The first table below looks at the demand for PostgreSQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PostgreSQL over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PostgreSQL (Postgres)
Rank 178 137 148
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +11
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 21 53 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.417% 1.148% 0.565%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.330% 3.444% 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 20 48 23
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% -2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £70,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1579 1539 1311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.39% 33.35% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1399 1385 1187
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands PostgreSQL Salary Trend

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PostgreSQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire -21 10 £45,000 -5.26%
Birmingham -15 4 £42,500 -
Shropshire - 4 £26,500 -
Coventry -12 3 £50,000 -
PostgreSQL
England

PostgreSQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 47 (58.75%) CSS
2 45 (56.25%) PHP
3 43 (53.75%) Ruby
4 41 (51.25%) HTML
4 41 (51.25%) Java
4 41 (51.25%) JavaScript
4 41 (51.25%) Linux
5 35 (43.75%) SQL
6 32 (40.00%) C++
7 27 (33.75%) Ruby on Rails
8 26 (32.50%) Perl
9 25 (31.25%) Apache
9 25 (31.25%) UNIX
10 23 (28.75%) Selenium
11 22 (27.50%) Web Services
11 22 (27.50%) SQL Server
12 21 (26.25%) ActionScript
13 20 (25.00%) Subversion
14 18 (22.50%) MySQL
15 16 (20.00%) Ajax
16 15 (18.75%) DHCP
16 15 (18.75%) Open Source
16 15 (18.75%) Modbus
17 14 (17.50%) LAMP
17 14 (17.50%) Python
18 13 (16.25%) Web Application Development
18 13 (16.25%) HTML5
19 12 (15.00%) Oracle
19 12 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 12 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

PostgreSQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 47 (58.75%) CSS
2 41 (51.25%) HTML
3 27 (33.75%) Ruby on Rails
4 22 (27.50%) Web Services
5 16 (20.00%) Ajax
6 14 (17.50%) LAMP
7 13 (16.25%) HTML5
8 11 (13.75%) CSS3
9 10 (12.50%) jQuery
10 7 (8.750%) RESTful
10 7 (8.750%) Django
11 6 (7.500%) Yii
11 6 (7.500%) REST
12 5 (6.250%) Grails
12 5 (6.250%) .NET
13 4 (5.000%) NHibernate
14 3 (3.750%) XML
15 2 (2.500%) PostGIS
16 1 (1.250%) Haml
16 1 (1.250%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 25 (31.25%) Apache
2 4 (5.000%) MSMQ
2 4 (5.000%) NServiceBus
3 3 (3.750%) GlassFish
4 1 (1.250%) nginx
4 1 (1.250%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.250%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (11.25%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.750%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.75%) DHCP
1 15 (18.75%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.50%) SQL Server
2 18 (22.50%) MySQL
3 12 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (13.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (12.50%) Data Mart
6 4 (5.000%) MongoDB
7 3 (3.750%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (3.750%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.250%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.250%) SQLite
8 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (1.250%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.250%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 23 (28.75%) Selenium
2 20 (25.00%) Subversion
3 9 (11.25%) Jenkins
3 9 (11.25%) Hudson
4 4 (5.000%) Visual Studio
4 4 (5.000%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.000%) RSpec
5 3 (3.750%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 3 (3.750%) WATIR
6 2 (2.500%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.250%) Capistrano
7 1 (1.250%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.250%) Ant
General
1 7 (8.750%) Finance
2 6 (7.500%) Billing
3 4 (5.000%) Retail
4 3 (3.750%) Legal
5 1 (1.250%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 62 (77.50%) Developer
2 17 (21.25%) Senior Developer
3 16 (20.00%) Applications Developer
4 11 (13.75%) Lead Developer
5 10 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 9 (11.25%) PHP Developer
6 9 (11.25%) Report Developer
6 9 (11.25%) Software Engineer
7 7 (8.750%) Ruby Developer
8 6 (7.500%) SQL Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Senior Applications Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Software Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Web Developer
10 4 (5.000%) DBA
10 4 (5.000%) Lead PHP Developer
10 4 (5.000%) .NET Developer
11 3 (3.750%) Senior PHP Developer
11 3 (3.750%) Software Development Manager
11 3 (3.750%) Database Developer
11 3 (3.750%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Open Source
2 10 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (10.00%) Device Driver
4 5 (6.250%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 41 (51.25%) Linux
2 25 (31.25%) UNIX
3 5 (6.250%) Windows
4 3 (3.750%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.750%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.25%) Web Application Development
2 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (12.50%) MVC
4 9 (11.25%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (11.25%) Unit Testing
5 8 (10.00%) SOA
5 8 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (8.750%) Scrum
7 6 (7.500%) OO
7 6 (7.500%) Web Development
7 6 (7.500%) TDD
7 6 (7.500%) Automated Testing
8 5 (6.250%) CRM
9 4 (5.000%) DSDM
9 4 (5.000%) Migration
9 4 (5.000%) Software Testing
9 4 (5.000%) BDD
10 3 (3.750%) Infrastructure Management
10 3 (3.750%) Automation Testing
10 3 (3.750%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (56.25%) PHP
2 43 (53.75%) Ruby
3 41 (51.25%) Java
3 41 (51.25%) JavaScript
4 35 (43.75%) SQL
5 32 (40.00%) C++
6 26 (32.50%) Perl
7 21 (26.25%) ActionScript
8 14 (17.50%) Python
9 11 (13.75%) T-SQL
10 8 (10.00%) C#
11 7 (8.750%) PL/SQL
12 5 (6.250%) PHP5
13 3 (3.750%) XPath
14 1 (1.250%) Bash shell
14 1 (1.250%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) Degree
2 1 (1.250%) ISEB
2 1 (1.250%) HND
System Software
1 1 (1.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (15.00%) Oracle
2 3 (3.750%) Appcelerator
2 3 (3.750%) DevExpress
2 3 (3.750%) JBoss
2 3 (3.750%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.750%) Apple
3 1 (1.250%) Tableau
3 1 (1.250%) Zend
3 1 (1.250%) webMethods
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Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Fantastic package
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum plus bens
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Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013
Oldbury, West Midlands
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Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + benefits
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