Progress Jobs in the UK excluding London

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 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 694 599
Rank change year-on-year +181 -95 +184
Permanent jobs citing Progress 60 65 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.092% 0.25%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.26% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58 34 124
10th Percentile £31,494 £19,975 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £43,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -17.14% +14.13%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 13,750 25,054 25,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.19% 35.29% 42.44%
Number of salaries quoted 8,191 17,318 13,082
10th Percentile £25,267 £25,759 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Progress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Progress in the UK excluding London

Progress
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Progress in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Progress in the UK excluding London

Progress
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Progress in the UK excluding London

Progress
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 11 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
Midlands +72 22 £63,000 +186.36% 2
West Midlands +68 22 £63,000 - 2
South West +125 20 £40,000 -20.00% 1
South East +109 14 £42,500 +97.67% 8
North of England +41 4 £33,198 -42.76% 7
North West -7 2 £35,698 -38.45% 5
North East - 2 £33,198 -
Progress
UK

Progress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (61.67%) OpenEdge
2 3 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (3.33%) Internet
2 2 (3.33%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.33%) WAN
2 2 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) EDMS
General
1 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (35.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) Electronics
4 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Retail
4 1 (1.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (70.00%) Developer
1 42 (70.00%) Progress Developer
2 22 (36.67%) OpenEdge Developer
3 20 (33.33%) ERP Developer
4 5 (8.33%) Administrator
4 5 (8.33%) IT Administrator
4 5 (8.33%) IT Systems Administrator
4 5 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (6.67%) Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Applications Support
7 2 (3.33%) Lead
8 1 (1.67%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (1.67%) IT Support
8 1 (1.67%) IT Technician
8 1 (1.67%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.67%) Software Development Team Leader
8 1 (1.67%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 30 (50.00%) Windows
2 20 (33.33%) Linux
3 10 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 9 (15.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 20 (33.33%) ERP
3 5 (8.33%) Project Management
4 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (5.00%) Change Control
5 3 (5.00%) Trend Analysis
6 2 (3.33%) IT Strategy
6 2 (3.33%) Mathematics
6 2 (3.33%) Project Delivery
7 1 (1.67%) Business Case
7 1 (1.67%) Decision-Making
7 1 (1.67%) Housing Management
7 1 (1.67%) Innovative Thinking
7 1 (1.67%) Product Strategy
7 1 (1.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (1.67%) Stakeholder Identification
7 1 (1.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (1.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (38.33%) Progress 4GL
2 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (3.33%) Degree
1 2 (3.33%) HND
2 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (1.67%) GDPR
2 1 (1.67%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.00%) Capita
3 2 (3.33%) Sun
4 1 (1.67%) Cisco
4 1 (1.67%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.67%) Meraki