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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 688 821 803
Rank change year-on-year +133 -18 +410
Permanent jobs citing OpenEdge 47 65 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.063% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.00% 0.65% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 45 52 94
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £62,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +32.63% -9.52% -4.55%

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 4,711 10,053 9,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.84% 9.75% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,986 6,855 7,105
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,105 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -11.46% +1.05%

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 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for OpenEdge in the UK

OpenEdge
Top 10 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 16 July 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
England +135 45 £63,000 +16.67% 8
Work from Home +120 38 £63,000 +5.00% 2
UK excluding London +137 27 £63,000 +32.63% 5
London +111 17 £63,000 +5.00% 3
Midlands +71 17 £63,000 +40.00% 1
West Midlands +66 17 £63,000 +40.00% 1
South West +99 8 £40,000 - 3
North of England +44 1 £47,500 -12.04% 1
East of England +33 1 £45,000 -10.00%
North East - 1 £47,500 - 1

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 2 (4.26%) MFGPRO
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Apigee
2 3 (6.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
1 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Git
1 3 (6.38%) Postman
2 2 (4.26%) WebSpeed
General
1 36 (76.60%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Local Government
5 1 (2.13%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (95.74%) Developer
2 43 (91.49%) Progress Developer
3 32 (68.09%) OpenEdge Developer
4 6 (12.77%) ERP Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) ERP Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Senior
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) XML
2 4 (8.51%) .NET
2 4 (8.51%) JSON
3 3 (6.38%) GraphQL
3 3 (6.38%) HTML
3 3 (6.38%) JWT
3 3 (6.38%) OAuth
3 3 (6.38%) OAuth2
3 3 (6.38%) REST
3 3 (6.38%) RESTful
3 3 (6.38%) SOAP
3 3 (6.38%) Swagger
4 2 (4.26%) EDI
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) CSS
5 1 (2.13%) EDIFACT
5 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Linux
2 6 (12.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (74.47%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.40%) ERP
3 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (12.77%) Agile
4 6 (12.77%) Customer Service
5 3 (6.38%) API Development
5 3 (6.38%) API Integration
5 3 (6.38%) CI/CD
5 3 (6.38%) Code Quality
5 3 (6.38%) Microservices
5 3 (6.38%) Unit Testing
6 2 (4.26%) SDLC
7 1 (2.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (2.13%) Facilities Management
7 1 (2.13%) ITIL
7 1 (2.13%) Logistics
7 1 (2.13%) MVC
7 1 (2.13%) Waterfall
7 1 (2.13%) XML Parsing
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) Progress 4GL
2 4 (8.51%) Java
2 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
2 4 (8.51%) OpenEdge ABL
3 2 (4.26%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) C++
4 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) Python
4 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 42 (89.36%) Progress
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.26%) QAD
3 2 (4.26%) Red Hat