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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 122 126
Rank change year-on-year -49 +4 +37
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 882 776 737
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.35% 1.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.65% 13.03% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 578 554
10th Percentile £363 £384 £363
25th Percentile £425 £458 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +0.95% -
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £712 £838 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £482
% change year-on-year -3.75% +2.39% -3.60%
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% +28.93%
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 8,280 5,956 6,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 18.04% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,519 3,982 4,798
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £526
Median % change year-on-year - -4.90% -2.86%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £745 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £480
% change year-on-year - -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 93 86
10th Percentile £16.49 £22.85 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £30.96 £20.88
Median hourly rate £39.84 £40.00 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +16.06% -34.35%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £59.34
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.00 £73.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.00 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.89% +18.30% -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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -74 705 £512 -6.95% 735
London -62 372 £525 -12.50% 509
UK excluding London -46 358 £475 -3.75% 287
Work from Home -61 272 £500 -16.67% 2,014
North of England -65 108 £500 - 69
Midlands -24 81 £445 -11.00% 32
South East -26 68 £460 +7.23% 73
Yorkshire -29 51 £500 - 26
West Midlands -39 51 £447 -8.26% 25
North West -48 50 £511 +7.49% 35
Scotland -24 46 £450 -6.49% 20
South West -39 31 £650 +19.27% 48
East Midlands +1 29 £425 -17.87% 6
East of England -6 23 £506 +6.58% 27
North East -55 7 £425 -22.73% 8
Wales -16 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 36 (4.08%) Apache Airflow
1 36 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 35 (3.97%) Confluence
3 25 (2.83%) Apache
4 7 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.68%) CMS
5 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.57%) nginx
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.34%) Camunda
7 3 (0.34%) IIS
7 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) JBoss
8 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (0.91%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.45%) Trello
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.23%) Finacle
2 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 460 (52.15%) AWS
2 298 (33.79%) Azure
3 167 (18.93%) GitHub
4 128 (14.51%) GCP
5 121 (13.72%) GitHub Actions
6 100 (11.34%) Serverless
7 94 (10.66%) Amazon S3
8 77 (8.73%) AWS Lambda
9 64 (7.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 59 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
11 56 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (6.24%) Amazon ECS
13 51 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (4.54%) Snowflake
15 33 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (3.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 27 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
17 27 (3.06%) AWS KMS
18 23 (2.61%) OpenShift
19 22 (2.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.95%) DNS
2 20 (2.27%) Firewall
3 19 (2.15%) SSH
4 18 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.93%) HTTP
6 11 (1.25%) HTTPS
7 10 (1.13%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.91%) SAN
8 8 (0.91%) SSL
9 5 (0.57%) 5G
10 4 (0.45%) 4G
10 4 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.45%) VPN
11 3 (0.34%) Network Security
12 2 (0.23%) DHCP
12 2 (0.23%) FTP
12 2 (0.23%) IMAP
12 2 (0.23%) MQTT
12 2 (0.23%) OpenLDAP
12 2 (0.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (21.20%) SQL Server
2 176 (19.95%) Relational Database
3 174 (19.73%) MongoDB
4 167 (18.93%) MySQL
5 111 (12.59%) NoSQL
6 101 (11.45%) Redis
7 89 (10.09%) Amazon RDS
8 82 (9.30%) Amazon Aurora
9 44 (4.99%) DynamoDB
10 41 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
11 31 (3.51%) Oracle Database
11 31 (3.51%) RDBMS
12 30 (3.40%) Metadata
13 28 (3.17%) Big Data
14 26 (2.95%) Data Lake
15 24 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
16 18 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (2.04%) Power BI
17 16 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (1.59%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 211 (23.92%) Git
2 201 (22.79%) Jenkins
3 96 (10.88%) GitLab
4 80 (9.07%) JIRA
5 72 (8.16%) JUnit
6 63 (7.14%) Mockito
7 57 (6.46%) Maven
8 40 (4.54%) Gradle
9 28 (3.17%) SonarQube
10 22 (2.49%) Liquibase
11 20 (2.27%) Cucumber
12 16 (1.81%) Gatling
13 15 (1.70%) Selenium
14 13 (1.47%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.36%) Mocha
16 10 (1.13%) Cypress.io
16 10 (1.13%) Flyway
16 10 (1.13%) JMeter
17 7 (0.79%) Artifactory
17 7 (0.79%) DbUnit
General
1 202 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.01%) Public Sector
3 135 (15.31%) Finance
4 132 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (6.24%) Banking
6 37 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (1.59%) Front Office
8 11 (1.25%) Military
8 11 (1.25%) Retail
9 10 (1.13%) Legal
9 10 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.13%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.02%) Law
10 9 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.79%) Billing
12 6 (0.68%) Automotive
12 6 (0.68%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.68%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.57%) Marketing
