The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress
Rank 202 196 180
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -16
Permanent jobs citing Progress 11 12 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.198% 0.230% 0.463%
As % of the Vendors category 0.421% 0.502% 0.946%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 15
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +41.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2610 2389 2432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.06% 45.75% 48.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2067 1885 2033
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Progress
England

Progress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Progress Salary Trend

Progress
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Progress across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire Progress Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire -2 6 £32,500 -
North Yorkshire - 5 £28,500 -
South Yorkshire 0 1 £60,000 +41.17%
Progress
England

Progress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 18 (72.00%) .NET
2 15 (60.00%) OpenEdge
2 15 (60.00%) Progress 4GL
3 13 (52.00%) Finance
4 12 (48.00%) Web Services
5 11 (44.00%) WebSpeed
6 10 (40.00%) HTML
6 10 (40.00%) Integration Testing
7 9 (36.00%) JavaScript
7 9 (36.00%) Client/Server
7 9 (36.00%) Windows
8 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
8 8 (32.00%) RDBMS
8 8 (32.00%) QA
8 8 (32.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (32.00%) Release Management
9 7 (28.00%) Multithreading
10 5 (20.00%) VB.NET
10 5 (20.00%) SQL
11 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
12 3 (12.00%) Scrum
12 3 (12.00%) XML
12 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
12 3 (12.00%) UNIX
12 3 (12.00%) Lotus Notes
12 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
12 3 (12.00%) CRM
12 3 (12.00%) Lotus
12 3 (12.00%) Shell Script

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 18 (72.00%) .NET
2 12 (48.00%) Web Services
3 10 (40.00%) HTML
4 3 (12.00%) XML
5 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.000%) CSS
5 2 (8.000%) XSLT
5 2 (8.000%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 15 (60.00%) OpenEdge
2 3 (12.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) RDBMS
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (44.00%) WebSpeed
2 8 (32.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
4 1 (4.000%) JIRA
4 1 (4.000%) PVCS
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Legal
2 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Developer
2 13 (52.00%) Progress Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 6 (24.00%) Programmer
4 4 (16.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Progress Analyst Programmer
5 3 (12.00%) Progress Programmer
6 2 (8.000%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Java Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (32.00%) Release Management
3 7 (28.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (12.00%) Scrum
4 3 (12.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) Progress 4GL
2 9 (36.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 5 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (8.000%) T-SQL
5 2 (8.000%) C#
6 1 (4.000%) VB6
6 1 (4.000%) C++
6 1 (4.000%) Delphi
6 1 (4.000%) Java
6 1 (4.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Lotus
2 1 (4.000%) Sculptor