Progress
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Progress over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 787 800 1130
Rank change year-on-year +13 +330 -245
Permanent jobs citing Progress 91 174 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.17% 0.067%
As % of the Vendors category 0.25% 0.41% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 56 142 43
10th Percentile £30,625 - £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £74,235
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,625 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +9.38% +23.87%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,431 42,545 61,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.79% 42.03% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,875 24,354 33,083
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,001 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Progress in the UK

Progress
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Progress in the UK

Progress
Top 14 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 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +61 88 £50,000 -4.76% 63
UK excluding London -95 64 £43,500 -17.14% 43
Work from Home -5 38 £58,000 +10.48% 35
London +120 27 £60,000 -12.82% 18
North of England -8 25 £58,000 +10.48% 13
Yorkshire +63 15 £40,000 -23.81% 3
Midlands -5 15 £22,000 -60.00% 10
West Midlands +12 14 - - 6
East of England - 13 £43,500 - 6
North West -18 10 £58,000 +10.48% 9
South East +18 6 £21,500 - 9
Wales +12 3 £42,500 +50.44% 1
South West -23 2 £50,000 +25.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 £22,000 - 4

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 45 (49.45%) OpenEdge
2 3 (3.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.10%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.10%) InDesign
3 1 (1.10%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.10%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) AWS
2 4 (4.40%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.40%) SaaS
3 3 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (3.30%) Serverless
4 1 (1.10%) Azure
4 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Firewall
1 1 (1.10%) Internet
1 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.10%) VLAN
1 1 (1.10%) VoIP
1 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) Power BI
2 2 (2.20%) MySQL
3 1 (1.10%) Data Mart
3 1 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (15.38%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Git
General
1 30 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (5.49%) Marketing
5 4 (4.40%) Advertising
6 3 (3.30%) Legal
6 3 (3.30%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.10%) Finance
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) Front Office
7 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (51.65%) Developer
2 43 (47.25%) Progress Developer
3 30 (32.97%) OpenEdge Developer
4 25 (27.47%) Project Manager
5 12 (13.19%) Junior
6 11 (12.09%) Junior Project Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Programme Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Content Coordinator
8 4 (4.40%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.30%) Implementation Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Implementation Project Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Software Engineer
10 2 (2.20%) DBA
10 2 (2.20%) Full Stack Developer
10 2 (2.20%) Node.js Developer
10 2 (2.20%) PHP Developer
10 2 (2.20%) Progress DBA
10 2 (2.20%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) Node.js
2 3 (3.30%) Spring
2 3 (3.30%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.20%) .NET
3 2 (2.20%) CSS
3 2 (2.20%) FHIR
3 2 (2.20%) HTML
3 2 (2.20%) jQuery
3 2 (2.20%) React
3 2 (2.20%) React Native
3 2 (2.20%) RESTful
3 2 (2.20%) SOAP
4 1 (1.10%) ADO
4 1 (1.10%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (4.40%) Video Editing
3 3 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.20%) Legacy Code
4 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Animation
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Equities
5 1 (1.10%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Linux
2 2 (2.20%) Windows
3 1 (1.10%) Unix
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (37.36%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (16.48%) Project Management
3 12 (13.19%) Agile
4 10 (10.99%) CAD
4 10 (10.99%) Logistics
5 9 (9.89%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.59%) Critical Thinking
7 6 (6.59%) Insurtech
7 6 (6.59%) Performance Management
7 6 (6.59%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (5.49%) Mathematics
8 5 (5.49%) SDLC
9 4 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (4.40%) Change Control
9 4 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.40%) DevOps
9 4 (4.40%) Kanban
9 4 (4.40%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.59%) Progress 4GL
2 4 (4.40%) PHP
3 3 (3.30%) Java
3 3 (3.30%) SQL
4 2 (2.20%) C
4 2 (2.20%) C#
4 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (10.99%) Degree
2 3 (3.30%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) HL7
2 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.10%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.10%) Adobe
2 1 (1.10%) Ariba
2 1 (1.10%) Cisco
2 1 (1.10%) Murex
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle
2 1 (1.10%) SAP
2 1 (1.10%) Sybase