The first table below looks at the demand for OpenEdge skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenEdge 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 Application Platforms category for the North West 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 OpenEdge
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+91.66% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
408 597 493
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.28% 18.93% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 308 261
Average daily rate £313 £319 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.88% -7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 39 33
Average hourly rate £19.50 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.60 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
OpenEdge
England

OpenEdge
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OpenEdge across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West OpenEdge Jobs Demand Trend

OpenEdge
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing OpenEdge 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 OpenEdge.

1 3 (100.00%) Progress
1 3 (100.00%) WebSpeed
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Sculptor
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) PVCS
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (66.67%) Progress 4GL

OpenEdge
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing OpenEdge 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 OpenEdge. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) WebSpeed
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) PVCS
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Progress 4GL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Progress
2 2 (66.67%) Sculptor