OpenEdge Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Progress OpenEdge
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 341 475
Rank change year-on-year +39 +134 +149
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.026% 0.008%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.18% 0.26% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - £275 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £575
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -47.83% +76.92%
75th Percentile - £353 £613
90th Percentile - £404 £635
UK median daily rate £400 £325 £575
% change year-on-year +23.08% -43.48% +76.92%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

OpenEdge falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,129 1,560 2,932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.40% 10.17% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,093 2,063
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -2.50%
75th Percentile £633 £608 £638
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 39 72
10th Percentile £27.03 £16.28 £19.33
25th Percentile £38.39 £22.55 £22.16
Median hourly rate £57.00 £30.16 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.99% -45.16% +57.14%
75th Percentile £64.50 £47.94 £66.69
90th Percentile £66.00 £71.50 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

OpenEdge
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OpenEdge as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OpenEdge trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OpenEdge
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OpenEdge.

OpenEdge daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OpenEdge
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge Developer
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Progress