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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 871 971
Rank change year-on-year +188 +100 +191
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 9 25 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.025% 0.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.058% 0.075% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 12
10th Percentile £50,000 - £41,263
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year +27.78% -2.70% +2.78%

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 15,622 33,278 45,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.02% 33.79% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,533 25,047 28,788
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +2.33%

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
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 1 May 2025. 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
UK excluding London +191 7 £57,500 +27.78% 4
England +155 6 £57,500 +27.78% 2
Work from Home - 5 £57,500 - 2
East of England - 4 £57,500 -
Scotland - 2 - - 2
London - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 -

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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) FTP
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
2 1 (11.11%) QlikView
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) AS400 Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
1 4 (44.44%) Lead Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Support
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) AS400
2 8 (88.89%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
1 4 (44.44%) High Availability
1 4 (44.44%) Inventory Management
1 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Software Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
1 4 (44.44%) TDD
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
1 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) RPG
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft