RPG IV Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RPG IV skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 554 551
Rank change year-on-year - -3 +212
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 0 18 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.050% 0.046%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.16% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 16
10th Percentile - £47,250 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile - £59,000 £60,625
UK median annual salary £85,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +61.90% -4.55% +15.79%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

RPG IV 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,578 11,010 12,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.59% 30.69% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,942 5,933 9,857
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

RPG IV job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

RPG IV
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RPG IV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RPG IV