OpenEdge Contracts in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenEdge skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenEdge over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 382 -
Rank change year-on-year +33 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 4 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.047% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.25% 0.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -
UK median daily rate £400 £325 £575
% change year-on-year +23.08% -43.48% +76.92%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

OpenEdge falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,573 1,813 2,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.63% 8.49% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,011 1,234 1,693
10th Percentile £235 £216 £200
25th Percentile £356 £325 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% -2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 126 107
10th Percentile £15.23 £13.38 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.05 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £53.06 £30.91 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.63% -38.18% +166.67%
75th Percentile £72.50 £51.91 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £74.22 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £31.71 £52.50
% change year-on-year +65.56% -39.60% +128.26%

OpenEdge
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OpenEdge as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OpenEdge in the UK excluding London

OpenEdge
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OpenEdge in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OpenEdge in the UK excluding London

OpenEdge
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OpenEdge in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for OpenEdge in the UK excluding London

OpenEdge
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenEdge within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
North East - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -
Scotland - 1 £400 -
OpenEdge
UK

OpenEdge
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (25.00%) OpenEdge Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Progress Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (25.00%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Progress