RPG IV Contracts

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RPG IV skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RPG IV over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 687 838
Rank change year-on-year +103 +151 -145
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 1 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.008% 0.030% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £393 -
25th Percentile - £438 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £538 £403
90th Percentile - - £454
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £300
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Programming Languages
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,657 20,243 31,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.55% 34.85% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,005 14,597 23,243
10th Percentile £350 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.10% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 460 505
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.12 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.67 £78.00 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £60.94 £49.75
% change year-on-year +2.56% +22.49% +19.88%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England +98 1 - -
London +83 1 - -

RPG IV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM