Progress Programmer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Progress Programmer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Progress Programmer
Location Cheshire England Glasgow Lanarkshire London Motherwell North Lanarkshire North West Scotland South East UK West Midlands West Sussex	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	542	642
Rank change on same period last year	+100
Matching contract IT job ads	17	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	0.027 %	0.027 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£263
Average daily rate	£250	£275
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£288
UK excluding London average daily rate	£250	£275
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£34.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-11.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-11.76 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	62938	90413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.61 %	91.37 %
Daily rates quoted	20390	27188
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£388
Average daily rate	£397	£413
% change on same period last year	-3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	5734	7929
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.77	£23.81
Average hourly rate	£24.29	£25.37
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.81	£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Progress Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Progress Programmer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Progress Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Progress Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Progress Programmer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+88	11	-	-
Scotland	+19	6	£250	-9.09 %
West Midlands	+17	5	-	-
Glasgow	+25	4	-	-
West Sussex	-	3	-	-
South East	+48	3	-	-
London	-	2	-	-
Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	0	1	£250	-
Cheshire	-	1	-	-
North West	-	1	-	-
Motherwell	0	1	£250	-

Progress Programmer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Progress Programmer in their job title 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 with Progress Programmer in their job title.

1 21 (95.45 %) Progress 2 9 (40.91 %) WebSpeed 3 7 (31.82 %) Manufacturing 3 7 (31.82 %) OpenEdge 4 5 (22.73 %) Progress 4GL 5 2 (9.091 %) JavaScript 5 2 (9.091 %) WebServices 5 2 (9.091 %) XML 5 2 (9.091 %) N-Tier 5 2 (9.091 %) Web Development 6 1 (4.545 %) Red Hat Linux 6 1 (4.545 %) Retail 6 1 (4.545 %) Insurance 6 1 (4.545 %) UNIX 6 1 (4.545 %) Linux

6 1 (4.545 %) Cognos 6 1 (4.545 %) ERP 6 1 (4.545 %) SQL 6 1 (4.545 %) MFGPRO 6 1 (4.545 %) RDF 6 1 (4.545 %) Red Hat

Progress Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Progress Programmer in their job title 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 with Progress Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (9.091 %) WebServices 1 2 (9.091 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 7 (31.82 %) OpenEdge
Business Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) MFGPRO	Development Applications 1 9 (40.91 %) WebSpeed
General 1 7 (31.82 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (4.545 %) Retail 2 1 (4.545 %) Insurance	Miscellaneous 1 2 (9.091 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 1 (4.545 %) UNIX 1 1 (4.545 %) Linux 1 1 (4.545 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (9.091 %) Web Development 2 1 (4.545 %) ERP 2 1 (4.545 %) RDF
Programming Languages 1 5 (22.73 %) Progress 4GL 2 2 (9.091 %) JavaScript 3 1 (4.545 %) SQL	Vendors 1 21 (95.45 %) Progress 2 1 (4.545 %) Red Hat 2 1 (4.545 %) Cognos