PostgreSQL Contract Job Trends in Somerset

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.88% - 0.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.64% - 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £760 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £765 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £700 £538 £450
% change year-on-year +30.23% +19.44% -25.62%

All Database & BI Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 83 29 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 19.53% 17.16% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 27 22
10th Percentile £353 £160 £206
25th Percentile £403 £406 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £611 £663 £600
90th Percentile £765 £715 -
South West median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - -
Median hourly rate £14.85 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.21%
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £37.43 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -46.53% +75.00% -39.39%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in Somerset

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Taunton - 3 £750 -
PostgreSQL
South West

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 8 (100.00%) AWS
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) DBA
1 8 (100.00%) Lead
2 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared DBA
2 5 (62.50%) SQL DBA
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (37.50%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO 9000
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle