RPG/400 Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM RPG/400
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RPG/400 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RPG/400 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RPG/400 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.027% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 - -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

RPG/400 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

RPG/400
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RPG/400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RPG/400 in the UK excluding London

RPG/400
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG/400 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RPG/400 in the UK excluding London

RPG/400
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG/400 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RPG/400 in the UK excluding London

RPG/400
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/400 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Midlands - 1 £600 -
West Midlands - 1 £600 -
RPG/400
UK

RPG/400
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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM