The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 188 - 159
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Progress 1 0 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% - 0.436%
As % of the Vendors category 0.054% - 0.871%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £45,000 - £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1853 1640 1952
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.23% 45.04% 50.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1555 1402 1758
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Progress
North West

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Progress Salary Trend

Progress
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Progress 4GL