Progress Job Trends

Progress
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 March 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
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 575 738
Rank change year-on-year -71 +163 +123
Permanent jobs citing Progress 30 94 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.21% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category 0.15% 0.52% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16 83 52
10th Percentile £26,050 - £35,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £35,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,813 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £63,468
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £40,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% -8.05% -17.14%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,588 17,962 29,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.67% 39.29% 37.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,211 9,761 22,807
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £46,581
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.71% -6.84%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Progress job vacancy trend in the UK

Progress
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Progress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Progress

Progress
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Progress in the UK

Progress
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 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
England -65 30 £50,000 -13.79% 8
UK excluding London -54 17 £27,500 -31.25% 8
London +20 13 £80,000 +33.33% 2
North of England -27 7 - - 3
Yorkshire -33 7 - -
South West -37 6 £27,100 -32.25%
Work from Home -19 5 £80,000 +37.93% 4
Midlands -25 2 £50,000 -13.79% 1
East Midlands -27 2 £50,000 -
South East -24 1 £60,000 +9.09% 3
East of England - 1 - -

Progress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (23.33%) OpenEdge
1 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) BGP
2 2 (6.67%) Broadband
2 2 (6.67%) Internet
2 2 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (6.67%) OSPF
2 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Finance
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Engineer
1 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Support
1 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 7 (23.33%) Developer
1 7 (23.33%) OpenEdge Developer
1 7 (23.33%) Progress Developer
1 7 (23.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Business Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Head of IT
2 4 (13.33%) IT Director
2 4 (13.33%) Pricing Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Data Analytics Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) LAN Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Report Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (23.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 5 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 5 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 4 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (13.33%) Benchmarking
4 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.33%) Economics
4 4 (13.33%) Pricing Strategy
4 4 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.67%) Analytics
6 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.67%) Data Analytics
6 2 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.67%) ITSM
6 2 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (6.67%) Risk Analytics
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) ACCA
2 4 (13.33%) CFA
2 4 (13.33%) CIMA
2 4 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.67%) CCNP
3 2 (6.67%) CISA
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) CISM
3 2 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) COBIT
1 2 (6.67%) GRC
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) ITGC
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
1 2 (6.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Apple
3 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow