Progress Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Progress
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 April 2026, 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
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Progress 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.017% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
England median daily rate £491 £511 £400
% change year-on-year -3.96% +27.81% -18.37%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,537 1,606 2,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.98% 50.17% 43.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 1,049 1,260
10th Percentile £263 £231 £247
25th Percentile £388 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £642 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 73 206
10th Percentile £16.11 £18.11 £10.95
25th Percentile £22.66 £21.24 £12.53
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +115.45% -49.72%
75th Percentile £68.13 £60.00 £21.32
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.03
England median hourly rate £26.61 £29.00 £22.79
% change year-on-year -8.26% +27.25% -40.03%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Progress job vacancy trend in the North of England

Progress
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Progress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Progress

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Progress.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Progress

Progress
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 April 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -
Progress
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow