Progress Contracts

Progress
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Progress over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Progress Software Corporation.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 674 768
Rank change year-on-year +123 +94 -89
Contract jobs citing Progress 28 20 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.035% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.15% 0.081% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 28
10th Percentile £190 £333 £181
25th Percentile £210 £455 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £508 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% -9.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £530 £695 £763
90th Percentile £538 £774 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £588 £510
% change year-on-year -14.47% +15.20% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.71 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £15.61 - £20.00
75th Percentile £16.50 - £21.00
90th Percentile £45.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.61 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -34.29%

All Vendors
UK

Progress is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,083 24,657 35,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.51% 43.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,274 16,502 23,585
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £468
% change year-on-year - +6.95% +7.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 666 891
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.11 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -34.97% +73.68% +0.89%

Progress
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Progress.

Daily rate trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Progress over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Progress in the UK

Progress
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Progress.

Hourly rate trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Progress over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Progress in the UK

Progress
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +125 23 £425 -15.42% 51
London +106 12 £210 -58.21% 22
UK excluding London +54 11 £503 -14.47% 27
West Midlands +26 7 £450 - 6
Midlands +23 7 £450 - 6
Work from Home +110 5 £425 -13.27% 19
Wales +20 2 £503 -30.69% 1
Scotland +41 1 - -
South West - 1 £525 - 1

Progress
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (25.00%) Skype for Business
2 4 (14.29%) Confluence
3 1 (3.57%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Maximo
2 1 (3.57%) MFGPRO
2 1 (3.57%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
1 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (25.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Avionics
2 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Back Office
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Front Office
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 8 (28.57%) IT Support
3 5 (17.86%) Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) Senior
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Project Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Support Officer
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Support
4 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Software Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) iPhone
2 5 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.57%) FMCG
4 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Android
2 8 (28.57%) Windows
3 7 (25.00%) Mac OS X
3 7 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.57%) HPUX
4 1 (3.57%) Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Agile
1 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
1 9 (32.14%) Project Management
2 7 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 6 (21.43%) Scrum
4 4 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 4 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (10.71%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
5 3 (10.71%) SDLC
6 2 (7.14%) Analytics
6 2 (7.14%) Data Analytics
6 2 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (7.14%) Kanban
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.57%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) EMIR
2 1 (3.57%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) Apple
2 9 (32.14%) Cisco
2 9 (32.14%) Mitel
3 7 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (7.14%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.57%) Anaplan
5 1 (3.57%) HP
5 1 (3.57%) QAD
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.57%) SAP