RPG Jobs in the UK excluding London

IBM RPG
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RPG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RPG over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 702 786
Rank change year-on-year +6 +84 -136
Permanent jobs citing RPG 66 31 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.092% 0.053% 0.091%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.29% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 40 17 61
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,175 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £114,250 £58,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,484 23,598 32,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.40% 40.02% 45.82%
Number of salaries quoted 16,339 13,287 21,008
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the UK excluding London

RPG
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for RPG in the UK excluding London

RPG
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in the UK excluding London

RPG
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +24 22 £40,000 -15.79%
North of England +46 15 £52,500 - 3
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands +22 13 £45,000 +5.88%
North West +6 13 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Midlands +1 13 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Yorkshire +76 2 £45,500 -4.21% 2
South West -26 2 - -
RPG
UK

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Blender
1 7 (10.61%) Maya
2 4 (6.06%) ZBrush
3 3 (4.55%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (10.61%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) DB2
2 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Eclipse
General
1 15 (22.73%) Games
2 13 (19.70%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.61%) Legal
5 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 24 (36.36%) Programmer
2 23 (34.85%) Analyst
2 23 (34.85%) Developer
3 22 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
4 15 (22.73%) RPG Developer
5 12 (18.18%) RPG Programmer
6 10 (15.15%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 7 (10.61%) 3D Artist
7 7 (10.61%) Software Developer
8 6 (9.09%) AS400 Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Art Director
9 4 (6.06%) Chief Technology Officer
10 3 (4.55%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
10 3 (4.55%) AS400 Programmer
10 3 (4.55%) Senior
10 3 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) Technical Artist
11 2 (3.03%) Senior Analyst Programmer
11 2 (3.03%) Senior Programmer
11 2 (3.03%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.18%) EDI
2 10 (15.15%) JSON
2 10 (15.15%) REST
2 10 (15.15%) Web Services
2 10 (15.15%) XML
2 10 (15.15%) XSL
3 5 (7.58%) EDIFACT
4 3 (4.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.52%) Laravel
5 1 (1.52%) React
5 1 (1.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.33%) iSeries
2 21 (31.82%) AS400
3 14 (21.21%) Animation
4 4 (6.06%) Motion Graphics
4 4 (6.06%) PMI
5 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.52%) Mobile Games
6 1 (1.52%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) SDLC
2 19 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 11 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 11 (16.67%) ERP
3 11 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (15.15%) Modular Programming
4 10 (15.15%) Systems Analysis
4 10 (15.15%) Texturing
5 9 (13.64%) Project Management
5 9 (13.64%) Unit Testing
6 7 (10.61%) Business Analysis
6 7 (10.61%) Software Testing
6 7 (10.61%) Time Management
6 7 (10.61%) Workflow
7 6 (9.09%) B2B
8 4 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (6.06%) ITIL
8 4 (6.06%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 34 (51.52%) SQL
2 25 (37.88%) RPG IV
3 16 (24.24%) RPG/400
4 4 (6.06%) Java
5 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (6.06%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) COBIT
Vendors
1 25 (37.88%) IBM
2 1 (1.52%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft