RPG Contracts

IBM RPG
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 637 804
Rank change year-on-year +69 +167 -93
Contract jobs citing RPG 7 45 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.080% 0.039%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.054% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 29 9
10th Percentile - £300 £250
25th Percentile - £381 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £530 £350
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +51.43% -
75th Percentile - £750 £388
90th Percentile - £790 £490
UK excluding London median daily rate - £388 £344
% change year-on-year - +12.73% +1.85%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,939 19,124 31,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.05% 34.12% 36.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,176 13,793 23,095
10th Percentile £350 £388 £388
25th Percentile £425 £461 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £660
90th Percentile £763 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 433 488
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.60 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.56
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.95 £71.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for RPG in the UK

RPG
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +83 6 £420 -40.00%
England +59 6 £420 -6.67% 3
Work from Home +88 1 - - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) MQSeries
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Private Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) RPG Developer
3 4 (57.14%) AS400 Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) AS400
1 6 (85.71%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Control
1 3 (42.86%) Fintech
1 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (42.86%) Wealth Management
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) IBM Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM