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 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 806 940 1159
Rank change year-on-year +134 +219 -280
Permanent jobs citing RPG 84 37 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.037% 0.053%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.086% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 58 22 79
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,875 £55,250
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% - +15.15%

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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £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 18 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 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
England +132 76 £52,500 -4.55% 7
UK excluding London +6 66 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Work from Home +79 26 £50,000 -9.09% 3
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
London +116 10 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Yorkshire +76 2 £45,500 -4.21% 2
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 (8.33%) Blender
1 7 (8.33%) Maya
2 4 (4.76%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.57%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (8.33%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.19%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.90%) Firewall
2 5 (5.95%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) DB2
2 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Eclipse
1 10 (11.90%) JIRA
General
1 23 (27.38%) Finance
2 17 (20.24%) Legal
3 15 (17.86%) Games
4 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.33%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 28 (33.33%) Programmer
2 27 (32.14%) Analyst
2 27 (32.14%) Developer
3 26 (30.95%) Analyst Programmer
4 18 (21.43%) RPG Developer
5 12 (14.29%) RPG Programmer
6 10 (11.90%) AS400 Developer
6 10 (11.90%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 7 (8.33%) 3D Artist
7 7 (8.33%) Software Developer
8 6 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Systems Programmer
9 4 (4.76%) Administrator
9 4 (4.76%) Art Director
9 4 (4.76%) Chief Technology Officer
9 4 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (4.76%) Systems Analyst Programmer
10 3 (3.57%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
10 3 (3.57%) AS400 Programmer
10 3 (3.57%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.29%) EDI
2 10 (11.90%) JSON
2 10 (11.90%) REST
2 10 (11.90%) Web Services
2 10 (11.90%) XML
2 10 (11.90%) XSL
3 5 (5.95%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.19%) Laravel
5 1 (1.19%) React
5 1 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (41.67%) AS400
2 22 (26.19%) iSeries
3 14 (16.67%) Animation
4 10 (11.90%) Data Centre
4 10 (11.90%) Replication
5 4 (4.76%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.76%) PMI
6 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.19%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.19%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.19%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.19%) SDLC
3 15 (17.86%) ERP
4 14 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (16.67%) ITIL
5 11 (13.10%) Clean Code
5 11 (13.10%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (13.10%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (11.90%) B2B
6 10 (11.90%) BCP
6 10 (11.90%) Business Continuity Planning
6 10 (11.90%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (11.90%) High Availability
6 10 (11.90%) Modular Programming
6 10 (11.90%) Performance Tuning
6 10 (11.90%) Service Management
6 10 (11.90%) Task Automation
6 10 (11.90%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 38 (45.24%) SQL
2 25 (29.76%) RPG IV
3 16 (19.05%) RPG/400
4 4 (4.76%) Java
5 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) Degree
2 6 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (11.90%) Firmware
1 10 (11.90%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (51.19%) IBM
2 10 (11.90%) Dell
2 10 (11.90%) NetApp
2 10 (11.90%) Veeam
2 10 (11.90%) VMware
3 5 (5.95%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft