The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 168 170 133
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -37
Permanent jobs citing Progress 6 1 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.165% 0.031% 0.701%
As % of the Vendors category 0.345% 0.069% 1.408%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 14
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1740 1458 1492
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 47.85% 45.75% 49.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1392 1138 1262
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Progress
Yorkshire

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Progress Salary Trend

Progress
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bradford - 4 £32,500 -
Leeds - 2 £26,500 -
Progress
Yorkshire

Progress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 16 (80.00%) .NET
2 15 (75.00%) OpenEdge
3 13 (65.00%) Progress 4GL
4 11 (55.00%) Finance
5 10 (50.00%) Integration Testing
5 10 (50.00%) HTML
5 10 (50.00%) Web Services
6 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
6 9 (45.00%) Windows
6 9 (45.00%) Client/Server
6 9 (45.00%) WebSpeed
7 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
7 8 (40.00%) QA
7 8 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (40.00%) Release Management
7 8 (40.00%) RDBMS
8 7 (35.00%) Multithreading
9 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (15.00%) Lotus
10 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
10 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
10 3 (15.00%) VB.NET
10 3 (15.00%) UNIX
10 3 (15.00%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
10 3 (15.00%) SQL
10 3 (15.00%) XML
10 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
10 3 (15.00%) Scrum
11 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 16 (80.00%) .NET
2 10 (50.00%) HTML
2 10 (50.00%) Web Services
3 3 (15.00%) XML
4 2 (10.00%) XSLT
4 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 15 (75.00%) OpenEdge
2 3 (15.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) RDBMS
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) WebSpeed
2 8 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (5.000%) PVCS
4 1 (5.000%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Developer
2 13 (65.00%) Progress Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 4 (20.00%) Programmer
4 3 (15.00%) Progress Analyst Programmer
4 3 (15.00%) Progress Programmer
5 2 (10.00%) .NET Developer
5 2 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Graduate
6 1 (5.000%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (40.00%) Release Management
3 7 (35.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 1 (5.000%) CRM
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Progress 4GL
2 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (15.00%) VB.NET
3 3 (15.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (5.000%) VB
5 1 (5.000%) C++
5 1 (5.000%) Delphi
5 1 (5.000%) Java
5 1 (5.000%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Lotus
2 1 (5.000%) Sculptor