Hybrid/Remote RPG IV Contract Job Trends

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RPG IV skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 318 373
Rank change year-on-year +7 +55 +168
Contract jobs citing RPG IV 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.026% 0.006%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.028% 0.073% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £426 -
25th Percentile £325 £428 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £463 £300
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +54.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £375 £511 -
90th Percentile - £522 -
UK median daily rate £450 £480 £300
% change year-on-year -6.25% +60.00% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

RPG IV falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,562 4,119 5,508
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.05% 35.24% 31.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 2,734 4,054
10th Percentile £350 £329 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 57 136
10th Percentile £35.85 £21.25 £41.18
25th Percentile £55.95 £26.50 £52.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £66.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.40 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RPG IV and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

RPG IV job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

RPG IV
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RPG IV.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RPG IV

RPG IV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM