The first table below looks at the demand for OpenEdge skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenEdge over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress OpenEdge
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 - £288
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
128 148 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.41% 18.27% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 75 88
Average daily rate £325 £338 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.50 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
OpenEdge
North West

OpenEdge
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing OpenEdge also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OpenEdge.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) PVCS
1 2 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) WebSpeed
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Sculptor

OpenEdge
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing OpenEdge also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OpenEdge. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) PVCS
1 2 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (100.00%) WebSpeed
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) Sculptor