The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 502 569 538
Rank change year-on-year
+67 -31
Contract jobs citing Progress 27 15 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.058% 0.026% 0.075%
As % of the Vendors category 0.124% 0.055% 0.162%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 13
Average daily rate £325 £300 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £213 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £433 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £21.29 - £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.29 - £39.00
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Progress Daily Rate Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Progress within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Progress Daily Rate Histogram

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Progress Hourly Rate Trend

Progress
Top 20 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 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 +59 27 £325 +8.33%
West Midlands +15 11 £325 -10.95%
London +39 5 £550 +83.33%
Staffordshire +17 5 £325 -
Yorkshire +6 5 £300 +100.00%
Birmingham +15 3 £300 -17.80%
South East +14 3 £458 +14.37%
South West +29 2 £330 -
East Yorkshire - 2 £300 -
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Hull - 2 £300 -
Hampshire - 2 £504 -
City of London - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £350 -
Leeds - 1 - -
Walsall - 1 £330 -
Stafford - 1 - -
Salisbury - 1 £350 -
Bristol - 1 £310 -
Aldershot - 1 £458 -

Progress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 19 (28.79%) WebSpeed
1 19 (28.79%) Scrum
2 17 (25.76%) Progress 4GL
3 16 (24.24%) OpenEdge
4 13 (19.70%) SQL
5 11 (16.67%) .NET
5 11 (16.67%) PVCS
5 11 (16.67%) JIRA
6 10 (15.15%) Sculptor
6 10 (15.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 10 (15.15%) C#
7 9 (13.64%) VB.NET
8 7 (10.61%) Project Management
9 6 (9.091%) Finance
9 6 (9.091%) Legal
9 6 (9.091%) JavaScript
9 6 (9.091%) UNIX
9 6 (9.091%) Linux
9 6 (9.091%) CSS
9 6 (9.091%) Shell Script
9 6 (9.091%) .NET Framework
9 6 (9.091%) jQuery
10 5 (7.576%) XML
10 5 (7.576%) HTML
11 4 (6.061%) Delphi
11 4 (6.061%) VB
11 4 (6.061%) MS Office
11 4 (6.061%) SLA
11 4 (6.061%) CMS
11 4 (6.061%) Performance Management

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 11 (16.67%) .NET
2 6 (9.091%) CSS
2 6 (9.091%) .NET Framework
2 6 (9.091%) jQuery
3 5 (7.576%) XML
3 5 (7.576%) HTML
4 2 (3.030%) XSL
4 2 (3.030%) XSLT
4 2 (3.030%) Flash
4 2 (3.030%) XHTML
4 2 (3.030%) CodeIgniter
4 2 (3.030%) JSON
4 2 (3.030%) HTML5
5 1 (1.515%) Qt
5 1 (1.515%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.515%) Ajax
5 1 (1.515%) OpenGL
5 1 (1.515%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 16 (24.24%) OpenEdge
2 4 (6.061%) CMS
3 3 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.030%) SAS
4 2 (3.030%) Drupal
4 2 (3.030%) Joomla!
4 2 (3.030%) WordPress
5 1 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.515%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.515%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (6.061%) MS Office
2 2 (3.030%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.515%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.515%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.030%) SyteLine
2 1 (1.515%) HFM
2 1 (1.515%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.515%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.515%) MFGPRO
2 1 (1.515%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.515%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.515%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.515%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.515%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) 4G
1 1 (1.515%) LTE
1 1 (1.515%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.030%) MySQL
2 1 (1.515%) Base SAS
2 1 (1.515%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.515%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.515%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.515%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.515%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (28.79%) WebSpeed
2 11 (16.67%) PVCS
2 11 (16.67%) JIRA
3 10 (15.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (3.030%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (3.030%) Subversion
4 2 (3.030%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (9.091%) Finance
1 6 (9.091%) Legal
2 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.030%) Banking
3 2 (3.030%) Publishing
3 2 (3.030%) Marketing
3 2 (3.030%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.515%) Local Government
4 1 (1.515%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (56.06%) Developer
2 29 (43.94%) Progress Developer
3 18 (27.27%) Analyst
4 14 (21.21%) Programmer
5 11 (16.67%) Analyst Programmer
6 9 (13.64%) Progress Analyst Programmer
6 9 (13.64%) Progress Programmer
7 6 (9.091%) Developer Analyst
8 4 (6.061%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.061%) Web Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (4.545%) Consultant
9 3 (4.545%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.545%) Resource Manager
10 2 (3.030%) Web Programmer
10 2 (3.030%) Senior Web Developer
10 2 (3.030%) Software Engineer
10 2 (3.030%) Software Developer
10 2 (3.030%) Project Manager
10 2 (3.030%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.545%) Derivative
2 2 (3.030%) W3C
2 2 (3.030%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.515%) HP Superdome
3 1 (1.515%) New Media
3 1 (1.515%) Social Media
3 1 (1.515%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.515%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.515%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.091%) UNIX
1 6 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (1.515%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.515%) Android
2 1 (1.515%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.515%) AIX
2 1 (1.515%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Scrum
2 7 (10.61%) Project Management
3 4 (6.061%) Performance Management
4 3 (4.545%) Investment Management
4 3 (4.545%) Web Development
4 3 (4.545%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (4.545%) Fund Management
4 3 (4.545%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (4.545%) Asset Management
5 2 (3.030%) PRINCE2
5 2 (3.030%) CRM
5 2 (3.030%) ERP
5 2 (3.030%) Migration
5 2 (3.030%) Service Management
5 2 (3.030%) Service Delivery
5 2 (3.030%) Change Management
5 2 (3.030%) MVC
5 2 (3.030%) Resource Management
5 2 (3.030%) Content Management
5 2 (3.030%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) Progress 4GL
2 13 (19.70%) SQL
3 10 (15.15%) C#
4 9 (13.64%) VB.NET
5 6 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.091%) Shell Script
6 4 (6.061%) Delphi
6 4 (6.061%) VB
7 3 (4.545%) VB6
8 2 (3.030%) C
8 2 (3.030%) Java
8 2 (3.030%) PHP
8 2 (3.030%) XPath
9 1 (1.515%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.515%) C++
9 1 (1.515%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (3.030%) Degree
2 1 (1.515%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.515%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.515%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.515%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.061%) SLA
2 3 (4.545%) FATCA
3 1 (1.515%) JTAG
3 1 (1.515%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.515%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 10 (15.15%) Sculptor
2 3 (4.545%) Oracle
3 2 (3.030%) SAP
3 2 (3.030%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.515%) Google
4 1 (1.515%) HP
4 1 (1.515%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.515%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.515%) Sage
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