Progress Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Progress
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 - - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Progress 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire - - 3.57%
As % of the Vendors category - - 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.71
Median hourly rate - - £15.61
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.38 - £15.61

All Vendors
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 44 31 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 50.00% 50.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 24
10th Percentile £207 - £141
25th Percentile £336 £140 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £400 £353
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +13.48% -0.98%
75th Percentile £505 £488 £450
90th Percentile £898 £499 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
10th Percentile - £12.25 £13.20
25th Percentile - £13.02 £14.71
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year - +92.25% -
75th Percentile - £34.25 £27.63
90th Percentile - £39.80 £50.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £29.33 £16.82
% change year-on-year +15.89% +74.38% -14.19%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Progress job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Progress
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Progress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Progress

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Progress.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Progress