RPG IV Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM RPG IV (ILE RPG)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring RPG IV 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 198 - 240
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RPG IV 1 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.012% - 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.10% - 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% +27.78% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 957 780 1,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.94% 23.27% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 722 598 1,638
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,875 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £75,916
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

RPG IV
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

RPG IV job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

RPG IV
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing RPG IV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing RPG IV

RPG IV
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG IV within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham - 1 £60,000 - 2
RPG IV
England

RPG IV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 III
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM