The first table below looks at the demand for Progress 4GL skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress 4GL over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Programming Languages category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress 4GL
Rank 195 185 170
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Progress 4GL 4 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.080% 0.108% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.161% 0.201% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 1
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +20.37%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.76% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2481 2491 1882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.32% 53.98% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2164 2249 1696
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Progress 4GL
England

Progress 4GL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Progress 4GL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands Progress 4GL Jobs Demand Trend

Progress 4GL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Progress 4GL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Progress 4GL Salary Trend

Progress 4GL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress 4GL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Walsall -15 1 £36,000 +10.76%
Birmingham - 1 £31,500 -
Progress 4GL
England

Progress 4GL
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL.

1 12 (100.00%) Progress
2 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Informix
2 5 (41.67%) HTML
2 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) PVCS
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) Cognizant
3 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 3 (25.00%) WebSpeed
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) OpenEdge
3 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) ERP

Progress 4GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Progress 4GL 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 4GL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) OpenEdge
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Informix
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) PVCS
2 3 (25.00%) WebSpeed
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
1 12 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Progress
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
2 3 (25.00%) Cognizant