The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Kent region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Progress Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Progress 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
529 336 590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.33% 47.32% 57.06%
Number of salaries quoted 455 305 524
Average salary £43,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Progress
South East

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Progress Jobs Demand Trend

Progress
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Progress across the Kent region.

Kent Progress Salary Trend

Progress
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Progress.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 6 (100.00%) JDBC
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) ODBC
1 6 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 6 (100.00%) OpenEdge
1 6 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 6 (100.00%) WebSpeed
1 6 (100.00%) Degree

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Progress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) JDBC
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) OpenEdge
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) WebSpeed
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Programmer
1 6 (100.00%) Progress Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Progress Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Client/Server
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree