Progress Job Trends in the South East

Progress
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 January 2026, 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 298 294
Rank change year-on-year +32 -4 +124
Permanent jobs citing Progress 4 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.039% 0.089% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.24% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £38,750 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £29,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £35,000 £63,575
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -44.95% +69.53%
75th Percentile £65,313 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £74,875 £69,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -31.03% +5.45% +4.76%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,233 3,337 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 37.17% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 1,744 2,611
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Progress relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Progress job vacancy trend in the South East

Progress
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Progress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Progress

Progress
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Progress in the South East

Progress
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Sussex - 2 £58,750 -
Surrey +2 1 £32,500 -40.91%
West Sussex - 1 £57,500 -
Hampshire - 1 £77,500 -
Progress
England

Progress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Development Team Leader
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO