Progress Jobs in England

Progress
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Progress products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Progress over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 741 799
Rank change year-on-year +157 +58 +232
Permanent jobs citing Progress 87 90 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.28% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 84 53 101
10th Percentile - £28,000 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -7.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £64,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Vendors
England

Progress falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,459 31,594 37,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.40% 36.83% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,690 22,734 21,681
10th Percentile £28,481 £26,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,781 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £71,188 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Progress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Progress in England

Progress
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Progress in England.

Salary trend for Progress in England

Progress
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Progress in England

Progress
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +109 24 £63,000 +5.00% 27
Midlands +69 22 £63,000 +186.36% 2
West Midlands +66 22 £63,000 - 2
South West +132 20 £40,000 -20.00% 1
South East +101 13 £37,500 +74.42% 8
North of England +28 4 £33,198 -42.76% 5
North West +4 2 £35,698 -38.45% 3
North East - 2 £33,198 -
Progress
UK

Progress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 62 (71.26%) OpenEdge
2 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.34%) Azure
2 4 (4.60%) AWS
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.45%) Apigee
4 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.90%) Firewall
2 2 (2.30%) Internet
2 2 (2.30%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.30%) WAN
2 2 (2.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Git
1 3 (3.45%) Postman
General
1 54 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
3 6 (6.90%) Finance
4 5 (5.75%) Social Housing
5 4 (4.60%) Local Government
6 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Electronics
7 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (73.56%) Developer
1 64 (73.56%) Progress Developer
2 41 (47.13%) OpenEdge Developer
3 20 (22.99%) ERP Developer
4 5 (5.75%) Administrator
4 5 (5.75%) Analyst
4 5 (5.75%) IT Administrator
4 5 (5.75%) IT Systems Administrator
4 5 (5.75%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (4.60%) IT Analyst
5 4 (4.60%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (3.45%) Applications Support
6 3 (3.45%) Consultant
6 3 (3.45%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.30%) Lead
7 2 (2.30%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.15%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.15%) Senior Manager
8 1 (1.15%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.15%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) .NET
1 3 (3.45%) GraphQL
1 3 (3.45%) JSON
1 3 (3.45%) JWT
1 3 (3.45%) OAuth
1 3 (3.45%) OAuth2
1 3 (3.45%) REST
1 3 (3.45%) RESTful
1 3 (3.45%) SOAP
1 3 (3.45%) Swagger
1 3 (3.45%) XML
2 2 (2.30%) HTML
3 1 (1.15%) CSS
3 1 (1.15%) Middleware
3 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.45%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 30 (34.48%) Windows
2 20 (22.99%) Linux
3 10 (11.49%) Windows 10
4 9 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (26.44%) ERP
3 20 (22.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (22.99%) Customer Service
4 5 (5.75%) Migration
4 5 (5.75%) Project Management
5 4 (4.60%) Agile
5 4 (4.60%) CI/CD
5 4 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (4.60%) Facilities Management
5 4 (4.60%) Line Management
5 4 (4.60%) Microservices
6 3 (3.45%) API Development
6 3 (3.45%) API Integration
6 3 (3.45%) Change Control
6 3 (3.45%) Code Quality
6 3 (3.45%) Data Migration
6 3 (3.45%) Time Management
6 3 (3.45%) Trend Analysis
6 3 (3.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.48%) Progress 4GL
2 4 (4.60%) Java
3 3 (3.45%) OpenEdge ABL
3 3 (3.45%) SQL
4 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.15%) C#
5 1 (1.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (2.30%) Degree
1 2 (2.30%) HND
2 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.15%) HNC
2 1 (1.15%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.15%) PMP
2 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (22.99%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (14.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 32 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) Capita
3 2 (2.30%) Sun
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco
4 1 (1.15%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.15%) Meraki