IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring RPG IV skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited RPG IV over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 705 1066
Rank change year-on-year -42 +361 -24
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 19 25 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.047% 0.007%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.089% 0.12% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 8
10th Percentile £42,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,813 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,563 £58,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £57,500 - £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% +5.56%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 21,409 21,547 56,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.87% 40.67% 45.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12,467 16,785 35,998
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,730 £38,442
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,788 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £106,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RPG IV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG IV.

Salary trend for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG IV over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG IV in the UK

RPG IV
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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
England -63 18 £52,500 -8.70% 1
UK excluding London -79 18 £52,500 -8.70% 1
West Midlands - 13 £52,500 -
Midlands - 13 £52,500 -
Work from Home +12 6 £52,500 -12.50% 1
North West - 5 £52,500 -
North of England - 5 £52,500 -

RPG IV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) MQSeries
1 1 (5.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) AWS
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Programmer
2 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) RPG Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Analyst Programmer
3 5 (26.32%) Development Manager
3 5 (26.32%) IT Development Manager
3 5 (26.32%) IT Manager
4 4 (21.05%) RPG Analyst Programmer
4 4 (21.05%) RPG Programmer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
6 1 (5.26%) AS400 Programmer
6 1 (5.26%) Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Development Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Analyst Programmer
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (47.37%) Node.js
2 8 (42.11%) HTML
3 5 (26.32%) EDI
4 2 (10.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) iSeries
2 5 (26.32%) AS400
3 4 (21.05%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
1 9 (47.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) ERP
1 9 (47.37%) Open Source
2 8 (42.11%) Web Design
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Clean Code
3 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
3 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) Scrum
3 4 (21.05%) SDLC
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) High Availability
4 3 (15.79%) Information Management
5 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.26%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) RPG
2 17 (89.47%) SQL
3 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
4 4 (21.05%) Java
4 4 (21.05%) RPG/400
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) IBM
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Cognos