PostgreSQL Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 31 43
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 +28
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 10 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.82% 3.55% 1.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.05% 20.59% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £399 £403 -
25th Percentile £402 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% +4.74% -15.56%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £495
90th Percentile £629 - £500
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £420 £475
% change year-on-year +30.95% -11.58% -15.56%

All Database & BI Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 83 34 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.09% 17.26% 18.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 31 56
10th Percentile £318 £321 £277
25th Percentile £400 £380 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £548 £528
90th Percentile £600 £643 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.61
Median hourly rate - - £23.82
75th Percentile - - £33.95
90th Percentile - - £51.08
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £24.00 £23.82
% change year-on-year - +0.75% -

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in Milton Keynes

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) AWS
2 8 (80.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) GCP
4 4 (40.00%) GitHub
4 4 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (20.00%) Azure AI
5 2 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (20.00%) Figma
6 1 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (10.00%) Amazon S3
6 1 (10.00%) Amazon SQS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) MySQL
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (10.00%) DynamoDB
4 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (50.00%) JUnit
2 4 (40.00%) Storybook
3 1 (10.00%) Git
3 1 (10.00%) Maven
3 1 (10.00%) Mockito
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Electronics
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (30.00%) DBA
3 3 (30.00%) SQL DBA
4 2 (20.00%) Data Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Data Scientist
5 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared DBA
5 1 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (10.00%) Senior DBA
5 1 (10.00%) Senior SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) React
2 5 (50.00%) Spring
2 5 (50.00%) Spring Boot
3 4 (40.00%) CSS
3 4 (40.00%) HTML
3 4 (40.00%) Vitest
4 3 (30.00%) RESTful
5 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (20.00%) Node.js
6 1 (10.00%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (10.00%) Hibernate
6 1 (10.00%) JPA
6 1 (10.00%) REST
6 1 (10.00%) SOAP
6 1 (10.00%) Spring Cloud
6 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Clustering
1 2 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) AI
2 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (40.00%) Microservices
3 4 (40.00%) User Experience
4 3 (30.00%) API Development
4 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (30.00%) Secure Coding
4 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (20.00%) Text Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (30.00%) Bash
4 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (20.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Rancher
2 1 (10.00%) Grafana
2 1 (10.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) OpenAI