RPG Jobs in England

IBM RPG
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 775 874 1090
Rank change year-on-year +99 +216 -243
Permanent jobs citing RPG 77 35 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.040% 0.058%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.28% 0.093% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 51 22 76
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,875 £56,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% +5.56%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,898 37,654 73,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.64% 43.17% 53.45%
Number of salaries quoted 22,512 24,391 38,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

RPG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RPG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RPG in England

RPG
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RPG in England.

Salary trend for RPG in England

RPG
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing RPG in England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RPG in England

RPG
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RPG within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East +24 22 £40,000 -20.00%
North of England +35 16 £52,500 - 2
North West +10 14 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East of England - 14 £95,000 -
West Midlands +22 13 £45,000 +5.88%
Midlands -1 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
London +118 10 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Yorkshire +66 2 £45,500 -4.21% 1
South West -14 2 - -
RPG
UK

RPG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (9.09%) Blender
1 7 (9.09%) Maya
2 4 (5.19%) ZBrush
3 3 (3.90%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.30%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.99%) Firewall
2 5 (6.49%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) DB2
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Eclipse
1 10 (12.99%) JIRA
General
1 23 (29.87%) Finance
2 17 (22.08%) Legal
3 15 (19.48%) Games
4 8 (10.39%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Programmer
2 24 (31.17%) Analyst
3 23 (29.87%) Analyst Programmer
3 23 (29.87%) Developer
4 15 (19.48%) RPG Developer
5 13 (16.88%) RPG Programmer
6 11 (14.29%) RPG Analyst Programmer
7 7 (9.09%) 3D Artist
7 7 (9.09%) Software Developer
8 6 (7.79%) AS400 Developer
8 6 (7.79%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Administrator
9 4 (5.19%) Art Director
9 4 (5.19%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
9 4 (5.19%) AS400 Programmer
9 4 (5.19%) Chief Technology Officer
10 3 (3.90%) Senior
10 3 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) Technical Artist
11 2 (2.60%) Senior Analyst Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) EDI
2 10 (12.99%) JSON
2 10 (12.99%) REST
2 10 (12.99%) Web Services
2 10 (12.99%) XML
2 10 (12.99%) XSL
3 5 (6.49%) EDIFACT
4 3 (3.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.30%) Laravel
5 1 (1.30%) React
5 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (36.36%) AS400
2 22 (28.57%) iSeries
3 14 (18.18%) Animation
4 10 (12.99%) Data Centre
4 10 (12.99%) Replication
5 4 (5.19%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (5.19%) PMI
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) Mobile Games
7 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.30%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) SDLC
2 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (18.18%) ITIL
4 11 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 11 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 11 (14.29%) ERP
4 11 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (12.99%) BCP
5 10 (12.99%) Business Continuity
5 10 (12.99%) Business Continuity Planning
5 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.99%) Cost Reduction
5 10 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.99%) High Availability
5 10 (12.99%) Modular Programming
5 10 (12.99%) Performance Tuning
5 10 (12.99%) Proactive Maintenance
5 10 (12.99%) Systems Analysis
5 10 (12.99%) Task Automation
5 10 (12.99%) Texturing
Programming Languages
1 34 (44.16%) SQL
2 25 (32.47%) RPG IV
3 16 (20.78%) RPG/400
4 4 (5.19%) Java
5 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Firmware
1 10 (12.99%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.99%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (45.45%) IBM
2 10 (12.99%) Dell
2 10 (12.99%) NetApp
2 10 (12.99%) Veeam
2 10 (12.99%) VMware
3 1 (1.30%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft