IBM RPG III
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RPG III skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 717 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RPG III 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.006% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

RPG III 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,514 13,966 32,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 33.31% 34.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10,536 10,257 25,061
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

RPG III
Job Vacancy Trend

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

RPG III job vacancy trend in the UK

RPG III
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RPG III.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RPG III

RPG III
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG III within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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 £60,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 2
England - 1 £60,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £60,000 - 2

RPG III
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) RPG IV
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM