The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 17 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 South Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Progress 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.095% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.193% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £39,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-10.82% +12.14%
All Vendors
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
517 475 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 49.29% 49.84% 42.81%
Number of salaries quoted 477 415 353
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,950 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Progress
Wales

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Progress Salary Trend

Progress
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) CMS
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) VMware