rank change year-on-year +63 +62 -105
Contract jobs citing RPG 1 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.033% 0.026%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.021% 0.11% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile - - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £344
Median % change year-on-year - -12.73% +1.85%
75th Percentile - - £459
90th Percentile - £347 £494
UK median daily rate £420 £575 £363
% change year-on-year -26.96% +58.62% +3.57%
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 - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,857 7,087 9,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.36% 29.07% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,288 5,062 6,379
10th Percentile £319 £338 £331
25th Percentile £400 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £670 £680 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 359 341
10th Percentile £35.52 £22.37 £18.00
25th Percentile £48.43 £48.63 £32.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year - +25.63% +18.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £61.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% +22.35% +14.94%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for RPG in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for RPG in the UK excluding London

RPG
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South West - 1 - -
RPG
UK

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

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