OpenEdge Jobs

Progress OpenEdge
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OpenEdge skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenEdge over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 678 717 990
Rank change year-on-year +39 +273 +45
Permanent jobs citing OpenEdge 88 13 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.025% 0.068%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.54% 0.22% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 88 9 16
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £77,188 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £59,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +46.67% -31.82%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 5,722 5,914 15,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.25% 11.16% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,457 4,512 9,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,932
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £39,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £91,934 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -1.05% +5.56%

OpenEdge
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenEdge as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenEdge.

Salary trend for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenEdge over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenEdge within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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
England +7 77 £58,000 +5.45% 8
Work from Home - 60 £58,000 - 12
UK excluding London -32 49 £40,000 -27.27% 4
South West - 30 £40,000 - 1
London +8 25 £58,000 +5.45% 5
West Midlands -32 12 £58,000 - 1
Midlands -45 12 £58,000 +5.45% 1
Yorkshire +21 7 £58,000 -14.07%
North of England -27 7 £58,000 -14.07%

OpenEdge
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (22.73%) Dynamics 365
1 20 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Firewall
General
1 41 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 25 (28.41%) Manufacturing
3 17 (19.32%) Finance
4 9 (10.23%) Law
5 5 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.27%) Local Government
6 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (72.73%) Developer
1 64 (72.73%) Progress Developer
2 39 (44.32%) OpenEdge Developer
3 25 (28.41%) ERP Developer
4 22 (25.00%) Architect
4 22 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (19.32%) Lead
5 17 (19.32%) Lead Architect
5 17 (19.32%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 4 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
7 2 (2.27%) Consultant
7 2 (2.27%) Power Platform Architect
7 2 (2.27%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) HTML
2 6 (6.82%) RESTful
3 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 25 (28.41%) Linux
1 25 (28.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.32%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (28.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (28.41%) Customer Service
2 25 (28.41%) ERP
3 17 (19.32%) Mentoring
4 16 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 16 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 11 (12.50%) CRM
6 8 (9.09%) TOGAF
7 7 (7.95%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (6.82%) Code Quality
8 6 (6.82%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (5.68%) Migration
10 3 (3.41%) Business Analysis
10 3 (3.41%) Performance Tuning
10 3 (3.41%) System Testing
10 3 (3.41%) Translating Business Requirements
11 2 (2.27%) Facilities Management
11 2 (2.27%) Line Management
11 2 (2.27%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 27 (30.68%) Progress 4GL
2 7 (7.95%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.82%) OpenEdge ABL
4 1 (1.14%) C#
4 1 (1.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (3.41%) Degree
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (28.41%) SLA
Vendors
1 60 (68.18%) Progress
2 42 (47.73%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.14%) Capita