Progress Contract Job Trends in London

Progress
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Progress products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Progress over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 355 386
Rank change year-on-year -22 +31 +141
Contract jobs citing Progress 4 9 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.061% 0.076%
As % of the Vendors category 0.059% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £243 £395 £200
25th Percentile £311 £425 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +12.71% -26.67%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £494
90th Percentile £495 £580 £619
England median daily rate £460 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -1.06% +9.40% -24.44%

All Vendors
London

Progress falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,767 6,506 7,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.09% 44.27% 40.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,416 4,067 5,083
10th Percentile £343 £313 £298
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £646 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 68 109
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.51 £16.63
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% -12.00% +45.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £64.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £84.28 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £46.06
% change year-on-year -20.71% -34.86% +70.57%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Progress relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Progress job vacancy trend in London

Progress
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Progress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Progress

Progress
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Progress in London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Progress in London

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Progress.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Progress

Progress
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the London region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -2 2 £450 -10.00% 2
Progress
England

Progress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Capability Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) HR Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft