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 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 900 1194
Rank change year-on-year +68 +294 -292
Permanent jobs citing RPG 89 40 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.043% 0.044%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.26% 0.10% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 72
10th Percentile £36,300 £41,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
% change year-on-year - +5.13% +8.33%

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 34,431 39,067 92,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.58% 42.06% 54.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25,574 26,266 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in the UK

RPG
Top 13 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 10 June 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 +81 81 £52,500 -4.55% 8
UK excluding London -10 71 £51,250 - 5
Work from Home +38 30 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +3 22 £40,000 -23.81% 2
North of England +15 19 £55,000 +4.76% 1
North West -11 17 £55,000 -
Midlands -19 14 £45,000 +5.88% 2
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands -2 13 £45,000 +5.88%
London +93 10 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Yorkshire +64 2 £45,500 -4.21% 1
South West -25 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 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 (7.87%) Blender
1 7 (7.87%) Maya
2 4 (4.49%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.37%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.12%) AWS
2 1 (1.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.24%) Firewall
2 5 (5.62%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) DB2
2 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.24%) Eclipse
1 10 (11.24%) JIRA
General
1 23 (25.84%) Finance
2 17 (19.10%) Legal
3 15 (16.85%) Games
4 10 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.11%) Manufacturing
6 8 (8.99%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Music Industry
8 1 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (35.96%) Programmer
2 31 (34.83%) Analyst
3 30 (33.71%) Analyst Programmer
4 27 (30.34%) Developer
5 18 (20.22%) RPG Developer
6 16 (17.98%) RPG Programmer
7 14 (15.73%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 10 (11.24%) AS400 Developer
9 7 (7.87%) 3D Artist
9 7 (7.87%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
9 7 (7.87%) AS400 Programmer
9 7 (7.87%) Software Developer
10 6 (6.74%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (6.74%) Systems Programmer
11 4 (4.49%) Administrator
11 4 (4.49%) Art Director
11 4 (4.49%) Chief Technology Officer
11 4 (4.49%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (4.49%) Systems Analyst Programmer
12 3 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) EDI
2 10 (11.24%) JSON
2 10 (11.24%) REST
2 10 (11.24%) Web Services
2 10 (11.24%) XML
2 10 (11.24%) XSL
3 5 (5.62%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (2.25%) React
6 1 (1.12%) .NET
6 1 (1.12%) Laravel
6 1 (1.12%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 39 (43.82%) AS400
2 22 (24.72%) iSeries
3 14 (15.73%) Animation
4 10 (11.24%) Data Centre
4 10 (11.24%) Replication
5 4 (4.49%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.49%) PMI
6 2 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.12%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.12%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.12%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (25.84%) SDLC
3 15 (16.85%) ERP
4 14 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (15.73%) ITIL
5 11 (12.36%) Clean Code
5 11 (12.36%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (12.36%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (11.24%) B2B
6 10 (11.24%) BCP
6 10 (11.24%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (11.24%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.24%) High Availability
6 10 (11.24%) Modular Programming
6 10 (11.24%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (11.24%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (11.24%) Systems Analysis
6 10 (11.24%) Task Automation
6 10 (11.24%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 39 (43.82%) SQL
2 25 (28.09%) RPG IV
3 16 (17.98%) RPG/400
4 5 (5.62%) Java
5 3 (3.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) C
6 1 (1.12%) C++
6 1 (1.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Degree
2 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (11.24%) Firmware
1 10 (11.24%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (11.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (49.44%) IBM
2 10 (11.24%) Dell
2 10 (11.24%) NetApp
2 10 (11.24%) Veeam
2 10 (11.24%) VMware
3 5 (5.62%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (5.62%) Microsoft