Progress Contracts in England

Progress
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Progress over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 648 687
Rank change year-on-year +139 +39 -74
Contract jobs citing Progress 26 15 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.030% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.17% 0.071% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 26
10th Percentile £190 £412 £197
25th Percentile £210 £460 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £515 £650
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% -20.77% +25.00%
75th Percentile £532 £704 £791
90th Percentile £548 £776 £900
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% -13.04% +16.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.71 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £15.61 - £20.00
75th Percentile £16.50 - £21.00
90th Percentile £45.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.61 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -27.84%

All Vendors
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,613 21,186 27,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.24% 41.91% 39.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,913 14,600 19,083
10th Percentile £256 £265 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,002 609 793
10th Percentile £12.01 £15.19 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.50 £43.80
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Progress in England

Progress
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Progress in England.

Daily rate trend for Progress in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Progress in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Progress in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Progress in England.

Hourly rate trend for Progress in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Progress in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Progress in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +108 14 £210 -58.21% 16
West Midlands +35 7 £450 - 3
Midlands +28 7 £450 - 3
South East +22 1 £400 -38.46% 10
South West - 1 £525 - 1
Progress
UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
1 7 (26.92%) Skype for Business
2 4 (15.38%) Confluence
3 1 (3.85%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Maximo
2 1 (3.85%) MFGPRO
2 1 (3.85%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (26.92%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (26.92%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
General
1 4 (15.38%) Avionics
1 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Back Office
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) French Language
4 1 (3.85%) Front Office
4 1 (3.85%) German Language
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Polish Language
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 6 (23.08%) IT Support
2 6 (23.08%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Administrator
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Project Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Support Officer
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Project Officer
5 2 (7.69%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Officer
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) HR Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) iPhone
2 5 (19.23%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) FMCG
4 1 (3.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Android
2 7 (26.92%) Mac OS X
2 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.85%) HPUX
3 1 (3.85%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Project Delivery
2 8 (30.77%) Project Management
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) Mobile Device Management
3 7 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 4 (15.38%) Scrum
4 4 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (11.54%) Conflict Resolution
6 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.85%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.85%) Data Architecture
7 1 (3.85%) Marketing Strategy
7 1 (3.85%) Predictive Modelling
7 1 (3.85%) Project Governance
7 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Identification
7 1 (3.85%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) EMIR
2 1 (3.85%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (26.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) Apple
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Citrix
2 7 (26.92%) Mitel
3 2 (7.69%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) Anaplan
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) QAD
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce