RPG Contracts in London

IBM RPG
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 380 470 594
Rank change year-on-year +90 +124 -109
Contract jobs citing RPG 6 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.065% 0.057%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.093% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £613 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% - -
England median daily rate £420 £463 £350
% change year-on-year -9.19% +32.14% -

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,433 10,486 16,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.81% 40.30% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,915 7,864 12,496
10th Percentile £377 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £703
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 78 109
10th Percentile £23.80 £26.10 £30.45
25th Percentile £40.79 £46.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £58.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.52 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year - +23.43% +19.14%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for RPG in London

RPG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for RPG in London

RPG
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for RPG in London

RPG
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the London 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
Central London +42 3 - - 1
RPG
England

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (83.33%) MQSeries
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Private Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) RPG Developer
3 4 (66.67%) AS400 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) AS400
2 5 (83.33%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
1 3 (50.00%) Fintech
1 3 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) IBM Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM