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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 578 | 660 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +82 | +162 | -118 |
| Contract jobs citing RPG | 8 | 47 | 36 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.083% | 0.041% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.062% | 0.24% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 31 | 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 | - | £725 | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £775 | £490 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £388 | £344 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +12.73% | +1.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | - |
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 | 12,842 | 19,459 | 31,816 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.04% | 34.30% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,153 | 14,011 | 23,260 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +16.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 505 | 440 | 491 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.25 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.85 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +22.91% | +16.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.12 | £72.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.77 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +23.10% | +23.83% |
RPG
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
RPG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RPG.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RPG.
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Top 5 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 27 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +75 | 7 | £420 | -9.19% | 5 |
| London | +83 | 6 | £420 | -31.43% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +93 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +32 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - |
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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:
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