IBM RPG
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring RPG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 185 | 174 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -11 | +106 |
| Permanent jobs citing RPG | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | - | 0.30% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 1.17% | 0.096% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £38,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £42,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £52,500 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.00% | -44.44% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £57,500 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £85,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +61.90% | +5.00% | -20.00% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
RPG 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 | 712 | 1,108 | 1,040 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 13.54% | 25.55% | 31.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 578 | 569 | 933 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £33,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,625 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £53,688 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.44% | +2.26% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £68,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £77,350 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RPG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing RPG.
