RPG Contracts in England

IBM RPG
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 614 744
Rank change year-on-year +90 +130 -127
Contract jobs citing RPG 7 32 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.066% 0.046%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.064% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 22 9
10th Percentile - £300 £250
25th Percentile - £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £463 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +32.14% -
75th Percentile - £552 £388
90th Percentile - £759 £490
UK median daily rate £420 £530 £350
% change year-on-year -20.75% +51.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Programming Languages
England

RPG is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,903 16,906 25,969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.95% 34.89% 36.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,919 12,370 19,191
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 404 450
10th Percentile £37.59 £25.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £49.53 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.64
Median % change year-on-year - +23.43% +19.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £79.59 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.36 £60.70 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.73% +21.16% +17.03%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in England

RPG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG in England.

Daily rate trend for RPG in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG in England.

Hourly rate trend for RPG in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +90 6 £420 -31.43% 2
South West - 1 - -
RPG
UK

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (71.43%) MQSeries
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Private Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (85.71%) RPG Developer
3 4 (57.14%) AS400 Developer
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) AS400
2 5 (71.43%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Control
1 3 (42.86%) Fintech
1 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (42.86%) Wealth Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) IBM Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM