The first table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PostgreSQL over the 3 months to 23 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PostgreSQL (Postgres)
Rank 45 65 67
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +2
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 14 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.104% 2.090% 0.211%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.965% 6.364% 0.483%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 1
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
201 220 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 44.57% 32.84% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 181 199 180
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £26,150
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
PostgreSQL
North West

PostgreSQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside PostgreSQL Jobs Demand Trend

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PostgreSQL across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside PostgreSQL Salary Trend

PostgreSQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool +22 14 £37,500 -
PostgreSQL
North West

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL.

1 13 (81.25%) Linux
2 11 (68.75%) Web Services
3 9 (56.25%) XML
3 9 (56.25%) STL
3 9 (56.25%) Perl
3 9 (56.25%) PHP
3 9 (56.25%) C++
3 9 (56.25%) OO
3 9 (56.25%) XML Messaging
3 9 (56.25%) Subversion
3 9 (56.25%) QA
3 9 (56.25%) Multithreading
3 9 (56.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 9 (56.25%) Qt
4 7 (43.75%) Git (software)
5 5 (31.25%) MFC
5 5 (31.25%) Windows
5 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
6 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 4 (25.00%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Replication
6 4 (25.00%) Clustering
6 4 (25.00%) UML
6 4 (25.00%) Database Security
6 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
7 3 (18.75%) TDD
7 3 (18.75%) jQuery
8 2 (12.50%) Scala
8 2 (12.50%) Sass
8 2 (12.50%) User Stories

PostgreSQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (68.75%) Web Services
2 9 (56.25%) XML
2 9 (56.25%) STL
2 9 (56.25%) XML Messaging
2 9 (56.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 9 (56.25%) Qt
3 5 (31.25%) MFC
4 3 (18.75%) jQuery
5 2 (12.50%) Sass
5 2 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (6.250%) .NET
6 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
6 1 (6.250%) CSS
6 1 (6.250%) XSD
6 1 (6.250%) XSLT
6 1 (6.250%) CakePHP
6 1 (6.250%) Google Maps API
6 1 (6.250%) CSS3
6 1 (6.250%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) CMS
1 1 (6.250%) Umbraco
Development Applications
1 9 (56.25%) Subversion
2 7 (43.75%) Git (software)
3 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) C++ Developer
3 4 (25.00%) DBA
3 4 (25.00%) Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Ruby Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior C++ Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior C++ Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Umbraco Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Replication
1 4 (25.00%) Clustering
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Linux
2 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) OO
1 9 (56.25%) Multithreading
2 4 (25.00%) UML
2 4 (25.00%) Database Security
2 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 3 (18.75%) TDD
4 2 (12.50%) User Stories
4 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) MVC
5 1 (6.250%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Perl
1 9 (56.25%) PHP
1 9 (56.25%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Scala
3 2 (12.50%) Ruby
4 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.250%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle
1 1 (6.250%) Zend
1 1 (6.250%) Google
1 1 (6.250%) Facebook
1 1 (6.250%) Twitter
Liverpool, North West
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimisation 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimisation 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimization 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
Foresight Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Requirements Essential: 5 years in C++, linux development Skilled in STL, template and design pattern use. OO development skills. Database skills, specifically with PostgreSQL. Experience with multi-threading...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Requirements Essential: 5 years in C++, linux development Skilled in STL, template and design pattern use. OO development skills. Database skills, specifically with PostgreSQL. Experience with multi-threading...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 8 May 2013