The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 226 242 227
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -15
Contract jobs citing Progress 3 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.039% 0.146%
As % of the Vendors category 0.075% 0.078% 0.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £458 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.37% -
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3980 5105 5023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.24% 49.35% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 2222 1977
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 390 415
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.31 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Progress
England

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Progress Jobs Demand Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Progress across the South East region.

South East Progress Daily Rate Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Progress across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Progress Daily Rate Histogram

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Progress Hourly Rate Trend

Progress
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire - 2 £504 -
Progress
England

Progress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Flash
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (33.33%) Subversion
2 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 2 (33.33%) JSON
2 2 (33.33%) Drupal
2 2 (33.33%) jQuery
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) WordPress
2 2 (33.33%) Joomla!
2 2 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
2 2 (33.33%) Git (software)
3 1 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (16.67%) New Media
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Software Packaging
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) Flash
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) jQuery
1 2 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (16.67%) Software Packaging
2 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
1 2 (33.33%) Drupal
1 2 (33.33%) WordPress
1 2 (33.33%) Joomla!
2 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
2 1 (16.67%) OpenEdge
2 1 (16.67%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (16.67%) HFM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Subversion
1 2 (33.33%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Web Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) ERP Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) WebLogic Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Progress Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Social Media
1 1 (16.67%) New Media
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) Sage