RPG Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IBM RPG
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring RPG skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited RPG over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 559 639
Rank change year-on-year +138 +80 +162
Permanent jobs citing RPG 11 24 23
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.067% 0.071% 0.054%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 19
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,250
25th Percentile - £37,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £71,250
90th Percentile - - £81,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -9.09% +18.28%

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 6,337 13,800 20,832
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.62% 40.76% 49.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,862 11,439 15,333
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

RPG
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

RPG trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

RPG
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing RPG.

RPG salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

RPG
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing RPG over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

RPG salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) DB2
1 1 (9.09%) MS Access
1 1 (9.09%) QlikView
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 6 (54.55%) RPG Developer
3 4 (36.36%) AS400 Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Support
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) AS400
2 4 (36.36%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Systems Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (36.36%) Inventory Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) RPG IV
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) IBM
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft