PostgreSQL (Postgres)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 29 | 35 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | -4 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | 2.05% | 1.61% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 16.00% | 8.51% | 1.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £434 | £380 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £388 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £400 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.19% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £421 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £484 | £433 | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | £469 | £400 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.19% | -36.00% | +18.48% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 25 | 47 | 55 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 12.82% | 18.88% | 24.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 38 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £234 | £238 | £290 |
| 25th Percentile | £281 | £406 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £515 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.48% | -1.90% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £479 | £551 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £490 | £640 | £718 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £425 | £508 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.26% | -5.58% | -2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.55 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL in Cardiff.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: