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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 942 1134
Rank change year-on-year +131 +192 -271
Permanent jobs citing RPG 83 39 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.039% 0.056%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.089% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 57 24 81
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +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 33,203 43,593 84,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.46% 43.21% 53.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,989 27,864 43,488
10th Percentile £35,195 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £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 £106,925 £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 11 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 11 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 +119 75 £52,500 -4.55% 7
UK excluding London +36 65 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Work from Home +84 25 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +26 22 £40,000 -15.79%
North of England +32 14 £52,500 - 2
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands +21 13 £45,000 +5.88%
Midlands +4 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
North West +5 12 £52,500 -4.55% 1
London +132 10 £65,000 -16.13% 4
Yorkshire +75 2 £45,500 -4.21% 1
South West -29 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 (8.43%) Blender
1 7 (8.43%) Maya
2 4 (4.82%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.61%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.43%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.20%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.05%) Firewall
2 5 (6.02%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) DB2
2 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Eclipse
1 10 (12.05%) JIRA
General
1 23 (27.71%) Finance
2 17 (20.48%) Legal
3 15 (18.07%) Games
4 9 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.43%) Social Skills
7 5 (6.02%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 27 (32.53%) Developer
1 27 (32.53%) Programmer
2 26 (31.33%) Analyst
3 25 (30.12%) Analyst Programmer
4 18 (21.69%) RPG Developer
5 11 (13.25%) RPG Programmer
6 10 (12.05%) AS400 Developer
7 9 (10.84%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 7 (8.43%) 3D Artist
8 7 (8.43%) Software Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Systems Programmer
10 4 (4.82%) Administrator
10 4 (4.82%) Art Director
10 4 (4.82%) Chief Technology Officer
10 4 (4.82%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Systems Analyst Programmer
11 3 (3.61%) Senior
11 3 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.61%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.46%) EDI
2 10 (12.05%) JSON
2 10 (12.05%) REST
2 10 (12.05%) Web Services
2 10 (12.05%) XML
2 10 (12.05%) XSL
3 5 (6.02%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.61%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.20%) Laravel
5 1 (1.20%) React
5 1 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (40.96%) AS400
2 22 (26.51%) iSeries
3 14 (16.87%) Animation
4 10 (12.05%) Data Centre
4 10 (12.05%) Replication
5 4 (4.82%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.82%) PMI
6 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.20%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.51%) SDLC
3 15 (18.07%) ERP
4 14 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (16.87%) ITIL
5 11 (13.25%) Clean Code
5 11 (13.25%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (13.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (12.05%) B2B
6 10 (12.05%) BCP
6 10 (12.05%) Business Continuity
6 10 (12.05%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (12.05%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (12.05%) High Availability
6 10 (12.05%) Modular Programming
6 10 (12.05%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (12.05%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (12.05%) Task Automation
6 10 (12.05%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 38 (45.78%) SQL
2 25 (30.12%) RPG IV
3 16 (19.28%) RPG/400
4 4 (4.82%) Java
5 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 6 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (12.05%) Firmware
1 10 (12.05%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (51.81%) IBM
2 10 (12.05%) Dell
2 10 (12.05%) NetApp
2 10 (12.05%) Veeam
2 10 (12.05%) VMware
3 5 (6.02%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft