OpenEdge Job Trends in the North of England

Progress OpenEdge
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring OpenEdge skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 267 285
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +83
Permanent jobs citing OpenEdge 3 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.028% 0.077% 0.047%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.65% 0.94% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56,000 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £58,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.48%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary - £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +5.45% +4.76%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

OpenEdge falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 460 748 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.32% 8.23% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 318 399 636
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,757 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -1.10%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,367 £72,777 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +8.57% -4.55%

OpenEdge
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenEdge relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

OpenEdge job vacancy trend in the North of England

OpenEdge
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OpenEdge.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OpenEdge

OpenEdge
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenEdge within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire -14 3 - - 3
OpenEdge
England

OpenEdge
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) OpenEdge Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Progress