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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 116 133
Rank change year-on-year -60 +17 +24
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 857 790 713
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.41% 1.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.50% 13.38% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 590 531
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £424 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +3.55%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £712 £838 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £482
% change year-on-year -0.31% -1.14% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £25.45 - £48.23
25th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £65.44
Median hourly rate £30.50 £42.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% -46.88% +49.46%
75th Percentile £75.25 £65.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £72.50 -
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 8,160 5,905 7,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.21% 18.05% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,437 3,967 4,921
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.09%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 94 100
10th Percentile £15.75 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £22.91 £29.00 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.25 £36.75 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +10.64% -39.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £63.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.74 £69.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £32.58 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.40% +8.60% -42.86%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -64 692 £500 -9.09% 247
UK excluding London -30 374 £475 -0.31% 146
London -74 347 £525 -12.50% 136
Work from Home -69 264 £500 -14.48% 142
North of England -55 124 £488 -2.50% 32
Midlands -14 84 £445 -11.00% 27
South East -43 68 £471 +8.28% 33
North West -47 59 £485 +2.11% 22
Yorkshire -16 56 £500 - 6
West Midlands -41 53 £447 -5.89% 15
Scotland -21 47 £425 -10.99% 10
South West -32 31 £700 +33.33% 33
East Midlands +7 30 £425 -17.48% 11
East of England -15 21 £488 +6.27% 5
North East -49 9 £425 -22.73% 4
Wales -14 4 - - 4

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 34 (3.97%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.50%) Confluence
3 28 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.22%) Apache
5 8 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.82%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.70%) CMS
8 5 (0.58%) Camunda
8 5 (0.58%) nginx
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.35%) IIS
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) JBoss
10 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (0.93%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.47%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.12%) Odoo
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 452 (52.74%) AWS
2 289 (33.72%) Azure
3 162 (18.90%) GitHub
4 129 (15.05%) GCP
5 120 (14.00%) GitHub Actions
6 106 (12.37%) Serverless
7 89 (10.39%) Amazon S3
8 76 (8.87%) AWS Lambda
9 61 (7.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 59 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
11 56 (6.53%) Amazon ECS
12 55 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
13 50 (5.83%) Amazon SQS
14 33 (3.85%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.50%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (3.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 27 (3.15%) AWS KMS
18 25 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
19 23 (2.68%) Azure AKS
19 23 (2.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.03%) DNS
2 20 (2.33%) Firewall
3 19 (2.22%) SSH
4 16 (1.87%) HTTP
5 15 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.28%) HTTPS
7 7 (0.82%) SSL
8 6 (0.70%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.58%) 5G
9 5 (0.58%) SAN
10 4 (0.47%) 4G
10 4 (0.47%) VPN
11 3 (0.35%) Network Security
12 2 (0.23%) IMAP
12 2 (0.23%) MQTT
12 2 (0.23%) NaaS
12 2 (0.23%) OpenLDAP
12 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.23%) SMTP
12 2 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (20.77%) MongoDB
2 171 (19.95%) SQL Server
3 166 (19.37%) Relational Database
4 150 (17.50%) MySQL
5 119 (13.89%) NoSQL
6 99 (11.55%) Redis
7 78 (9.10%) Amazon RDS
8 77 (8.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 42 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
9 42 (4.90%) DynamoDB
10 35 (4.08%) RDBMS
11 30 (3.50%) Oracle Database
12 28 (3.27%) Big Data
13 27 (3.15%) Data Lake
14 24 (2.80%) Metadata
15 22 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (2.22%) Power BI
17 16 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
19 12 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 192 (22.40%) Jenkins
2 190 (22.17%) Git
3 96 (11.20%) GitLab
4 77 (8.98%) JIRA
5 66 (7.70%) JUnit
6 52 (6.07%) Mockito
7 40 (4.67%) Maven
8 34 (3.97%) Gradle
9 24 (2.80%) Liquibase
10 22 (2.57%) Cucumber
11 21 (2.45%) Selenium
12 18 (2.10%) SonarQube
13 17 (1.98%) Gatling
13 17 (1.98%) JMeter
14 13 (1.52%) Bitbucket
15 11 (1.28%) Flyway
15 11 (1.28%) WebDriver
16 10 (1.17%) Cypress.io
16 10 (1.17%) Mocha
17 7 (0.82%) DbUnit
General
1 190 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 142 (16.57%) Public Sector
3 134 (15.64%) Finance
4 117 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.72%) Banking
6 30 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (1.75%) Front Office
8 11 (1.28%) Military
8 11 (1.28%) Retail
8 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.17%) Law
9 10 (1.17%) Legal
10 7 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.70%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.58%) Automotive
12 5 (0.58%) Billing
12 5 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.58%) Marketing
12 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 316 (36.87%) Developer
2 155 (18.09%) Senior
3 104 (12.14%) Java Developer
4 103 (12.02%) DBA
5 72 (8.40%) Software Engineer
6 66 (7.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (7.58%) Lead
8 64 (7.47%) Senior Developer
9 62 (7.23%) Data Engineer
10 58 (6.77%) Python Developer
11 57 (6.65%) Administrator
12 52 (6.07%) Architect
13 45 (5.25%) DevOps Engineer
14 41 (4.78%) Java Engineer
15 34 (3.97%) Software Developer
16 32 (3.73%) PostgreSQL DBA
17 29 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
18 26 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 26 (3.03%) Python Engineer
19 25 (2.92%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (25.90%) REST
2 190 (22.17%) Spring
3 186 (21.70%) Kafka
4 183 (21.35%) RESTful
5 162 (18.90%) Terraform
6 158 (18.44%) React
6 158 (18.44%) Spring Boot
7 111 (12.95%) Node.js
8 68 (7.93%) CSS
8 68 (7.93%) HTML
9 58 (6.77%) .NET
9 58 (6.77%) FastAPI
10 53 (6.18%) OAuth
11 51 (5.95%) Django
12 50 (5.83%) AngularJS
13 48 (5.60%) OpenAPI
13 48 (5.60%) Swagger
14 43 (5.02%) OAuth2
15 42 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (4.43%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 166 (19.37%) Cloud Native
2 106 (12.37%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (5.72%) Replication
4 41 (4.78%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.97%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 20 (2.33%) AI Agents
10 20 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
11 17 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (1.87%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.52%) Equities
14 12 (1.40%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.28%) Derivative
16 10 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
17 8 (0.93%) Life Science
17 8 (0.93%) PKI
18 7 (0.82%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 113 (13.19%) Linux
2 39 (4.55%) Unix
3 35 (4.08%) Windows
4 24 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.45%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.63%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.93%) Solaris
9 7 (0.82%) AIX
10 3 (0.35%) VMS
11 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (48.54%) CI/CD
2 311 (36.29%) Agile
3 298 (34.77%) DevOps
4 266 (31.04%) Microservices
5 193 (22.52%) Containerisation
6 172 (20.07%) Software Engineering
7 154 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (17.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 146 (17.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 138 (16.10%) Test Automation
11 126 (14.70%) Data Modelling
12 125 (14.59%) Observability
13 124 (14.47%) AI
13 124 (14.47%) Performance Tuning
14 113 (13.19%) Event-Driven
15 111 (12.95%) Migration
16 99 (11.55%) Validation
17 93 (10.85%) TDD
18 88 (10.27%) Scrum
19 87 (10.15%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 320 (37.34%) Python
2 316 (36.87%) SQL
3 305 (35.59%) Java
4 153 (17.85%) TypeScript
5 110 (12.84%) JavaScript
6 55 (6.42%) C#
7 48 (5.60%) Bash
8 43 (5.02%) PowerShell
9 34 (3.97%) Go
10 30 (3.50%) Scala
11 18 (2.10%) Groovy
11 18 (2.10%) Shell Script
12 16 (1.87%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.63%) Kotlin
13 14 (1.63%) Perl
14 12 (1.40%) Ruby
15 11 (1.28%) PHP
16 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
17 9 (1.05%) Rust
18 7 (0.82%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 295 (34.42%) Security Cleared
2 247 (28.82%) SC Cleared
3 51 (5.95%) Degree
4 47 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.38%) DV Cleared
7 25 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (2.57%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.10%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.63%) Oracle Certification
11 10 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.05%) OCP
13 8 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.23%) CISSP
14 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.12%) CISA
15 1 (0.12%) CISM
15 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.40%) QA
2 50 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 46 (5.37%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.87%) GDPR
4 16 (1.87%) WCAG
5 7 (0.82%) GMP
5 7 (0.82%) GxP
6 6 (0.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.58%) SLA
8 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.23%) HL7
9 2 (0.23%) NIST
9 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 343 (40.02%) Docker
2 14 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
4 9 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.82%) Postfix
6 6 (0.70%) Ceph
6 6 (0.70%) Squid
7 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.23%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.12%) NFS
9 1 (0.12%) RACF
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 295 (34.42%) Kubernetes
2 109 (12.72%) Grafana
3 85 (9.92%) Prometheus
4 38 (4.43%) Ansible
5 22 (2.57%) Kibana
6 16 (1.87%) Argo
6 16 (1.87%) Oracle RMAN
7 12 (1.40%) Data Guard
8 10 (1.17%) HAProxy
9 9 (1.05%) Control-M
9 9 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 8 (0.93%) Karpenter
10 8 (0.93%) Nessus
11 6 (0.70%) IBM Guardium
11 6 (0.70%) Istio
11 6 (0.70%) Rancher
12 5 (0.58%) Puppet
13 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
14 3 (0.35%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 183 (21.35%) Oracle
2 130 (15.17%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.32%) Google
4 35 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.97%) Databricks
6 24 (2.80%) Dynatrace
7 23 (2.68%) Splunk
8 17 (1.98%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.87%) Informatica
9 16 (1.87%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.63%) VMware
11 10 (1.17%) Jaspersoft
12 8 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.93%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.93%) Sybase
12 8 (0.93%) Talend
13 7 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.82%) TikTok
14 6 (0.70%) Foundry
14 6 (0.70%) Tenable