Progress Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Progress over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 461 613
Rank change year-on-year +116 +152 -144
Contract jobs citing Progress 7 9 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.035% 0.047%
As % of the Vendors category 0.11% 0.081% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 9
10th Percentile £198 £258 £178
25th Percentile £210 £450 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £490 £390
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +25.64% -8.24%
75th Percentile £569 £510 £515
90th Percentile £678 £594 £605
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £15.61 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -27.84%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Progress is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,547 11,159 17,430
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.58% 43.15% 39.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,051 7,513 11,866
10th Percentile £325 £330 £343
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.52% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 259 257
10th Percentile £13.92 £17.92 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.93 £32.13 £18.75
Median hourly rate £30.56 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +57.14% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £80.25 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £43.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.43% +108.60% -6.33%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Progress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Progress trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Progress.

Progress daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Progress over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Progress daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Progress.

Progress hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) OpenEdge
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MFGPRO
1 1 (14.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (14.29%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Back Office
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Front Office
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Data Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Platform Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) iPhone
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) HPUX
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) BCP
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) EMIR
1 1 (14.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Apple
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Mitel
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) QAD
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) SAP