The first table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PostgreSQL (Postgres)
Rank 188 157 170
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +13
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 28 58 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.530% 1.047% 0.602%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.616% 3.150% 1.817%
Number of salaries quoted 27 58 34
Average salary £40,000 £34,250 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.78% +1.48%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £38,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1733 1841 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 32.80% 33.23% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1536 1686 1719
Average salary £36,250 £36,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.69% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
PostgreSQL
England

PostgreSQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West PostgreSQL Salary Trend

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PostgreSQL across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West PostgreSQL Salary Histogram

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 South West region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Somerset -6 22 £40,000 +14.28%
Bristol -15 4 £33,500 -
Devon -17 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Dorset - 1 £40,000 -
PostgreSQL
England

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 58 (84.06%) MySQL
2 44 (63.77%) JavaScript
3 39 (56.52%) CSS
4 38 (55.07%) PHP
5 36 (52.17%) HTML
6 29 (42.03%) OOD
7 28 (40.58%) OOP
7 28 (40.58%) SQL
8 27 (39.13%) Telecoms
8 27 (39.13%) Digital Media
9 26 (37.68%) SOAP
9 26 (37.68%) Python
10 23 (33.33%) JIRA
11 20 (28.99%) RESTful
12 19 (27.54%) PHP5
13 17 (24.64%) Django
13 17 (24.64%) WordPress
13 17 (24.64%) Subversion
14 15 (21.74%) Linux
15 14 (20.29%) Java
16 13 (18.84%) Finance
16 13 (18.84%) nginx
16 13 (18.84%) Gunicorn
16 13 (18.84%) Open Source
16 13 (18.84%) Degree
17 11 (15.94%) Perl
17 11 (15.94%) LAMP
17 11 (15.94%) Git (software)
18 10 (14.49%) Data Management
18 10 (14.49%) XML

PostgreSQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 39 (56.52%) CSS
2 36 (52.17%) HTML
3 26 (37.68%) SOAP
4 20 (28.99%) RESTful
5 17 (24.64%) Django
6 11 (15.94%) LAMP
7 10 (14.49%) XML
7 10 (14.49%) Leaflet
7 10 (14.49%) Mapnik
8 7 (10.14%) jQuery
9 6 (8.696%) XSLT
10 5 (7.246%) Spring
10 5 (7.246%) Hibernate
11 4 (5.797%) XSD
11 4 (5.797%) J2EE
11 4 (5.797%) EJB
11 4 (5.797%) REST
12 3 (4.348%) CSS3
12 3 (4.348%) Backbone.js
12 3 (4.348%) Spine.js
Application Platforms
1 17 (24.64%) WordPress
2 13 (18.84%) nginx
2 13 (18.84%) Gunicorn
3 8 (11.59%) Apache
4 7 (10.14%) Tomcat
5 6 (8.696%) CMS
6 3 (4.348%) Plone
7 2 (2.899%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (2.899%) ArcGIS
8 1 (1.449%) SugarCRM
8 1 (1.449%) Apache Solr
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.246%) HTTP
2 3 (4.348%) Firewall
3 2 (2.899%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.899%) DNS
4 1 (1.449%) DHCP
4 1 (1.449%) LDAP
4 1 (1.449%) IPsec
4 1 (1.449%) SSL
4 1 (1.449%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (84.06%) MySQL
2 6 (8.696%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.246%) GIS
4 1 (1.449%) Big Data
4 1 (1.449%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.449%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (33.33%) JIRA
2 17 (24.64%) Subversion
3 11 (15.94%) Git (software)
4 5 (7.246%) JUnit
4 5 (7.246%) JMeter
5 4 (5.797%) Maven
5 4 (5.797%) Eclipse
5 4 (5.797%) Hudson
6 2 (2.899%) Talend Open Studio
7 1 (1.449%) FitNesse
General
1 27 (39.13%) Telecoms
2 13 (18.84%) Finance
3 4 (5.797%) Multimedia
3 4 (5.797%) Publishing
4 2 (2.899%) Retail
5 1 (1.449%) Music
Job Titles
1 60 (86.96%) Developer
2 17 (24.64%) Python Developer
3 12 (17.39%) PHP Developer
3 12 (17.39%) Web Developer
4 11 (15.94%) Senior Developer
4 11 (15.94%) Senior Python Developer
5 7 (10.14%) Systems Developer
6 5 (7.246%) Java Developer
7 3 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.348%) Administrator
7 3 (4.348%) Analyst
7 3 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.348%) Junior
7 3 (4.348%) Linux Administrator
7 3 (4.348%) Python Web Developer
7 3 (4.348%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.348%) Junior Developer
7 3 (4.348%) Junior Python Developer
8 2 (2.899%) .NET Consultant
8 2 (2.899%) Senior Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 27 (39.13%) Digital Media
2 13 (18.84%) Open Source
3 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.449%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.449%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.74%) Linux
2 2 (2.899%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.449%) UNIX
3 1 (1.449%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.449%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) OOD
2 28 (40.58%) OOP
3 10 (14.49%) Data Management
4 9 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 9 (13.04%) Web Development
5 6 (8.696%) Content Management
6 4 (5.797%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (5.797%) Web Application Development
7 3 (4.348%) Business Development
8 2 (2.899%) Six Sigma
8 2 (2.899%) RDF
8 2 (2.899%) ITIL
9 1 (1.449%) Software Deployment
9 1 (1.449%) UML
9 1 (1.449%) OO
9 1 (1.449%) TDD
9 1 (1.449%) Statistical Analysis
9 1 (1.449%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 44 (63.77%) JavaScript
2 38 (55.07%) PHP
3 28 (40.58%) SQL
4 26 (37.68%) Python
5 19 (27.54%) PHP5
6 14 (20.29%) Java
7 11 (15.94%) Perl
8 10 (14.49%) CoffeeScript
9 5 (7.246%) C#
9 5 (7.246%) Ruby
10 4 (5.797%) C++
11 3 (4.348%) Bash shell
12 1 (1.449%) R
12 1 (1.449%) ActionScript
12 1 (1.449%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 3 (4.348%) RHCE
3 2 (2.899%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.449%) CCNA
4 1 (1.449%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.899%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.899%) Gluster
2 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.449%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 2 (2.899%) Puppet
2 1 (1.449%) Nagios
Vendors
1 7 (10.14%) Oracle
2 3 (4.348%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.899%) Riverbed
3 2 (2.899%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.899%) Cisco
3 2 (2.899%) ESRI
3 2 (2.899%) JBoss
3 2 (2.899%) Talend
Bath, Avon
Experience with PHP/MySQL - especially Magento and CakePHP... Good knowledge of Javascript - especially jQuery... Experience with Python - preferably with Django. Ability to hand code (X)HTML and CSS...
MediaClash Ltd
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bath, South West
Essential requirements: 2+ years extensive Python experience within a LAMP environment Experience with DB servers such as MySQL or PostgreSQL Experience with a source code management systems such...
bridgenoble
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + pension, healthcare, bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bath, South West
They are looking for a Senior Python Developer to join their highly technical team of Python experts... The company is expanding at a fast pace and they are...
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Essential requirements: 2+ years extensive Python experience within a LAMP environment. Experience with DB servers such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Experience with a source code management systems such...
Bridge Noble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Essential requirements: 2+ years extensive Python experience within a LAMP environment. Experience with DB servers such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Experience with a source code management systems such...
Bridge Noble
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + pension, healthcare, bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013