Progress Jobs

Progress
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Progress over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 773 1147
Rank change year-on-year -38 +374 -236
Permanent jobs citing Progress 94 173 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.18% 0.069%
As % of the Vendors category 0.25% 0.44% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 62 142 50
10th Percentile £26,250 - £34,864
25th Percentile £40,313 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +19.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £74,235
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,750 £90,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £52,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -17.14% +7.69% +19.63%

All Vendors
UK

Progress is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,055 39,374 65,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.21% 41.54% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,982 23,486 33,183
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Progress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Progress.

Salary trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Progress in the UK

Progress
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +23 91 £50,000 -4.76% 41
UK excluding London -123 64 £43,500 -17.14% 23
Work from Home -41 38 £58,000 +10.48% 18
London +116 30 £58,000 -10.77% 19
North of England -24 25 £58,000 +10.48% 7
Yorkshire +41 15 £40,000 -23.81% 2
East of England - 13 £43,500 - 1
Midlands -18 12 £22,000 -60.00% 4
West Midlands -18 11 - - 4
North West -33 10 £58,000 +10.48% 5
South East -4 9 £24,500 -2.49% 7
Wales +6 3 £42,500 +75.26% 1
South West -34 2 £50,000 +25.00% 1
East Midlands - 1 £22,000 -

Progress
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 42 (44.68%) OpenEdge
2 3 (3.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.06%) InDesign
3 1 (1.06%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.06%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.45%) AWS
2 4 (4.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.26%) SaaS
3 3 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (3.19%) Serverless
4 1 (1.06%) Azure
4 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) Firewall
1 4 (4.26%) Internet
1 4 (4.26%) TCP/IP
1 4 (4.26%) VLAN
1 4 (4.26%) VoIP
1 4 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.26%) Power BI
2 2 (2.13%) MySQL
3 1 (1.06%) Data Mart
3 1 (1.06%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (14.89%) JIRA
2 2 (2.13%) Git
General
1 33 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (5.32%) Marketing
5 4 (4.26%) Advertising
6 3 (3.19%) Legal
6 3 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.06%) Finance
7 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.06%) Front Office
7 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (50.00%) Developer
2 43 (45.74%) Progress Developer
3 30 (31.91%) OpenEdge Developer
4 25 (26.60%) Project Manager
5 12 (12.77%) Junior
6 11 (11.70%) Junior Project Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Programme Manager
8 4 (4.26%) 1st Line Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.26%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Content Coordinator
8 4 (4.26%) Coordinator
8 4 (4.26%) Lead
8 4 (4.26%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Senior
9 3 (3.19%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Senior Progress Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Technical Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.45%) Node.js
2 3 (3.19%) Spring
2 3 (3.19%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.13%) .NET
3 2 (2.13%) CSS
3 2 (2.13%) FHIR
3 2 (2.13%) HTML
3 2 (2.13%) jQuery
3 2 (2.13%) React
3 2 (2.13%) React Native
3 2 (2.13%) RESTful
3 2 (2.13%) SOAP
4 1 (1.06%) ADO
4 1 (1.06%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.64%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (4.26%) Video Editing
3 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.13%) Legacy Code
4 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.06%) Animation
5 1 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.06%) Equities
5 1 (1.06%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.51%) Linux
2 5 (5.32%) Windows
3 4 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (15.96%) Project Management
3 12 (12.77%) Agile
4 10 (10.64%) CAD
4 10 (10.64%) Logistics
5 9 (9.57%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.38%) Critical Thinking
7 6 (6.38%) Insurtech
7 6 (6.38%) Performance Management
7 6 (6.38%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (5.32%) Mathematics
8 5 (5.32%) SDLC
9 4 (4.26%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (4.26%) Change Control
9 4 (4.26%) Content Writing
9 4 (4.26%) DevOps
9 4 (4.26%) Infographics
9 4 (4.26%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.38%) Progress 4GL
2 4 (4.26%) PHP
3 3 (3.19%) Java
3 3 (3.19%) SQL
4 2 (2.13%) C
4 2 (2.13%) C#
4 2 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (13.83%) Degree
2 3 (3.19%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.06%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) HL7
2 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.06%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (4.26%) Cisco
1 4 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.06%) Adobe
2 1 (1.06%) Ariba
2 1 (1.06%) Murex
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle
2 1 (1.06%) SAP
2 1 (1.06%) Sybase