Progress Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Progress
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring knowledge or experience of Progress products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Progress over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Progress 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales - - 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category - - 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £503
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.69%
75th Percentile - - £516
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate - - £503
% change year-on-year - - -30.69%

All Vendors
South Wales

Progress falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 196 107 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 46.56% 44.77% 36.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 69 93
10th Percentile £280 £186 £186
25th Percentile £350 £250 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £509
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -21.34% +0.44%
75th Percentile £588 £475 £553
90th Percentile £775 £532 £625
Wales median daily rate £468 £375 £503
% change year-on-year +24.67% -25.37% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 10
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.97 £11.00
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £11.95
Median hourly rate £20.12 £22.50 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -68.75% +113.33%
75th Percentile £21.25 £41.25 £87.35
90th Percentile £55.00 - £87.82
Wales median hourly rate £21.13 £21.76 £39.50
% change year-on-year -2.90% -44.92% +97.50%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Progress relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Progress job vacancy trend in South Wales

Progress
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Progress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Progress