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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 17 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 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 113 138 116
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -22
Contract jobs citing Progress 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% 0.030% 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category 0.224% 0.071% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £330 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £306
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.29 - £39.00
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1413 1218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.65% 42.64% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 817 555
Average daily rate £375 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 98 118
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.90 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £31.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Progress Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol - 1 £310 -
Wiltshire - 1 £350 -
Progress
England

Progress
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) JTAG
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Qt
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) OpenGL

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Audio Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) JTAG
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