13 5 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 327 (37.07%) Developer
2 165 (18.71%) Senior
3 122 (13.83%) Java Developer
4 103 (11.68%) DBA
5 73 (8.28%) Senior Developer
6 67 (7.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (7.37%) Lead
7 65 (7.37%) Software Engineer
8 64 (7.26%) Data Engineer
9 58 (6.58%) Administrator
10 50 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
11 49 (5.56%) Architect
11 49 (5.56%) Python Developer
12 41 (4.65%) Java Engineer
13 36 (4.08%) Software Developer
14 32 (3.63%) AWS Engineer
15 30 (3.40%) Python Engineer
16 28 (3.17%) Senior Java Developer
17 27 (3.06%) PostgreSQL DBA
18 26 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (27.21%) REST
2 198 (22.45%) Spring
3 194 (22.00%) RESTful
4 191 (21.66%) Kafka
5 173 (19.61%) Spring Boot
6 171 (19.39%) Terraform
7 154 (17.46%) React
8 105 (11.90%) Node.js
9 77 (8.73%) CSS
9 77 (8.73%) HTML
10 67 (7.60%) .NET
11 58 (6.58%) AngularJS
11 58 (6.58%) OAuth
12 54 (6.12%) Django
13 52 (5.90%) FastAPI
14 49 (5.56%) OAuth2
15 48 (5.44%) OpenAPI
15 48 (5.44%) Swagger
16 45 (5.10%) RabbitMQ
17 44 (4.99%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 184 (20.86%) Cloud Native
2 105 (11.90%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (6.01%) Replication
4 49 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 39 (4.42%) Data Structures
6 31 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.61%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 18 (2.04%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (1.70%) Distributed Architecture
12 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.36%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.02%) Equities
15 9 (1.02%) LIMS
16 8 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
16 8 (0.91%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 122 (13.83%) Linux
2 49 (5.56%) Unix
3 41 (4.65%) Windows
4 29 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (2.83%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.81%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.70%) Solaris
8 9 (1.02%) AIX
8 9 (1.02%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.34%) VMS
10 2 (0.23%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (48.98%) CI/CD
2 308 (34.92%) Agile
3 306 (34.69%) DevOps
4 276 (31.29%) Microservices
5 206 (23.36%) Containerisation
6 181 (20.52%) Software Engineering
7 166 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 149 (16.89%) Full-Stack Development
10 147 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 132 (14.97%) Data Modelling
12 126 (14.29%) AI
12 126 (14.29%) Event-Driven
12 126 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
13 121 (13.72%) Migration
13 121 (13.72%) Observability
14 105 (11.90%) Scrum
15 97 (11.00%) TDD
16 96 (10.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 96 (10.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 347 (39.34%) SQL
2 321 (36.39%) Python
3 317 (35.94%) Java
4 159 (18.03%) TypeScript
5 115 (13.04%) JavaScript
6 60 (6.80%) C#
7 53 (6.01%) Bash
8 42 (4.76%) PowerShell
9 33 (3.74%) Scala
10 29 (3.29%) Go
11 21 (2.38%) Groovy
12 17 (1.93%) Perl
13 16 (1.81%) Shell Script
14 15 (1.70%) Kotlin
15 14 (1.59%) PL/SQL
16 11 (1.25%) PHP
16 11 (1.25%) Ruby
16 11 (1.25%) T-SQL
17 10 (1.13%) Korn
17 10 (1.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 312 (35.37%) Security Cleared
2 268 (30.39%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.35%) Degree
4 50 (5.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (3.74%) DV Cleared
7 29 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (2.61%) AWS Certification
9 19 (2.15%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (1.25%) OCP
12 9 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.23%) CISSP
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.11%) CISA
14 1 (0.11%) CISM
14 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (9.30%) QA
2 50 (5.67%) Accessibility
2 50 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.15%) GDPR
4 15 (1.70%) WCAG
5 8 (0.91%) GMP
5 8 (0.91%) GxP
6 7 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 7 (0.79%) ISO 20022
6 7 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.57%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.57%) SLA
8 4 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.45%) SEPA
9 3 (0.34%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.23%) NIST
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 358 (40.59%) Docker
2 13 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (0.79%) Postfix
6 6 (0.68%) Ceph
6 6 (0.68%) Squid
7 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.23%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.11%) NFS
9 1 (0.11%) RACF
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 296 (33.56%) Kubernetes
2 113 (12.81%) Grafana
3 88 (9.98%) Prometheus
4 35 (3.97%) Ansible
5 25 (2.83%) Kibana
6 16 (1.81%) Argo
7 14 (1.59%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (1.36%) Karpenter
9 11 (1.25%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.25%) HAProxy
10 9 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 7 (0.79%) Control-M
11 7 (0.79%) Puppet
12 6 (0.68%) Istio
12 6 (0.68%) Nessus
13 5 (0.57%) Rancher
14 4 (0.45%) IBM Guardium
14 4 (0.45%) Kustomize
14 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 193 (21.88%) Oracle
2 134 (15.19%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.99%) Databricks
4 43 (4.88%) Google
5 35 (3.97%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.83%) Dynatrace
7 23 (2.61%) Splunk
8 18 (2.04%) Informatica
8 18 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.81%) OpenAI
10 13 (1.47%) VMware
11 11 (1.25%) Talend
12 10 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
13 9 (1.02%) NetApp
14 8 (0.91%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.91%) Red Hat
14 8 (0.91%) Sybase
15 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.79%) TikTok
16 6 (0.68%) BeyondTrust