IBM RPG
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 927 1143
Rank change year-on-year +95 +216 -283
Permanent jobs citing RPG 82 37 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.036% 0.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.083% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 56 22 83
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,875 £42,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.88% +1.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,875 £55,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% +11.76%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,195 44,728 84,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.69% 43.23% 53.73%
Number of salaries quoted 24,962 28,546 44,049
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% +7.00%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG.

Salary trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in the UK

RPG
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +144 74 £52,500 -4.55% 8
UK excluding London +25 64 £45,000 -7.69% 3
Work from Home +75 24 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +47 22 £40,000 -15.79%
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
North of England +39 13 £52,500 -4.55% 2
West Midlands +30 13 £45,000 +5.88%
Midlands +27 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
North West +13 11 £52,500 -4.55% 1
London +133 10 £65,000 -16.13% 5
Yorkshire +79 2 £45,500 - 1
South West -26 2 - -

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (8.54%) Blender
1 7 (8.54%) Maya
2 4 (4.88%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.66%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.54%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.22%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.20%) Firewall
2 5 (6.10%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) DB2
2 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Eclipse
1 10 (12.20%) JIRA
General
1 23 (28.05%) Finance
2 17 (20.73%) Legal
3 15 (18.29%) Games
4 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.76%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.54%) Social Skills
7 5 (6.10%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 27 (32.93%) Developer
2 26 (31.71%) Programmer
3 25 (30.49%) Analyst
4 24 (29.27%) Analyst Programmer
5 18 (21.95%) RPG Developer
6 10 (12.20%) AS400 Developer
6 10 (12.20%) RPG Programmer
7 8 (9.76%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 7 (8.54%) 3D Artist
8 7 (8.54%) Software Developer
9 6 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Systems Programmer
10 4 (4.88%) Administrator
10 4 (4.88%) Art Director
10 4 (4.88%) Chief Technology Officer
10 4 (4.88%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (4.88%) Systems Analyst Programmer
11 3 (3.66%) Senior
11 3 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.66%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.63%) EDI
2 10 (12.20%) JSON
2 10 (12.20%) REST
2 10 (12.20%) Web Services
2 10 (12.20%) XML
2 10 (12.20%) XSL
3 5 (6.10%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.66%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.22%) Laravel
5 1 (1.22%) React
5 1 (1.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (40.24%) AS400
2 22 (26.83%) iSeries
3 14 (17.07%) Animation
4 10 (12.20%) Data Centre
4 10 (12.20%) Replication
5 4 (4.88%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.88%) PMI
6 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.22%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.22%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.83%) SDLC
3 15 (18.29%) ERP
4 14 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (17.07%) ITIL
5 11 (13.41%) Clean Code
5 11 (13.41%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (13.41%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (12.20%) B2B
6 10 (12.20%) BCP
6 10 (12.20%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (12.20%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (12.20%) High Availability
6 10 (12.20%) Modular Programming
6 10 (12.20%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (12.20%) Service Management
6 10 (12.20%) Task Automation
6 10 (12.20%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 38 (46.34%) SQL
2 25 (30.49%) RPG IV
3 16 (19.51%) RPG/400
4 4 (4.88%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.88%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (12.20%) Firmware
1 10 (12.20%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (52.44%) IBM
2 10 (12.20%) Dell
2 10 (12.20%) NetApp
2 10 (12.20%) Veeam
2 10 (12.20%) VMware
3 5 (6.10%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft