The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress 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 Vendors for the Lincolnshire 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.

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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Progress 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £306
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.29 - £39.00
All Vendors
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
18 31 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 32.14% 70.45% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 6
Average daily rate £263 £263 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Progress
East Midlands

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the Lincolnshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Lincolnshire Progress Jobs Demand Trend

Progress
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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.

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

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) OpenEdge
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%) Sculptor