PostgreSQL Contracts in Bristol

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring PostgreSQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 57 75
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +7
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 8 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.17% 1.63% 0.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.11% 13.51% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile £448 £410 £510
25th Percentile - £453 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £588 £569 £738
90th Percentile £625 £595 £741
South West median daily rate £525 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £59.70
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +28.93% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £64.40
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £62.05
% change year-on-year -6.25% +28.93% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 72 111 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 10.50% 12.05% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 70 97
10th Percentile £313 £374 £370
25th Percentile £369 £436 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £518 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £618
90th Percentile £600 £725 £693
South West median daily rate £464 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -8.40% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile - - £33.13
25th Percentile £65.00 £17.50 £52.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £20.00 £58.53
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% -65.83% -7.98%
75th Percentile £78.10 £85.00 £65.60
90th Percentile £79.22 - £75.32
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £30.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +133.33% -59.46% +34.55%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in Bristol

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in Bristol

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Application Server
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Snowflake
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon EventBridge
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
3 1 (12.50%) Supabase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (62.50%) Power BI
1 5 (62.50%) Star Schema
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle ODI
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) DBeaver
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Quality Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) DBA
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (12.50%) Next.js
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Dimensional Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) ETL
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Oracle
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) SAP