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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 115 128
Rank change year-on-year -68 +13 +32
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 846 780 721
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 2.38% 1.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.34% 13.27% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 579 539
10th Percentile £363 £379 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +3.14%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £838 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £483
% change year-on-year -1.04% -0.62% -3.11%
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 8,183 5,877 7,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.22% 17.97% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,453 3,943 4,930
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% -3.31%
75th Percentile £613 £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 255 92 100
10th Percentile £15.82 £21.21 £14.93
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.00 £19.77
Median hourly rate £38.25 £38.85 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +19.52% -40.91%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.00 £54.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £69.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £33.88 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.90% +12.93% -44.19%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -72 682 £500 -9.09% 854
UK excluding London -42 361 £475 -1.04% 333
London -78 348 £525 -12.50% 614
Work from Home -70 261 £500 -15.86% 401
North of England -58 117 £500 - 74
Midlands -13 80 £445 -11.00% 42
South East -30 67 £471 +8.16% 94
Yorkshire -24 56 £500 - 17
North West -47 52 £500 +5.26% 46
West Midlands -41 49 £447 -5.84% 25
Scotland -13 46 £425 -12.82% 28
South West -18 31 £700 +33.33% 52
East Midlands +4 30 £425 -17.48% 16
East of England -9 21 £488 +4.28% 22
North East -47 9 £425 -22.73% 11
Wales -18 4 - - 9

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 32 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 27 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.19%) Confluence
3 18 (2.13%) Apache
4 8 (0.95%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.83%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.71%) CMS
7 5 (0.59%) nginx
8 4 (0.47%) Camunda
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.35%) IIS
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (0.95%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.47%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Finacle
3 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.12%) Odoo
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 447 (52.84%) AWS
2 284 (33.57%) Azure
3 161 (19.03%) GitHub
4 125 (14.78%) GCP
5 118 (13.95%) GitHub Actions
6 101 (11.94%) Serverless
7 89 (10.52%) Amazon S3
8 76 (8.98%) AWS Lambda
9 61 (7.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 58 (6.86%) Amazon EKS
11 56 (6.62%) Amazon ECS
11 56 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
12 51 (6.03%) Amazon SQS
13 32 (3.78%) Snowflake
14 30 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 29 (3.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 27 (3.19%) AWS KMS
17 25 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
18 23 (2.72%) Azure AKS
18 23 (2.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.07%) DNS
2 20 (2.36%) Firewall
3 19 (2.25%) SSH
4 18 (2.13%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.89%) HTTP
6 11 (1.30%) HTTPS
7 9 (1.06%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.95%) SAN
9 7 (0.83%) SSL
10 5 (0.59%) 5G
11 4 (0.47%) 4G
11 4 (0.47%) VPN
12 3 (0.35%) Network Security
13 2 (0.24%) DHCP
13 2 (0.24%) FTP
13 2 (0.24%) IMAP
13 2 (0.24%) MQTT
13 2 (0.24%) OpenLDAP
13 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
13 2 (0.24%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (19.86%) MongoDB
2 167 (19.74%) SQL Server
3 162 (19.15%) Relational Database
4 148 (17.49%) MySQL
5 112 (13.24%) NoSQL
6 101 (11.94%) Redis
7 78 (9.22%) Amazon RDS
8 77 (9.10%) Amazon Aurora
9 42 (4.96%) DynamoDB
10 40 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (3.55%) RDBMS
12 29 (3.43%) Oracle Database
13 27 (3.19%) Big Data
14 25 (2.96%) Data Lake
15 24 (2.84%) Metadata
16 22 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
17 18 (2.13%) Power BI
18 15 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
19 12 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
19 12 (1.42%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 193 (22.81%) Jenkins
2 192 (22.70%) Git
3 96 (11.35%) GitLab
4 74 (8.75%) JIRA
5 65 (7.68%) JUnit
6 52 (6.15%) Mockito
7 41 (4.85%) Maven
8 35 (4.14%) Gradle
9 23 (2.72%) Liquibase
10 20 (2.36%) Cucumber
11 19 (2.25%) SonarQube
12 18 (2.13%) Selenium
13 16 (1.89%) Gatling
14 13 (1.54%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.54%) JMeter
15 12 (1.42%) Mocha
16 10 (1.18%) Cypress.io
16 10 (1.18%) Flyway
17 8 (0.95%) WebDriver
18 7 (0.83%) DbUnit
General
1 187 (22.10%) Social Skills
2 139 (16.43%) Public Sector
3 128 (15.13%) Finance
4 117 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.79%) Banking
6 31 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (1.89%) Front Office
8 11 (1.30%) Military
8 11 (1.30%) Retail
9 10 (1.18%) Law
9 10 (1.18%) Legal
9 10 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.71%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.59%) Automotive
12 5 (0.59%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.59%) Marketing
12 5 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.47%) Billing
13 4 (0.47%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 317 (37.47%) Developer
2 152 (17.97%) Senior
3 105 (12.41%) Java Developer
4 98 (11.58%) DBA
5 71 (8.39%) Software Engineer
6 64 (7.57%) Lead
7 63 (7.45%) Full-Stack Developer
7 63 (7.45%) Senior Developer
8 59 (6.97%) Data Engineer
9 57 (6.74%) Administrator
9 57 (6.74%) Python Developer
10 49 (5.79%) Architect
11 45 (5.32%) DevOps Engineer
12 41 (4.85%) Java Engineer
13 35 (4.14%) Software Developer
14 29 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
15 27 (3.19%) PostgreSQL DBA
16 26 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 26 (3.07%) Python Engineer
17 25 (2.96%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (26.48%) REST
2 188 (22.22%) Spring
3 182 (21.51%) Kafka
3 182 (21.51%) RESTful
4 162 (19.15%) Terraform
5 159 (18.79%) Spring Boot
6 156 (18.44%) React
7 110 (13.00%) Node.js
8 72 (8.51%) CSS
8 72 (8.51%) HTML
9 59 (6.97%) .NET
10 55 (6.50%) FastAPI
11 53 (6.26%) OAuth
12 49 (5.79%) AngularJS
12 49 (5.79%) Django
13 47 (5.56%) OpenAPI
13 47 (5.56%) Swagger
14 43 (5.08%) OAuth2
15 41 (4.85%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (4.49%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 167 (19.74%) Cloud Native
2 104 (12.29%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (5.67%) Replication
4 41 (4.85%) Product Ownership
5 34 (4.02%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.36%) AI Agents
11 18 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
12 17 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.89%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.54%) Equities
15 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.30%) Derivative
16 11 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
17 8 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
17 8 (0.95%) PKI
18 7 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 118 (13.95%) Linux
2 40 (4.73%) Unix
3 36 (4.26%) Windows
4 27 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.65%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.06%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.95%) Solaris
9 7 (0.83%) 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
1 417 (49.29%) CI/CD
2 305 (36.05%) Agile
3 295 (34.87%) DevOps
4 264 (31.21%) Microservices
5 195 (23.05%) Containerisation
6 173 (20.45%) Software Engineering
7 156 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (17.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 144 (17.02%) Full-Stack Development
10 135 (15.96%) Test Automation
11 121 (14.30%) Data Modelling
11 121 (14.30%) Observability
11 121 (14.30%) Performance Tuning
12 118 (13.95%) AI
13 111 (13.12%) Migration
14 110 (13.00%) Event-Driven
15 96 (11.35%) Validation
16 91 (10.76%) TDD
17 90 (10.64%) Scrum
18 85 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 314 (37.12%) Python
1 314 (37.12%) SQL
2 303 (35.82%) Java
3 151 (17.85%) TypeScript
4 112 (13.24%) JavaScript
5 56 (6.62%) C#
6 51 (6.03%) Bash
7 42 (4.96%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.78%) Go
9 30 (3.55%) Scala
10 18 (2.13%) Groovy
11 17 (2.01%) Perl
11 17 (2.01%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.65%) PL/SQL
13 13 (1.54%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.42%) Ruby
15 11 (1.30%) PHP
16 10 (1.18%) Korn
17 9 (1.06%) Rust
17 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 295 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 249 (29.43%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.15%) Degree
4 47 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (2.60%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.65%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.06%) OCP
12 8 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.24%) CISSP
13 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.12%) CISA
14 1 (0.12%) CISM
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.63%) QA
2 49 (5.79%) Accessibility
3 44 (5.20%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.89%) GDPR
4 16 (1.89%) WCAG
5 7 (0.83%) GMP
5 7 (0.83%) GxP
6 6 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (0.71%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.59%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.59%) SLA
8 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.35%) SEPA
10 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.24%) NIST
10 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 339 (40.07%) Docker
2 14 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.83%) Postfix
7 6 (0.71%) Ceph
7 6 (0.71%) Squid
8 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.24%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.24%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.12%) NFS
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 292 (34.52%) Kubernetes
2 107 (12.65%) Grafana
3 82 (9.69%) Prometheus
4 38 (4.49%) Ansible
5 24 (2.84%) Kibana
6 17 (2.01%) Argo
7 15 (1.77%) Oracle RMAN
8 11 (1.30%) Data Guard
9 10 (1.18%) HAProxy
10 9 (1.06%) Control-M
10 9 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (0.95%) Karpenter
11 8 (0.95%) Nessus
12 6 (0.71%) IBM Guardium
12 6 (0.71%) Istio
13 5 (0.59%) Puppet
13 5 (0.59%) Rancher
14 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
15 3 (0.35%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 176 (20.80%) Oracle
2 126 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.49%) Google
4 34 (4.02%) Databricks
4 34 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.72%) Dynatrace
5 23 (2.72%) Splunk
6 16 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.77%) Informatica
7 15 (1.77%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.65%) VMware
9 10 (1.18%) Jaspersoft
10 9 (1.06%) NetApp
11 8 (0.95%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.95%) Red Hat
11 8 (0.95%) Sybase
11 8 (0.95%) Talend
12 7 (0.83%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.83%) TikTok
13 6 (0.71%) Tenable