Progress Jobs in the North of England

Progress
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 353 350
Rank change year-on-year +37 -3 +60
Permanent jobs citing Progress 4 26 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.035% 0.15% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% 0.44% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 61
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,599 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,198 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% +10.48% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35,421 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £35,796 - -
England median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -7.29%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,909 5,939 8,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 34.15% 34.01% 46.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,328 4,451 3,607
10th Percentile £24,175 £25,750 £27,560
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,957 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,150 £77,500 £77,542
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Progress in the North of England

Progress
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Progress in the North of England

Progress
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 Progress within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West +4 2 £35,698 -38.45% 3
North East - 2 £33,198 -
Progress
England

Progress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) EDMS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Housing Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Progress 4GL
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Capita
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Sun
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Meraki