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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PostgreSQL over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkPostgreSQL
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank464522699
Rank change year-on-year
Up+58Up+177
Matching permanent IT job ads228157279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.267 %0.185 %0.137 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category0.992 %0.701 %0.538 %
Salaries quoted202126257
Average salary£40,500£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.250 %+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£24,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£62,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,500
% change year-on-year
--2.980 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
229742238451827
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.86 %26.36 %25.41 %
Salaries quoted199021918543532
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

PostgreSQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

PostgreSQL Demand Trend

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK.

PostgreSQL Salary Trend

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 within the UK.

PostgreSQL Salary Histogram

PostgreSQL
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+77227£41,500+3.75 %
LondonUp+25148£47,500+14.45 %
City of LondonDown-3337£40,500-10.00 %
South EastDown-228£27,500-15.38 %
East of EnglandDown-821£40,000+37.93 %
HertfordshireUp+1819£45,000+25.87 %
West MidlandsUp+3815£34,500+5.34 %
South WestUp+1415£28,250-56.53 %
WarwickshireNew entry-12£35,500-
HampshireUp+179£27,500-12.00 %
SouthamptonDown-37£27,500-15.38 %
BathUp+266£32,000-20.00 %
SomersetUp+96£32,000-50.76 %
OxfordshireDown-16£38,750+49.03 %
Leamington SpaNew entry-6£40,750-
WiltshireNew entry-6£28,000-
West SussexUp+105£21,500-10.41 %
SurreyNew entry-5£35,000-
WarwickNew entry-5£35,500-
GatwickNew entry-5£21,500-
OxfordUp+104£40,000+61.61 %
WeybridgeNew entry-3--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-3£55,000-
StevenageUp+82£32,500-23.52 %
PortsmouthUp+32£20,000-27.27 %
BerkshireDown-52£42,500-39.28 %
St AlbansNew entry-2£40,000-
SalisburyNew entry-2£32,500-
BristolUp+81£28,500-8.80 %
ScotlandUp+71£23,000-76.99 %

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL.

1273 (64.08 %)Linux
2215 (50.47 %)MySQL
3194 (45.54 %)Java
4163 (38.26 %)JavaScript
5162 (38.03 %)Apache
6154 (36.15 %)SQL
7135 (31.69 %)PHP
8133 (31.22 %)HTML
9131 (30.75 %)CSS
10126 (29.58 %)UNIX
11112 (26.29 %)AJAX
1296 (22.54 %)OO
1382 (19.25 %)Hibernate
1481 (19.01 %)Oracle
1579 (18.54 %)Perl
1672 (16.90 %)XML
1769 (16.20 %)Degree
1866 (15.49 %)Tomcat
1964 (15.02 %)Agile Software Development
2063 (14.79 %)Subversion
2063 (14.79 %)Games
2156 (13.15 %)Computer Science
2252 (12.21 %)LAMP
2351 (11.97 %)SQL Server
2351 (11.97 %)GWT
2450 (11.74 %)MVC
2549 (11.50 %)Spring
2549 (11.50 %)Open Source
2648 (11.27 %)PHP5
2648 (11.27 %)E-Commerce

PostgreSQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PostgreSQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1133 (31.22 %)HTML
2131 (30.75 %)CSS
3112 (26.29 %)AJAX
482 (19.25 %)Hibernate
572 (16.90 %)XML
652 (12.21 %)LAMP
751 (11.97 %)GWT
849 (11.50 %)Spring
945 (10.56 %)J2EE
1039 (9.155 %)jQuery
1136 (8.451 %)SOAP
1233 (7.746 %)Apache Wicket
1331 (7.277 %)J2SE
1427 (6.338 %)Java SE
1427 (6.338 %)Web Services
1523 (5.399 %)XHTML
1622 (5.164 %)Struts
1721 (4.930 %)Ruby on Rails
1819 (4.460 %)JSP
1918 (4.225 %)Adobe Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1162 (38.03 %)Apache
266 (15.49 %)Tomcat
314 (3.286 %)Drupal
314 (3.286 %)CMS
412 (2.817 %)nginx
59 (2.113 %)GlassFish
59 (2.113 %)lighttpd
66 (1.408 %)Oracle Spatial
75 (1.174 %)Liferay
82 (0.469 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
82 (0.469 %)IIS
91 (0.235 %)WebLogic
91 (0.235 %)MS Exchange
91 (0.235 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.235 %)Joomla!
91 (0.235 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (2.817 %)MS Visio
23 (0.704 %)MS Excel
31 (0.235 %)MS Office
31 (0.235 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.469 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.235 %)Apache OFBiz
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
136 (8.451 %)Internet
235 (8.216 %)DNS
322 (5.164 %)HTTP
421 (4.930 %)Firewall
518 (4.225 %)TCP/IP
617 (3.991 %)SMTP
712 (2.817 %)LDAP
811 (2.582 %)SSL
910 (2.347 %)SNMP
105 (1.174 %)POP3
105 (1.174 %)IPsec
114 (0.939 %)Asterisk PBX
114 (0.939 %)Wireless
114 (0.939 %)FTP
114 (0.939 %)VoIP
114 (0.939 %)Broadband
114 (0.939 %)Intranet
122 (0.469 %)IMAP
122 (0.469 %)HTTPS
131 (0.235 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1215 (50.47 %)MySQL
251 (11.97 %)SQL Server
323 (5.399 %)RDBMS
323 (5.399 %)Oracle 11g
421 (4.930 %)Oracle 10g
520 (4.695 %)Oracle 8/8i
615 (3.521 %)SQL Server 2005
79 (2.113 %)GIS
85 (1.174 %)Datawarehouse
85 (1.174 %)ETL
85 (1.174 %)CouchDB
93 (0.704 %)DB2
102 (0.469 %)Pentaho
102 (0.469 %)SQL Server 2008
102 (0.469 %)SQLite
111 (0.235 %)Informix
111 (0.235 %)Ingres
111 (0.235 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
163 (14.79 %)Subversion
233 (7.746 %)Git (software)
315 (3.521 %)Maven
414 (3.286 %)RSpec
414 (3.286 %)JUnit
513 (3.052 %)Eclipse
65 (1.174 %)Ant
65 (1.174 %)WebLOAD
74 (0.939 %)TeamCity
82 (0.469 %)TestNG
82 (0.469 %)Bugzilla
82 (0.469 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.235 %)Selenium
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
163 (14.79 %)Games
240 (9.390 %)Online Games
333 (7.746 %)Pensions
427 (6.338 %)Health
524 (5.634 %)Finance
613 (3.052 %)Retail
613 (3.052 %)Billing
613 (3.052 %)Insurance
712 (2.817 %)Marketing
811 (2.582 %)Education
910 (2.347 %)Government
106 (1.408 %)Online Gambling
106 (1.408 %)Telecoms
114 (0.939 %)Back Office
122 (0.469 %)Social Media
122 (0.469 %)Online Betting
122 (0.469 %)Automotive
122 (0.469 %)Publishing
131 (0.235 %)Military
131 (0.235 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1267 (62.68 %)Developer
298 (23.00 %)Java Developer
377 (18.08 %)PHP Developer
459 (13.85 %)Administrator
552 (12.21 %)Systems Administrator
638 (8.920 %)DBA
736 (8.451 %)Web Developer
831 (7.277 %)Senior Developer
930 (7.042 %)Linux Administrator
1027 (6.338 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1123 (5.399 %)Junior
1222 (5.164 %)Ruby Developer
1320 (4.695 %)PHP Web Developer
1320 (4.695 %)Programmer
1418 (4.225 %)Software Developer
1517 (3.991 %)Perl Developer
1517 (3.991 %)Oracle DBA
1517 (3.991 %)Junior Developer
1616 (3.756 %)Senior Java Developer
1616 (3.756 %)Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (13.15 %)Computer Science
249 (11.50 %)Open Source
332 (7.512 %)Mathematics
425 (5.869 %)Social Network
518 (4.225 %)Physics
617 (3.991 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
714 (3.286 %)Multithreading
813 (3.052 %)Web 2.0
910 (2.347 %)iPhone
107 (1.643 %)Replication
116 (1.408 %)RIA
116 (1.408 %)Blackberry
125 (1.174 %)SaaS
134 (0.939 %)Amazon EC2
134 (0.939 %)Amazon S3
143 (0.704 %)N-Tier
152 (0.469 %)Streaming Media
152 (0.469 %)Clustering
152 (0.469 %)Client/Server
152 (0.469 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1273 (64.08 %)Linux
2126 (29.58 %)UNIX
332 (7.512 %)Windows
332 (7.512 %)Solaris
431 (7.277 %)Debian
529 (6.808 %)Red Hat Linux
616 (3.756 %)CentOS
714 (3.286 %)OpenSolaris
811 (2.582 %)FreeBSD
811 (2.582 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
98 (1.878 %)Fedora
106 (1.408 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
106 (1.408 %)Android
114 (0.939 %)Ubuntu
114 (0.939 %)Windows Server 2003
123 (0.704 %)Windows 2000
123 (0.704 %)Gentoo
132 (0.469 %)SUSE
141 (0.235 %)Windows XP
141 (0.235 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
196 (22.54 %)OO
264 (15.02 %)Agile Software Development
350 (11.74 %)MVC
448 (11.27 %)E-Commerce
534 (7.981 %)Web Development
631 (7.277 %)Content Management
729 (6.808 %)OOP
729 (6.808 %)Unit Testing
825 (5.869 %)Scrum
921 (4.930 %)Project Management
1019 (4.460 %)Refactoring
1118 (4.225 %)Performance Management
1217 (3.991 %)Software Engineering
1311 (2.582 %)OOD
1410 (2.347 %)Systems Analysis
1410 (2.347 %)SOA
159 (2.113 %)Load Balancing
168 (1.878 %)Network Architecture
168 (1.878 %)Algorithmic Trading
168 (1.878 %)Network Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1194 (45.54 %)Java
2163 (38.26 %)JavaScript
3154 (36.15 %)SQL
4135 (31.69 %)PHP
579 (18.54 %)Perl
648 (11.27 %)PHP5
745 (10.56 %)Python
837 (8.685 %)C
935 (8.216 %)Ruby
1034 (7.981 %)C++
1130 (7.042 %)Shell Script
1225 (5.869 %)PL/SQL
1324 (5.634 %)PHP4
1423 (5.399 %)Bash shell
158 (1.878 %)ActionScript
167 (1.643 %)C#
174 (0.939 %)ActionScript 3.0
174 (0.939 %)Scala
174 (0.939 %)Groovy
174 (0.939 %)AWK
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
169 (16.20 %)Degree
210 (2.347 %)PhD
34 (0.939 %)RHCE
42 (0.469 %)SC Cleared
42 (0.469 %)Security Cleared
51 (0.235 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.113 %)QA
21 (0.235 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (2.582 %)Oracle RAC
28 (1.878 %)Hadoop
37 (1.643 %)Active Directory
37 (1.643 %)Xen
45 (1.174 %)Postfix
54 (0.939 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.939 %)VMware Infrastructure
63 (0.704 %)Samba
63 (0.704 %)XenServer
72 (0.469 %)OpenLDAP
72 (0.469 %)NFS
81 (0.235 %)VMware Server
81 (0.235 %)Squid
81 (0.235 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (5.399 %)Nagios
220 (4.695 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
311 (2.582 %)Data Guard
48 (1.878 %)Cacti
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
181 (19.01 %)Oracle
233 (7.746 %)Google
329 (6.808 %)Red Hat
421 (4.930 %)JBoss
519 (4.460 %)Zend
614 (3.286 %)NetApp
713 (3.052 %)Microsoft
812 (2.817 %)Cisco
97 (1.643 %)Sybase
97 (1.643 %)VMware
104 (0.939 %)Dell
113 (0.704 %)PeopleSoft
113 (0.704 %)SAP
113 (0.704 %)Citrix
122 (0.469 %)Terracotta
131 (0.235 %)Intel
131 (0.235 %)Remedy