Progress Contracts in Scotland

Progress
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 128 161
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 +5
Contract jobs citing Progress 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.045% 0.070%
As % of the Vendors category 0.28% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £167
25th Percentile - - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £315
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.38%
75th Percentile - - £408
90th Percentile - - £463
UK median daily rate £498 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +24.38% -20.00% -9.09%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 719 888 1,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 44.25% 40.05% 39.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 546 823
10th Percentile £234 £183 £175
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £473
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -1.69% +5.11%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £538
90th Percentile £625 £688 £633
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 52 16
10th Percentile £16.11 £13.28 £21.26
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £43.86
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -70.35% +47.56%
75th Percentile £24.58 £55.63 £65.39
90th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Progress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Progress in Scotland

Progress
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Progress in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Progress in Scotland

Progress
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Progress in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Progress in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £400 -
Progress
UK

Progress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Equitrac
1 1 (50.00%) Mitel