RPG Job Trends in the City of London

IBM RPG
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring RPG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RPG 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.055% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £82,500 - -

All Programming Languages
City of London

RPG falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 693 1,324 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 38.04% 46.67% 50.55%
Number of salaries quoted 572 965 1,394
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £106,250 £96,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RPG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

RPG job vacancy trend in the City of London

RPG
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing RPG

RPG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) IBM