PostgreSQL Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	113	86	65
Rank change year-on-year	-27	-21	+14
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL	7	12	48
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire	0.38%	0.96%	2.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	4.38%	5.69%	17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	10	35
10^th Percentile	£325	£393	£401
25^th Percentile	£337	£428	£470
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£358	£463	£638
Median % change year-on-year	-22.70%	-27.45%	+6.25%
75^th Percentile	£426	£500	£663
90^th Percentile	£519	£533	-
South East median daily rate	£463	£435	£500
% change year-on-year	+6.32%	-13.00%	-13.04%

All Database & BI Skills
Berkshire

PostgreSQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills	160	211	281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire	8.71%	16.96%	17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	110	141	172
10^th Percentile	£363	£406	£385
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£455
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£525	£578
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-9.09%	+0.43%
75^th Percentile	£600	£600	£650
90^th Percentile	£638	£650	£663
South East median daily rate	£500	£450	£500
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	15
10^th Percentile	£54.54	-	£28.95
25^th Percentile	£66.44	-	£44.72
Median hourly rate	£82.96	-	£61.60
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-8.74%
75^th Percentile	£89.69	-	-
90^th Percentile	£96.25	-	£64.73
South East median hourly rate	£30.50	£13.50	£48.18
% change year-on-year	+125.93%	-71.98%	-2.67%

PostgreSQL Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

PostgreSQL Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in Berkshire

PostgreSQL Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Wokingham	-	6	£358	-	1
Reading	-37	1	£375	-16.20%	5
PostgreSQL South East

PostgreSQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PostgreSQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region with a requirement for PostgreSQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Containerisation	85.7%	6
1	DevOps	85.7%	6
1	FastAPI	85.7%	6
1	Kafka	85.7%	6
1	Python	85.7%	6
6	Analytics	71.4%	5
6	CPLEX	71.4%	5
6	Data Analytics	71.4%	5
6	Django	71.4%	5
6	Docker	71.4%	5
6	Flask	71.4%	5
6	Kubernetes	71.4%	5
6	Mathematics	71.4%	5
6	MongoDB	71.4%	5
6	NoSQL	71.4%	5
6	NumPy	71.4%	5
6	OOP	71.4%	5
6	OpenAPI	71.4%	5
6	Pandas	71.4%	5
6	Performance Optimisation	71.4%	5
6	Problem-Solving	71.4%	5
6	pytest	71.4%	5
6	RabbitMQ	71.4%	5
6	RESTful	71.4%	5
6	Swagger	71.4%	5
6	TDD	71.4%	5
27	Azure	57.1%	4
28	API Development	42.9%	3
28	Azure DevOps	42.9%	3
28	Data Pipeline	42.9%	3

PostgreSQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Database & Business Intelligence

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	MongoDB	71.4%	5
1	NoSQL	71.4%	5
3	Relational Database	42.9%	3
4	Amazon Aurora	14.3%	1
4	DynamoDB	14.3%	1
4	Redis	14.3%	1