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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgress
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank219198
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.107 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£550-
Average daily rate£558-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£567-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£358
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.33£25.50
% change on same period last year+38.56 %
Vendors City of LondonVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads37523351
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.982 %3.438 %
Daily rates quoted19521430
Average minimum daily rate£423£438
Average daily rate£455£466
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£487£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£357
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted165140
Average minimum hourly rate£23.84£20.14
Average hourly rate£25.62£21.69
% change on same period last year+18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.41£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£25.11
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
Progress LondonProgress
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Progress Software Corporation.

Progress
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Progress Demand Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Progress across the City of London region.

City of London Progress Daily Rate Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Progress across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London Progress Daily Rate Histogram

Progress
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Progress 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 Progress.

13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)Middleware
13 (60.00 %)Credit Risk
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
13 (60.00 %)Continuous Integration
13 (60.00 %)WinForms
22 (40.00 %)N-Tier
31 (20.00 %)WebSpeed
31 (20.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Workflow
31 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)WPF
31 (20.00 %)WF
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %)CTC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Security Cleared

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Progress 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 Progress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (60.00 %)Middleware
13 (60.00 %)WinForms
21 (20.00 %)WPF
21 (20.00 %)WF
Development Applications
11 (20.00 %)WebSpeed
General
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Government
Job Titles
12 (40.00 %)Architect
12 (40.00 %)Developer
12 (40.00 %)Technical Lead
12 (40.00 %)Systems Architect
21 (20.00 %)Progress Developer
21 (20.00 %)Web Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Web Manager
21 (20.00 %)Web Content Manager
21 (20.00 %)Credit Risk Developer
21 (20.00 %)Java Developer
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)Project Manager
Miscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)Credit Risk
22 (40.00 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
13 (60.00 %)Continuous Integration
21 (20.00 %)CTC Cleared
21 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)Change Management
21 (20.00 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
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