Hybrid/Remote RPG Job Trends

IBM RPG
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring RPG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 440 489
Rank change year-on-year +74 +49 +215
Permanent jobs citing RPG 9 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.060% 0.035% 0.024%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.22% 0.083% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile - £49,250 £32,350
25th Percentile £28,500 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £52,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% +40.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £29,500 £55,000 £40,000
90th Percentile - £55,750 £53,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +61.90% +5.00% -16.67%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

RPG falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,131 7,218 9,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.34% 42.68% 46.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,126 4,562 8,041
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,288 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £61,900 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.77% +4.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RPG and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

RPG job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RPG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RPG

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Maya
1 5 (55.56%) MotionBuilder
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Synon
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Games
2 6 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Animator
2 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Animator
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Animation
1 6 (66.67%) Xbox
2 5 (55.56%) State Machine
3 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Storytelling
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) RAD
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Game Development
4 1 (11.11%) Motion Capture
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM