The first table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PostgreSQL over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PostgreSQL (Postgres)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
- +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £41.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-44.24% +19.56%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
40 48 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.16% 17.20% 26.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 38
Average daily rate £350 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £394 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £16.00 £190.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-91.57% +300.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
PostgreSQL
East of England

PostgreSQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PostgreSQL across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bedfordshire PostgreSQL Jobs Demand Trend

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PostgreSQL across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PostgreSQL Daily Rate Trend