RPG/400 Job Trends in England

IBM RPG/400
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring RPG/400 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 - 809
Rank change year-on-year - - +119
Permanent jobs citing RPG/400 1 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.001% - 0.019%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.007% - 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 - £45,000

All Programming Languages
England

RPG/400 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,165 12,641 27,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.54% 32.47% 32.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,929 9,112 22,446
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,375 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

RPG/400
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RPG/400 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

RPG/400 job vacancy trend in England

RPG/400
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG/400.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RPG/400

RPG/400
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG/400 within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 1
RPG/400
UK

RPG/400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) RPG IV
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM