The first table below looks at the demand for Progress 4GL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress 4GL over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress 4GL
Rank 526 581 577
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -4
Contract jobs citing Progress 4GL 3 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.005% 0.011%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.017% 0.015% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £315 £225 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -47.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £165 £353
10% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £285 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £225 -
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £39.00
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17282 20138 22889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.25% 34.53% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10652 11878 13292
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 718 916
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.50 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

Progress 4GL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Progress 4GL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Progress 4GL Jobs Demand Trend

Progress 4GL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Progress 4GL within the UK.

Progress 4GL Daily Rate Trend

Progress 4GL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Progress 4GL within the UK.

Progress 4GL Hourly Rate Trend

Progress 4GL
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress 4GL within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +46 3 £315 +40.00%
Yorkshire +3 2 £300 +100.00%
East Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
West Midlands - 1 £330 -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Walsall - 1 £330 -
Hull - 1 £300 -

Progress 4GL
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL.

1 17 (100.00%) Progress
2 12 (70.59%) WebSpeed
2 12 (70.59%) Scrum
3 10 (58.82%) OpenEdge
4 7 (41.18%) SQL
4 7 (41.18%) PVCS
4 7 (41.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 7 (41.18%) JIRA
4 7 (41.18%) Sculptor
5 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
5 5 (29.41%) VB.NET
5 5 (29.41%) .NET
5 5 (29.41%) C#
6 2 (11.76%) Linux
7 1 (5.882%) ERP
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX
7 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.882%) SyteLine
7 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing

Progress 4GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) SyteLine
Development Applications
1 12 (70.59%) WebSpeed
2 7 (41.18%) PVCS
2 7 (41.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 7 (41.18%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
1 16 (94.12%) Progress Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Progress Analyst Programmer
2 5 (29.41%) Developer Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Progress Programmer
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst Programmer
2 5 (29.41%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Scrum
2 1 (5.882%) ERP
2 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) VB.NET
2 5 (29.41%) C#
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Progress
2 7 (41.18%) Sculptor