OpenEdge Contracts

Progress OpenEdge
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 590 711
Rank change year-on-year +76 +121 +84
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 5 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.023% 0.003%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.15% 0.24% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - £275 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -43.48% +76.92%
75th Percentile - £338 £613
90th Percentile - £358 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £325 -
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,308 4,179 6,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.31% 9.59% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 2,874 4,603
10th Percentile £275 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.97%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.72% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 161 147
10th Percentile £16.65 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.25 £15.42 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%
75th Percentile £64.13 £46.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £68.00 £78.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.18 £23.75 £26.24
% change year-on-year +94.44% -9.49% +41.84%

OpenEdge
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenEdge as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +50 5 £400 +23.08% 2
England +57 4 - - 3
North East - 4 - -
North of England - 4 - -
Work from Home +48 2 £400 +33.33% 2
Scotland - 1 £400 -

OpenEdge
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) German Language
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (20.00%) OpenEdge Developer
3 1 (20.00%) OpenEdge Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Progress Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Progress Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Progress