RPG Job Trends in Sutton Coldfield

IBM RPG
West Midlands > Sutton Coldfield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sutton Coldfield requiring RPG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RPG 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Sutton Coldfield 2.56% - 17.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £56,250 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £56,250 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Programming Languages
Sutton Coldfield

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 Sutton Coldfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sutton Coldfield 2.56% - 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £56,250 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in Sutton Coldfield

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

RPG job vacancy trend in Sutton Coldfield

RPG
Salary Trend in Sutton Coldfield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sutton Coldfield citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sutton Coldfield citing RPG

RPG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sutton Coldfield 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%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL