Progress
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 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 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 488 | 509 | 530 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | +21 | +151 |
| Permanent jobs citing Progress | 29 | 71 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.069% | 0.19% | 0.068% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.23% | 0.54% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 53 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,050 | - | £38,507 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,250 | £35,000 | £47,573 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £40,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.81% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £46,250 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £59,000 | - | £59,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £58,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.03% | +5.45% | +4.76% |
All Vendors
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 12,736 | 13,161 | 12,407 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 30.36% | 35.32% | 40.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,044 | 6,421 | 9,682 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £30,000 | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,500 | £37,500 | £34,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £50,000 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +2.04% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,250 | £65,000 | £62,833 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £80,000 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £50,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +4.55% | -4.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Progress relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Progress.
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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.
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Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West | -3 | 14 | £27,100 | -32.25% | |
| Midlands | +3 | 7 | £40,000 | -31.03% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 7 | £40,000 | - | |
| South East | +25 | 6 | £45,000 | +28.57% | 1 |
| North of England | +13 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | -10 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: