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 4 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 619 685
Rank change year-on-year +20 +66 +203
Permanent jobs citing Progress 46 94 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.17% 0.064%
As % of the Vendors category 0.24% 0.47% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24 76 20
10th Percentile £26,410 - £37,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £47,972
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,063 £60,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £85,000 - £63,843
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -23.81% -

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 19,064 20,076 21,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.29% 36.89% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 10,793 10,314 16,333
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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 4 January 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 4 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
England +41 45 £40,000 -31.03% 13
UK excluding London +23 30 £40,000 - 8
London +58 15 £80,000 +37.93% 4
South West -2 14 £27,100 -32.25%
Work from Home +48 13 £57,500 -0.86% 4
Midlands +2 7 £40,000 -31.03% 1
East Midlands -1 7 £40,000 -
South East +21 6 £45,000 +28.57% 1
North of England +11 2 - - 6
Yorkshire -10 2 - - 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 20 (43.48%) SharePoint
2 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (6.52%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.87%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
4 3 (6.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) Firewall
2 2 (4.35%) BGP
2 2 (4.35%) Broadband
2 2 (4.35%) Internet
2 2 (4.35%) LAN
2 2 (4.35%) OSPF
2 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Power BI
1 7 (15.22%) Tableau
General
1 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Marketing
4 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (43.48%) Support Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) 1st Line Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) 1st Line Support
2 15 (32.61%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) IT Support
4 7 (15.22%) Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Data Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Data Analytics Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Report Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) IT Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Business Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Pricing Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Developer
7 3 (6.52%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (6.52%) IT Technician
7 3 (6.52%) Progress Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Support Technician
8 2 (4.35%) LAN Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) OpenEdge Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.87%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (4.35%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
1 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (32.61%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (32.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 9 (19.57%) Risk Management
4 7 (15.22%) Analytics
4 7 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (15.22%) Data Analytics
4 7 (15.22%) Data Interpretation
4 7 (15.22%) Data Management
4 7 (15.22%) Data Modelling
4 7 (15.22%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (15.22%) IT Audit
4 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
4 7 (15.22%) Risk Analytics
4 7 (15.22%) Visualisation
5 5 (10.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (10.87%) IT Strategy
5 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.87%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (10.87%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (39.13%) Degree
2 7 (15.22%) CISA
2 7 (15.22%) CISM
2 7 (15.22%) CISSP
2 7 (15.22%) CRISC
2 7 (15.22%) DBS Check
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.70%) ACCA
4 4 (8.70%) CFA
4 4 (8.70%) CIMA
5 2 (4.35%) CCNP
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) COBIT
1 7 (15.22%) GRC
1 7 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (15.22%) ITGC
1 7 (15.22%) NIST
2 5 (10.87%) GDPR
3 2 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (43.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (10.87%) RSA Archer
2 2 (4.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) Apple
3 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.35%) Fortinet