PostgreSQL Contracts with Work from Home Options

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for PostgreSQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 119 124
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -16
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 253 516 932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.68% 2.06% 2.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.76% 10.79% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 373 712
10th Percentile £370 £401 £425
25th Percentile £435 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £675 £708
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £36.75
25th Percentile - - £39.38
Median hourly rate - £22.16 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.76% -
75th Percentile - £43.63 £51.88
90th Percentile - £44.45 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £22.49 £55.00
% change year-on-year +233.56% -59.12% +65.07%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

PostgreSQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,887 4,781 9,514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.15% 19.06% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,125 3,489 6,911
10th Percentile £356 £381 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 83 83
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.20 £19.20
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.75 £22.08
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +39.28% +50.55%
75th Percentile £63.00 £75.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

PostgreSQL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PostgreSQL trend for jobs with a WFH option

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

PostgreSQL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (4.35%) Confluence
2 8 (3.16%) Apache
2 8 (3.16%) nginx
3 6 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.37%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.98%) GeoServer
5 4 (1.58%) Drupal
5 4 (1.58%) Luigi
5 4 (1.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (1.58%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.58%) WordPress
6 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.79%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.40%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.40%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Endur
2 2 (0.79%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 128 (50.59%) AWS
2 62 (24.51%) Azure
3 59 (23.32%) Serverless
4 33 (13.04%) Amazon S3
5 32 (12.65%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (10.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (8.30%) GitHub
8 17 (6.72%) GCP
9 16 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (6.32%) OpenShift
10 14 (5.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 11 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 9 (3.56%) SaaS
14 8 (3.16%) Azure AKS
14 8 (3.16%) Azure Functions
15 7 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (2.77%) Power Platform
15 7 (2.77%) Snowflake
16 6 (2.37%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) HTTP
2 4 (1.58%) SSH
3 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.79%) Firewall
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) MQTT
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (22.53%) MongoDB
2 40 (15.81%) NoSQL
3 37 (14.62%) MySQL
4 32 (12.65%) SQL Server
5 29 (11.46%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (11.46%) Relational Database
6 26 (10.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 22 (8.70%) Oracle Database
8 19 (7.51%) RDBMS
9 16 (6.32%) Redis
10 13 (5.14%) Oracle Database 11g
11 12 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (4.35%) GIS
13 10 (3.95%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (3.16%) Apache Cassandra
15 7 (2.77%) Couchbase
15 7 (2.77%) Power BI
16 6 (2.37%) Informix
17 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
17 5 (1.98%) DB2
Development Applications
1 30 (11.86%) Jenkins
2 25 (9.88%) Git
3 22 (8.70%) GitLab
4 18 (7.11%) JIRA
5 6 (2.37%) Maven
5 6 (2.37%) Selenium
6 5 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.98%) JUnit
7 4 (1.58%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.58%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.58%) Mockito
7 4 (1.58%) Postman
7 4 (1.58%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.19%) TestNG
8 3 (1.19%) webpack
9 2 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.79%) EasyMock
9 2 (0.79%) Mocha
9 2 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (16.60%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.21%) Public Sector
3 28 (11.07%) Finance
4 16 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.77%) Banking
6 4 (1.58%) French Language
7 3 (1.19%) Dutch Language
7 3 (1.19%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.19%) Marketing
7 3 (1.19%) Tech for Good
8 2 (0.79%) Arabic Language
8 2 (0.79%) German Language
8 2 (0.79%) Japanese Language
8 2 (0.79%) Korean Language
8 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.79%) Spanish Language
8 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (47.04%) Developer
2 33 (13.04%) DBA
3 23 (9.09%) Full Stack Developer
4 21 (8.30%) Senior
5 19 (7.51%) PostgreSQL DBA
6 15 (5.93%) Architect
6 15 (5.93%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.53%) PostgreSQL Developer
8 11 (4.35%) Analyst
8 11 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) Lead
8 11 (4.35%) Python Developer
8 11 (4.35%) SQL Developer
9 10 (3.95%) Node.js Developer
10 9 (3.56%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.16%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.16%) Scala Developer
11 8 (3.16%) SQL DBA
12 6 (2.37%) AWS Developer
12 6 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.39%) React
2 35 (13.83%) Node.js
3 30 (11.86%) REST
4 27 (10.67%) AWS CDK
5 25 (9.88%) Kafka
6 22 (8.70%) CSS
7 21 (8.30%) HTML
8 18 (7.11%) Spring
9 17 (6.72%) Spring Boot
10 15 (5.93%) JSON
11 14 (5.53%) .NET
12 13 (5.14%) XML
13 11 (4.35%) PostGIS
13 11 (4.35%) RESTful
14 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
15 8 (3.16%) Akka
15 8 (3.16%) Django
15 8 (3.16%) Play Framework
15 8 (3.16%) Web Services
16 7 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (4.74%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.95%) Replication
4 5 (1.98%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.98%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.58%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.19%) Clustering
6 3 (1.19%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.19%) Derivative
6 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.79%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.79%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.46%) Linux
2 10 (3.95%) Windows
3 6 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.37%) Unix
4 5 (1.98%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.79%) CentOS
5 2 (0.79%) VMS
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (34.39%) Agile
2 73 (28.85%) DevOps
3 63 (24.90%) CI/CD
4 48 (18.97%) Microservices
5 41 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.42%) Full Stack Development
7 35 (13.83%) Migration
8 33 (13.04%) Software Engineering
9 32 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (11.86%) Scrum
11 29 (11.46%) Performance Tuning
12 28 (11.07%) Kanban
13 26 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
13 26 (10.28%) Unit Testing
14 24 (9.49%) Clean Code
15 23 (9.09%) ETL
16 22 (8.70%) Continuous Integration
16 22 (8.70%) Mentoring
16 22 (8.70%) TDD
16 22 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 102 (40.32%) SQL
2 78 (30.83%) Python
3 49 (19.37%) Java
4 47 (18.58%) JavaScript
5 39 (15.42%) TypeScript
6 23 (9.09%) Go
7 20 (7.91%) Bash
7 20 (7.91%) C#
7 20 (7.91%) PL/SQL
8 13 (5.14%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.56%) Scala
10 8 (3.16%) Ruby
11 6 (2.37%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.98%) Groovy
12 5 (1.98%) PHP
13 4 (1.58%) Bicep
13 4 (1.58%) C++
13 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.19%) Perl
15 2 (0.79%) C
Qualifications
1 51 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.51%) Degree
4 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.16%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.77%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.72%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.98%) QA
3 4 (1.58%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.58%) MiFID
4 3 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) EMIR
6 1 (0.40%) FATCA
6 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (17.39%) Docker
2 5 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) HDFS
4 1 (0.40%) iptables
4 1 (0.40%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 45 (17.79%) Kubernetes
2 31 (12.25%) Grafana
3 30 (11.86%) Ansible
3 30 (11.86%) Terraform
4 11 (4.35%) Kibana
4 11 (4.35%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.37%) Puppet
6 5 (1.98%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.79%) Argo
8 2 (0.79%) Istio
8 2 (0.79%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.79%) Packer
8 2 (0.79%) TIBCO Hawk
8 2 (0.79%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.40%) logstash
9 1 (0.40%) Salt
Vendors
1 64 (25.30%) Oracle
2 18 (7.11%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.56%) Splunk
4 8 (3.16%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.16%) Google
5 6 (2.37%) Sparx
6 5 (1.98%) Dynatrace
6 5 (1.98%) Informatica
6 5 (1.98%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.58%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.58%) IBM
7 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.58%) SAP
8 3 (1.19%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (1.19%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.79%) Commvault
9 2 (0.79%) ESRI
9 2 (0.79%) New Relic
9 2 (0.79%) TIBCO