The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 20 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 Walsall 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Progress 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Walsall 12.50% - -
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 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 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.29 - £39.00
All Vendors
Walsall
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Walsall 25.00% 75.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
Average daily rate £350 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £24.00 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +128.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Progress
West Midlands

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Progress Daily Rate Trend

Progress
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Walsall 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 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Walsall 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Progress 4GL