PostgreSQL Contract Job Trends

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 118 142
Rank change year-on-year -42 +24 +11
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 869 757 732
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.34% 1.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.81% 12.84% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 570 551
10th Percentile £358 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £534 £522
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +2.20% +3.78%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £834 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £478 £468
% change year-on-year -1.67% +2.19% -4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £32.40 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £61.00 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -18.75% +255.79%
75th Percentile £73.00 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -1.54% -18.75% +261.01%

All Database & BI Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,037 5,897 7,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.31% 18.26% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,315 3,998 5,449
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 103 149
10th Percentile £15.98 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.88 £25.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -35.39%
75th Percentile £63.94 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £76.50 £71.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +20.89% +5.47% -45.45%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in the UK

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -50 723 £513 -6.82% 258
UK excluding London -27 399 £470 -1.67% 154
London -51 361 £550 -8.33% 153
Work from Home -63 278 £500 -10.71% 127
North of England -45 131 £475 -5.00% 37
Midlands +3 101 £449 -10.30% 18
West Midlands -21 72 £449 -10.30% 9
South East -34 70 £471 +8.28% 46
North West -26 62 £475 - 19
Yorkshire -22 59 £481 -3.75% 10
Scotland -1 52 £425 -10.53% 11
South West -24 31 £700 +27.27% 18
East Midlands +9 27 £447 -10.15% 9
East of England -22 16 £575 +27.78% 12
North East -42 9 £425 -19.05% 8
Wales -14 4 - - 6

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 50 (5.75%) Confluence
2 45 (5.18%) Apache Spark
3 30 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (2.88%) Apache
5 10 (1.15%) nginx
6 7 (0.81%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.69%) Camunda
8 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.35%) Appian
10 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.35%) IIS
10 3 (0.35%) JBoss
10 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.35%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.04%) CPLEX
2 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.12%) Odoo
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 452 (52.01%) AWS
2 294 (33.83%) Azure
3 152 (17.49%) GCP
4 144 (16.57%) GitHub
5 101 (11.62%) Amazon S3
6 99 (11.39%) Serverless
7 98 (11.28%) GitHub Actions
8 69 (7.94%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (5.98%) Amazon SQS
11 51 (5.87%) Amazon ECS
12 46 (5.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 45 (5.18%) Amazon EKS
14 34 (3.91%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (3.22%) Power Platform
17 27 (3.11%) Route 53
18 26 (2.99%) Azure AKS
19 24 (2.76%) OpenShift
20 23 (2.65%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.96%) Firewall
2 14 (1.61%) DNS
3 10 (1.15%) SSH
4 9 (1.04%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.58%) HTTP
5 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.46%) SSL
6 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.35%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.35%) MQTT
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) NaaS
8 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (20.48%) SQL Server
2 159 (18.30%) MongoDB
3 156 (17.95%) Relational Database
4 128 (14.73%) MySQL
4 128 (14.73%) NoSQL
5 70 (8.06%) Amazon RDS
6 67 (7.71%) Redis
7 61 (7.02%) Amazon Aurora
8 54 (6.21%) DynamoDB
9 40 (4.60%) Big Data
9 40 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (3.57%) RDBMS
11 30 (3.45%) Data Lake
12 27 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (2.99%) Oracle Database
14 23 (2.65%) Metadata
14 23 (2.65%) Power BI
15 19 (2.19%) Apache Cassandra
16 18 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (1.96%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 180 (20.71%) Jenkins
2 170 (19.56%) Git
3 97 (11.16%) JIRA
4 80 (9.21%) JUnit
5 72 (8.29%) GitLab
6 52 (5.98%) Mockito
7 39 (4.49%) Maven
8 30 (3.45%) Cucumber
9 24 (2.76%) Gradle
9 24 (2.76%) Selenium
10 23 (2.65%) JMeter
11 21 (2.42%) Liquibase
11 21 (2.42%) SonarQube
12 20 (2.30%) WebDriver
13 17 (1.96%) Gatling
14 14 (1.61%) DbUnit
15 13 (1.50%) jMock
16 11 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
17 9 (1.04%) Flyway
18 8 (0.92%) Bitbucket
General
1 189 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.60%) Finance
3 118 (13.58%) Public Sector
4 97 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (6.67%) Banking
6 29 (3.34%) Front Office
7 22 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.38%) Military
10 11 (1.27%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.04%) Law
12 8 (0.92%) Financial Institution
12 8 (0.92%) Legal
12 8 (0.92%) Retail
13 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Automotive
14 5 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.46%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.35%) Marketing
16 3 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 342 (39.36%) Developer
2 153 (17.61%) Senior
3 104 (11.97%) Java Developer
4 86 (9.90%) DBA
4 86 (9.90%) Full-Stack Developer
5 85 (9.78%) Python Developer
6 79 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 76 (8.75%) Lead
8 71 (8.17%) Data Engineer
9 65 (7.48%) Architect
10 58 (6.67%) Senior Developer
11 40 (4.60%) Java Engineer
12 38 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 37 (4.26%) Administrator
14 35 (4.03%) Lead Developer
15 33 (3.80%) Backend Developer
16 30 (3.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 29 (3.34%) Python Engineer
17 29 (3.34%) Software Developer
18 27 (3.11%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (23.01%) Spring
2 187 (21.52%) REST
3 183 (21.06%) Kafka
4 177 (20.37%) React
5 167 (19.22%) RESTful
6 158 (18.18%) Spring Boot
7 129 (14.84%) Node.js
8 72 (8.29%) FastAPI
9 67 (7.71%) AngularJS
10 46 (5.29%) .NET
10 46 (5.29%) OpenAPI
10 46 (5.29%) Swagger
11 43 (4.95%) Django
11 43 (4.95%) GraphQL
12 42 (4.83%) Web Services
13 41 (4.72%) HTML
14 39 (4.49%) CSS
15 38 (4.37%) JPA
15 38 (4.37%) WireMock
16 36 (4.14%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 146 (16.80%) Cloud Native
2 106 (12.20%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.34%) Replication
5 27 (3.11%) Derivative
5 27 (3.11%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (2.99%) Data Structures
7 25 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.76%) Equities
8 24 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.42%) Fixed Income
10 20 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.30%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.73%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.61%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.38%) AI Agents
14 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.92%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 118 (13.58%) Linux
2 31 (3.57%) Unix
3 30 (3.45%) Windows
4 25 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.92%) Solaris
8 5 (0.58%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Android
9 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.35%) VMS
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) AIX
10 2 (0.23%) zOS
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (44.42%) CI/CD
2 324 (37.28%) Agile
3 267 (30.72%) DevOps
4 264 (30.38%) Microservices
5 227 (26.12%) Containerisation
6 170 (19.56%) Software Engineering
7 165 (18.99%) Full-Stack Development
8 148 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
9 121 (13.92%) AI
10 117 (13.46%) Observability
10 117 (13.46%) Test Automation
11 112 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 107 (12.31%) Data Modelling
13 106 (12.20%) TDD
14 104 (11.97%) Migration
15 102 (11.74%) Performance Tuning
16 93 (10.70%) Event-Driven
17 87 (10.01%) Scrum
18 86 (9.90%) Analytics
19 85 (9.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 361 (41.54%) Python
2 321 (36.94%) SQL
3 309 (35.56%) Java
4 152 (17.49%) TypeScript
5 125 (14.38%) JavaScript
6 57 (6.56%) C#
7 48 (5.52%) PowerShell
8 39 (4.49%) Bash
9 31 (3.57%) Scala
10 30 (3.45%) Go
11 17 (1.96%) PL/SQL
12 15 (1.73%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.50%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.38%) Groovy
14 12 (1.38%) PHP
15 10 (1.15%) Kotlin
16 9 (1.04%) Ruby
17 7 (0.81%) Rust
18 6 (0.69%) Bicep
19 5 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 303 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 255 (29.34%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.83%) Degree
4 35 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 27 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.84%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.69%) CISSP
11 6 (0.69%) OCP
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.46%) CISM
14 3 (0.35%) PhD
15 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.12%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.48%) QA
2 42 (4.83%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.68%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.38%) GDPR
4 12 (1.38%) WCAG
5 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
5 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.58%) NIST
5 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 3 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.23%) GRC
8 2 (0.23%) GxP
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 329 (37.86%) Docker
2 12 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.27%) Postfix
4 10 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.58%) Ceph
7 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.35%) HDFS
8 3 (0.35%) Squid
9 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.12%) NFS
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
10 1 (0.12%) Samba
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 292 (33.60%) Kubernetes
2 137 (15.77%) Terraform
3 120 (13.81%) Grafana
4 91 (10.47%) Prometheus
5 41 (4.72%) Ansible
6 17 (1.96%) Control-M
6 17 (1.96%) IBM Guardium
6 17 (1.96%) Nessus
7 13 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (1.38%) Kibana
9 11 (1.27%) Argo
10 10 (1.15%) HAProxy
11 9 (1.04%) Data Guard
12 7 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 7 (0.81%) Rancher
13 5 (0.58%) Istio
14 4 (0.46%) Karpenter
15 3 (0.35%) Puppet
15 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
16 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 170 (19.56%) Oracle
2 138 (15.88%) Microsoft
3 34 (3.91%) Google
4 30 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.34%) Databricks
6 21 (2.42%) Informatica
7 20 (2.30%) Splunk
8 18 (2.07%) Atlassian
9 17 (1.96%) Jaspersoft
9 17 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.96%) Tenable
10 16 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.73%) Red Hat
12 13 (1.50%) Talend
13 11 (1.27%) OpenAI
14 10 (1.15%) CyberArk
14 10 (1.15%) IBM
14 10 (1.15%) Sybase
14 10 (1.15%) VMware
15 6 (0.69%) TikTok