The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RPG skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RPG over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
RPG falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
5,080
8,696
16,767
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
34.43%
36.42%
38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,656
6,423
12,512
10th Percentile
£356
£381
£381
25th Percentile
£425
£450
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£550
£538
Median % change year-on-year
-4.55%
+2.33%
+7.50%
75th Percentile
£650
£672
£638
90th Percentile
£800
£775
£738
UK median daily rate
£525
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.55%
-
+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
132
187
184
10th Percentile
£29.38
£26.96
£20.25
25th Percentile
£44.88
£50.00
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£55.00
£62.50
£50.00
Median % change year-on-year
-12.00%
+25.00%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£72.50
£70.00
£62.69
90th Percentile
£85.00
£85.00
£75.00
UK median hourly rate
£62.50
£62.50
£52.25
% change year-on-year
-
+19.62%
+16.76%
RPG Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
RPG Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing RPG.
RPG Top 3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, contractor job vacancies citing RPG also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for RPG.
RPG Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:
