PostgreSQL Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 404 476 521
Rank change year-on-year
+72 +45
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 137 105 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.290% 0.180% 0.098%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.396% 0.945% 0.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 59 25
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £550 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
- +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
Average hourly rate £23.00 £41.25 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.24% +19.56%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £41.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-44.24% +19.56%
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 9812 11109 12243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.78% 19.00% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5905 6380 6804
Average daily rate £388 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £260 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 262 395
Average hourly rate £25.70 £26.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.01% -17.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%

PostgreSQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

PostgreSQL Daily Rate Trend

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

PostgreSQL Daily Rate Histogram

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK.

PostgreSQL Hourly Rate Trend

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +54 109 £350 +7.69%
London +23 52 £375 -3.22%
South East +41 36 £325 +13.04%
Hampshire - 18 £300 -
Berkshire +15 14 £325 +18.18%
Reading +14 10 £325 -
East Midlands - 9 £300 -
North West +15 6 £325 -
Scotland - 5 £450 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £350 -
Nottingham - 4 £350 -
Liverpool +10 3 - -
West Midlands +7 3 - -
Yorkshire +5 3 £500 +185.71%
West Yorkshire +3 3 £500 +185.71%
Merseyside +3 3 - -
Leeds -6 3 £500 +185.71%
Leicester - 3 £288 -
Leicestershire - 3 £288 -
Surrey - 3 £400 -
Southampton - 3 £300 -
City of London +5 2 £350 -9.67%
Cheshire +1 2 £325 -
Worcestershire - 2 - -
Fife - 2 - -
Bromsgrove - 2 - -
South Wales +7 1 £200 -27.27%
Wales +7 1 £200 -38.46%
Cardiff +4 1 £200 -27.27%
Shropshire - 1 - -

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PostgreSQL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL.

1 144 (56.92%) Linux
2 118 (46.64%) SQL
3 109 (43.08%) MySQL
4 75 (29.64%) Oracle
5 70 (27.67%) Python
6 65 (25.69%) UNIX
7 63 (24.90%) XML
8 62 (24.51%) OO
9 60 (23.72%) CSS
10 55 (21.74%) JavaScript
11 54 (21.34%) Java
12 52 (20.55%) Perl
12 52 (20.55%) HTML
12 52 (20.55%) Continuous Integration
13 50 (19.76%) Agile Software Development
14 49 (19.37%) Windows
15 46 (18.18%) Ruby
16 44 (17.39%) Red Hat
17 42 (16.60%) OOD
18 41 (16.21%) CruiseControl
19 39 (15.42%) Scrum
19 39 (15.42%) Ant
19 39 (15.42%) Configuration Management
20 38 (15.02%) Ingres
21 37 (14.62%) jQuery
22 36 (14.23%) Git (software)
22 36 (14.23%) Open Source
22 36 (14.23%) Software Engineering
23 35 (13.83%) Ruby on Rails
23 35 (13.83%) ClearCase

PostgreSQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PostgreSQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 63 (24.90%) XML
2 60 (23.72%) CSS
3 52 (20.55%) HTML
4 37 (14.62%) jQuery
5 35 (13.83%) Ruby on Rails
6 33 (13.04%) HTML5
7 32 (12.65%) CSS3
8 31 (12.25%) Django
9 30 (11.86%) wxWidgets
9 30 (11.86%) Motif
10 28 (11.07%) .NET
11 25 (9.881%) Web Services
12 23 (9.091%) Ajax
13 22 (8.696%) REST
14 21 (8.300%) Spring
15 19 (7.510%) ASP.NET
16 16 (6.324%) Hibernate
17 15 (5.929%) J2EE
18 14 (5.534%) XSLT
18 14 (5.534%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 22 (8.696%) Apache
2 12 (4.743%) Tomcat
3 9 (3.557%) WordPress
4 8 (3.162%) CMS
4 8 (3.162%) nginx
4 8 (3.162%) Liferay
5 7 (2.767%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (2.372%) Amazon AWS
7 5 (1.976%) GlassFish
7 5 (1.976%) Umbraco
7 5 (1.976%) Gunicorn
8 4 (1.581%) Magento
8 4 (1.581%) Apache Solr
9 3 (1.186%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (1.186%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.186%) Facebook Platform
9 3 (1.186%) Apache Pig
9 3 (1.186%) IIS
10 2 (0.791%) TeamSite
10 2 (0.791%) Amazon S3
Applications
1 11 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.395%) Doxygen
2 1 (0.395%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.791%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.395%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.138%) HTTP
2 12 (4.743%) TCP/IP
3 11 (4.348%) SNMP
4 8 (3.162%) LDAP
4 8 (3.162%) SMTP
4 8 (3.162%) DHCP
4 8 (3.162%) SAN
4 8 (3.162%) DNS
4 8 (3.162%) TELNET
4 8 (3.162%) iSCSI
4 8 (3.162%) NAS
5 6 (2.372%) ATM
5 6 (2.372%) SSL
5 6 (2.372%) IPv4
5 6 (2.372%) 3G
5 6 (2.372%) 2G
5 6 (2.372%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (2.372%) tcpdump
5 6 (2.372%) LTE
6 5 (1.976%) Nokia NetAct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (43.08%) MySQL
2 38 (15.02%) Ingres
3 33 (13.04%) MongoDB
4 29 (11.46%) SQL Server
5 26 (10.28%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (9.091%) NoSQL
7 13 (5.138%) Oracle 11g
8 11 (4.348%) Redis
8 11 (4.348%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (3.557%) RDBMS
10 8 (3.162%) Big Data
10 8 (3.162%) Oracle BI EE
10 8 (3.162%) Hadoop
11 6 (2.372%) GIS
11 6 (2.372%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.976%) CouchDB
13 4 (1.581%) Oracle 8/8i
14 3 (1.186%) BusinessObjects XI
14 3 (1.186%) Apache Hive
14 3 (1.186%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 41 (16.21%) CruiseControl
2 39 (15.42%) Ant
3 36 (14.23%) Git (software)
4 35 (13.83%) ClearCase
4 35 (13.83%) Jenkins
5 31 (12.25%) Subversion
5 31 (12.25%) Hudson
6 30 (11.86%) CppUnit
6 30 (11.86%) GoogleTest
6 30 (11.86%) NUnit
7 24 (9.486%) ClearQuest
8 18 (7.115%) Cucumber
9 15 (5.929%) RSpec
10 12 (4.743%) Selenium
11 11 (4.348%) JUnit
12 10 (3.953%) Eclipse
12 10 (3.953%) NetBeans
13 9 (3.557%) Maven
14 8 (3.162%) JIRA
15 7 (2.767%) Capistrano
General
1 23 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 19 (7.510%) Finance
3 5 (1.976%) Banking
3 5 (1.976%) Back Office
4 4 (1.581%) Publishing
5 3 (1.186%) Marketing
6 2 (0.791%) Multimedia
6 2 (0.791%) Games
6 2 (0.791%) Electronics
6 2 (0.791%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.791%) French Language
6 2 (0.791%) Music
7 1 (0.395%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.395%) Advertising
7 1 (0.395%) Retail
Job Titles
1 148 (58.50%) Developer
2 29 (11.46%) Administrator
3 22 (8.696%) Senior Developer
4 21 (8.300%) DBA
5 18 (7.115%) Software Developer
6 17 (6.719%) Ruby on Rails Developer
7 16 (6.324%) Architect
7 16 (6.324%) Python Developer
8 14 (5.534%) Linux Administrator
8 14 (5.534%) Perl Developer
8 14 (5.534%) Database Developer
8 14 (5.534%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.348%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.348%) .NET Developer
10 10 (3.953%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (3.953%) ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (3.953%) Front-End Developer
11 9 (3.557%) Django Developer
11 9 (3.557%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 8 (3.162%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.23%) Open Source
2 16 (6.324%) Derivative
3 13 (5.138%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.953%) Replication
5 7 (2.767%) Wiki
5 7 (2.767%) Clustering
6 5 (1.976%) Social Network
6 5 (1.976%) Cryptography
6 5 (1.976%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.581%) iPad
8 2 (0.791%) DTV
8 2 (0.791%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.791%) VLE
8 2 (0.791%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.791%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.791%) Heroku
8 2 (0.791%) iPhone
8 2 (0.791%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.791%) Online Games
9 1 (0.395%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 144 (56.92%) Linux
2 65 (25.69%) UNIX
3 49 (19.37%) Windows
4 21 (8.300%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.348%) Debian
6 10 (3.953%) Ubuntu
7 9 (3.557%) Android
8 7 (2.767%) CentOS
9 6 (2.372%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.791%) AIX
10 2 (0.791%) SUSE
11 1 (0.395%) openSUSE
11 1 (0.395%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.395%) Solaris
11 1 (0.395%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.51%) OO
2 52 (20.55%) Continuous Integration
3 50 (19.76%) Agile Software Development
4 42 (16.60%) OOD
5 39 (15.42%) Scrum
5 39 (15.42%) Configuration Management
6 36 (14.23%) Software Engineering
7 35 (13.83%) UML
8 34 (13.44%) Multithreading
9 32 (12.65%) TDD
10 29 (11.46%) Project Management
11 22 (8.696%) Memory Management
12 20 (7.905%) Use Case
13 19 (7.510%) Web Development
14 17 (6.719%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (6.324%) Test Scripting
16 15 (5.929%) Unit Testing
17 14 (5.534%) Migration
17 14 (5.534%) Integration Testing
17 14 (5.534%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 118 (46.64%) SQL
2 70 (27.67%) Python
3 55 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 54 (21.34%) Java
5 52 (20.55%) Perl
6 46 (18.18%) Ruby
7 35 (13.83%) C
8 34 (13.44%) C++
9 24 (9.486%) Bash shell
10 22 (8.696%) PHP
11 19 (7.510%) Shell Script
12 15 (5.929%) C#
13 10 (3.953%) Scala
14 7 (2.767%) XPath
14 7 (2.767%) T-SQL
15 6 (2.372%) AWK
15 6 (2.372%) Erlang
16 5 (1.976%) sed
16 5 (1.976%) Korn
17 2 (0.791%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 31 (12.25%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.719%) Degree
4 1 (0.395%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.395%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.395%) ISEB
4 1 (0.395%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.767%) QA
2 3 (1.186%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.162%) NFS
1 8 (3.162%) Squid
1 8 (3.162%) Postfix
2 6 (2.372%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.976%) Nmap
4 4 (1.581%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.395%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.395%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (7.905%) Puppet
2 13 (5.138%) Nagios
3 4 (1.581%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.791%) OpenView
4 2 (0.791%) Zenoss
5 1 (0.395%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.395%) Cacti
5 1 (0.395%) Splunk
Vendors
1 75 (29.64%) Oracle
2 44 (17.39%) Red Hat
3 27 (10.67%) Greenplum
4 25 (9.881%) Microsoft
5 22 (8.696%) JBoss
6 12 (4.743%) Facebook
6 12 (4.743%) Twitter
7 11 (4.348%) SAP
8 10 (3.953%) NetApp
8 10 (3.953%) EMC
9 9 (3.557%) Coverity
9 9 (3.557%) VMware
9 9 (3.557%) Business Objects
10 8 (3.162%) Ericsson
10 8 (3.162%) Huawei
10 8 (3.162%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 6 (2.372%) Citrix
12 5 (1.976%) Zend
12 5 (1.976%) Google
12 5 (1.976%) Nokia
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