The first table below looks at the demand for Progress 4GL skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 24 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 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
24 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 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 £225 -
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £39.00
All Programming Languages
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
43 85 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 25.00% 31.95% 23.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 23 20
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £238 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +55.31%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Midlands Progress 4GL Jobs Demand Trend