The first table below looks at the demand for Progress 4GL skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress 4GL over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages category for the East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress 4GL
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Progress 4GL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £39.00
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
394 408 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 31.00% 29.85% 31.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 211 146
Average daily rate £313 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 50
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -45.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £8.50 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £39.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Progress 4GL
England

Progress 4GL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Progress 4GL across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East Midlands Progress 4GL Jobs Demand Trend

Progress 4GL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Progress 4GL across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Progress 4GL Hourly Rate Trend

Progress 4GL
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL.

1 3 (100.00%) OpenEdge
1 3 (100.00%) Progress
2 2 (66.67%) WebSpeed
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) PVCS
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (66.67%) Sculptor
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) SyteLine

Progress 4GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SyteLine
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WebSpeed
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) PVCS
1 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Progress Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Progress
2 2 (66.67%) Sculptor