Hybrid/Remote OpenEdge ABL Contract Job Trends

Progress OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (OpenEdge ABL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OpenEdge ABL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 - 330
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge ABL 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - 0.016%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.024% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
UK median daily rate £1,000 - -

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

OpenEdge ABL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,202 3,509 4,434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 31.14% 36.33% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,772 2,363 3,024
10th Percentile £363 £341 £326
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £716 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 82 60
10th Percentile £39.94 £31.57 £30.75
25th Percentile £61.74 £52.13 £37.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 £71.13
90th Percentile £86.00 £74.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

OpenEdge ABL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenEdge ABL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenEdge ABL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OpenEdge ABL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (100.00%) OpenEdge
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle