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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 113 133
Rank change year-on-year -77 +20 +45
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 864 813 711
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 2.45% 1.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.55% 13.48% 10.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 607 541
10th Percentile £352 £375 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £522
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% +0.57% -0.57%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £645
90th Percentile £725 £800 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £475
% change year-on-year -3.36% +3.47% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile £25.45 - -
25th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £75.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £30.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -62.50% +22.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £65.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -53.08% -18.75% +28.93%

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 8,190 6,029 6,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.81% 18.16% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,443 4,049 4,524
10th Percentile £356 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £482
% change year-on-year - -1.45% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 82 89
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.78 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.18 £39.48 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +16.36% -33.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -40.63%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -84 679 £513 -3.94% 178
London -52 394 £525 -12.50% 89
UK excluding London -100 309 £475 -3.36% 117
Work from Home -67 285 £500 -13.04% 105
North of England -90 91 £501 +0.20% 37
Midlands -59 63 £447 -12.35% 14
South East -61 54 £465 +6.90% 28
Yorkshire -50 52 £500 - 14
Scotland -26 48 £424 -8.82% 5
West Midlands -61 46 £448 -10.50% 11
South West -46 35 £700 +27.27% 23
North West -54 34 £525 +11.70% 20
East of England -13 21 £488 +2.63% 6
East Midlands -8 16 £413 -19.90% 3
North East -46 5 £500 -14.89% 8
Wales -12 4 - - 1

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 36 (4.17%) Confluence
2 31 (3.59%) Apache
3 28 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (3.13%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.16%) nginx
6 7 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.81%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.58%) CMS
9 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.35%) IIS
10 3 (0.35%) SAS
10 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.23%) JBoss
11 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.23%) WordPress
12 1 (0.12%) Luigi
12 1 (0.12%) Mendix
12 1 (0.12%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (0.58%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.46%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.23%) Finacle
3 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 453 (52.43%) AWS
2 300 (34.72%) Azure
3 182 (21.06%) GitHub
4 152 (17.59%) GCP
5 122 (14.12%) GitHub Actions
6 91 (10.53%) Serverless
7 87 (10.07%) Amazon S3
8 67 (7.75%) AWS Lambda
9 66 (7.64%) Amazon EKS
10 63 (7.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 56 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
13 47 (5.44%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (4.63%) Snowflake
15 37 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
16 34 (3.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 33 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
18 26 (3.01%) AWS KMS
19 24 (2.78%) Azure AKS
20 23 (2.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.01%) DNS
2 20 (2.31%) Firewall
3 18 (2.08%) HTTP
3 18 (2.08%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.97%) SSH
5 9 (1.04%) Kerberos
6 8 (0.93%) HTTPS
6 8 (0.93%) SAN
6 8 (0.93%) VPN
7 6 (0.69%) 5G
8 5 (0.58%) 4G
8 5 (0.58%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.58%) SSL
9 3 (0.35%) Network Security
9 3 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.23%) DHCP
10 2 (0.23%) FTP
10 2 (0.23%) IMAP
10 2 (0.23%) MQTT
10 2 (0.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (21.53%) SQL Server
2 182 (21.06%) MySQL
3 178 (20.60%) Relational Database
4 170 (19.68%) MongoDB
5 107 (12.38%) Redis
6 100 (11.57%) NoSQL
7 88 (10.19%) Amazon RDS
8 79 (9.14%) Amazon Aurora
9 41 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
10 38 (4.40%) DynamoDB
11 33 (3.82%) RDBMS
12 32 (3.70%) Metadata
13 27 (3.13%) Data Lake
13 27 (3.13%) Oracle Database
14 23 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 21 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (2.08%) Big Data
16 18 (2.08%) BigQuery
17 16 (1.85%) Power BI
18 14 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 226 (26.16%) Git
2 193 (22.34%) Jenkins
3 103 (11.92%) GitLab
4 78 (9.03%) JIRA
5 71 (8.22%) JUnit
6 62 (7.18%) Mockito
7 59 (6.83%) Maven
8 43 (4.98%) Gradle
9 26 (3.01%) SonarQube
10 25 (2.89%) Cucumber
11 22 (2.55%) Selenium
12 17 (1.97%) Bitbucket
12 17 (1.97%) Liquibase
13 16 (1.85%) Cypress.io
14 12 (1.39%) Gatling
14 12 (1.39%) Mocha
15 9 (1.04%) Flyway
15 9 (1.04%) JMeter
16 6 (0.69%) Claude Code
17 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 206 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 142 (16.44%) Public Sector
3 138 (15.97%) Finance
4 132 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (8.22%) Banking
6 37 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.97%) Front Office
7 17 (1.97%) Retail
8 13 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.16%) Military
11 9 (1.04%) Law
12 8 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.81%) Legal
14 6 (0.69%) Billing
14 6 (0.69%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.58%) Marketing
15 5 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 318 (36.81%) Developer
2 165 (19.10%) Senior
3 126 (14.58%) Java Developer
4 105 (12.15%) DBA
5 71 (8.22%) Senior Developer
6 68 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
7 62 (7.18%) Administrator
7 62 (7.18%) Lead
7 62 (7.18%) Software Engineer
8 59 (6.83%) Data Engineer
9 54 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 53 (6.13%) Python Developer
11 46 (5.32%) Architect
12 38 (4.40%) Java Engineer
13 34 (3.94%) Python Engineer
14 30 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
15 27 (3.13%) Senior Java Developer
16 26 (3.01%) PostgreSQL DBA
17 22 (2.55%) Lead Developer
17 22 (2.55%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (29.86%) REST
2 196 (22.69%) RESTful
3 195 (22.57%) Spring
4 188 (21.76%) Kafka
4 188 (21.76%) Terraform
5 177 (20.49%) Spring Boot
6 162 (18.75%) React
7 97 (11.23%) Node.js
8 78 (9.03%) CSS
8 78 (9.03%) HTML
9 70 (8.10%) .NET
10 64 (7.41%) OAuth
11 60 (6.94%) AngularJS
12 59 (6.83%) Django
13 53 (6.13%) FastAPI
13 53 (6.13%) OAuth2
14 44 (5.09%) RabbitMQ
14 44 (5.09%) Web Services
15 43 (4.98%) Jest
15 43 (4.98%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 188 (21.76%) Cloud Native
2 114 (13.19%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (7.41%) Replication
4 42 (4.86%) Data Structures
4 42 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 38 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (3.01%) AI Agents
8 21 (2.43%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.85%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.74%) Distributed Architecture
10 15 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.39%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (1.27%) PKI
15 9 (1.04%) Equities
15 9 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.93%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 120 (13.89%) Linux
2 48 (5.56%) Windows
3 47 (5.44%) Unix
4 29 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (3.01%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.08%) Solaris
7 16 (1.85%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.39%) AIX
9 9 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.46%) macOS
11 3 (0.35%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) CentOS
12 2 (0.23%) Rocky
13 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (51.97%) CI/CD
2 314 (36.34%) DevOps
3 303 (35.07%) Agile
4 282 (32.64%) Microservices
5 191 (22.11%) Containerisation
6 173 (20.02%) Software Engineering
7 171 (19.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 166 (19.21%) Test Automation
9 155 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
10 138 (15.97%) AI
11 137 (15.86%) Event-Driven
12 134 (15.51%) Data Modelling
12 134 (15.51%) Observability
13 132 (15.28%) Performance Tuning
14 127 (14.70%) Full-Stack Development
15 111 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 111 (12.85%) Migration
16 108 (12.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 107 (12.38%) Validation
18 103 (11.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 333 (38.54%) SQL
2 307 (35.53%) Python
3 294 (34.03%) Java
4 163 (18.87%) TypeScript
5 126 (14.58%) JavaScript
6 61 (7.06%) C#
7 53 (6.13%) Bash
8 34 (3.94%) Go
8 34 (3.94%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.01%) Groovy
10 20 (2.31%) Scala
11 17 (1.97%) Perl
11 17 (1.97%) Shell Script
12 16 (1.85%) Kotlin
13 13 (1.50%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.39%) PHP
15 10 (1.16%) Bicep
15 10 (1.16%) Korn
15 10 (1.16%) PL/SQL
15 10 (1.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 310 (35.88%) Security Cleared
2 271 (31.37%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.94%) Degree
4 46 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 31 (3.59%) AWS Certification
7 31 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (2.89%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
10 12 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.27%) OCP
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.12%) CISSP
14 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.61%) QA
2 51 (5.90%) Accessibility
3 50 (5.79%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.08%) GDPR
5 15 (1.74%) WCAG
6 8 (0.93%) GMP
6 8 (0.93%) GxP
7 7 (0.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (0.81%) ISO 20022
7 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
9 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.46%) SEPA
10 3 (0.35%) SLA
11 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.23%) HL7
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 353 (40.86%) Docker
2 12 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) Postfix
5 4 (0.46%) Squid
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.23%) Ceph
6 2 (0.23%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.23%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 302 (34.95%) Kubernetes
2 108 (12.50%) Grafana
3 89 (10.30%) Prometheus
4 33 (3.82%) Ansible
5 26 (3.01%) Kibana
6 13 (1.50%) Karpenter
7 12 (1.39%) Argo
8 9 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 8 (0.93%) Puppet
10 7 (0.81%) Control-M
10 7 (0.81%) Data Guard
10 7 (0.81%) HAProxy
10 7 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.69%) Istio
11 6 (0.69%) Nessus
12 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.46%) Bosun
13 4 (0.46%) IBM Guardium
13 4 (0.46%) Kustomize
13 4 (0.46%) Rancher
Vendors
1 196 (22.69%) Oracle
2 135 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 55 (6.37%) Google
4 41 (4.75%) Databricks
5 34 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.13%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.31%) Informatica
7 20 (2.31%) Splunk
8 19 (2.20%) OpenAI
9 13 (1.50%) Talend
10 12 (1.39%) VMware
11 10 (1.16%) NetApp
11 10 (1.16%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.16%) Sybase
12 9 (1.04%) Foundry
12 9 (1.04%) IBM
13 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.81%) SAP
13 7 (0.81%) Solace
13 7 (0.81%) TikTok