Hybrid/Remote OpenEdge Contract Job Trends

Progress OpenEdge
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OpenEdge skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 311 331
Rank change year-on-year -45 +20 +104
Contract jobs citing OpenEdge 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.030% 0.015%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.073% 0.25% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% - -
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £325
% change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -43.48%

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 1,364 1,181 1,615
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.07% 11.66% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 830 1,165
10th Percentile £336 £300 £314
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £625 £700
90th Percentile £657 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £479 £520
% change year-on-year +4.38% -7.88% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 16 24
10th Percentile £16.33 £22.75 £15.58
25th Percentile £25.28 £30.56 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.11 £56.88 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.99% +116.67% -52.27%
75th Percentile £66.54 £65.25 £44.38
90th Percentile £89.38 £75.10 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £43.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year -25.79% +34.75% -35.00%

OpenEdge
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

OpenEdge job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OpenEdge
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OpenEdge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OpenEdge

OpenEdge
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:

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%) OpenEdge ABL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle