PostgreSQL Contracts

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PostgreSQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 139 154
Rank change year-on-year +25 +15 -2
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 741 728 953
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.33% 1.68% 1.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.73% 9.59% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 544 659
10th Percentile £400 £363 £405
25th Percentile £454 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £522 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £835 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £470 £493
% change year-on-year +2.02% -4.67% -5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £54.50 £53.70 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £66.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +255.79% -59.12%
75th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £39.68
90th Percentile £75.50 - £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £80.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year -18.75% +261.01% -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,820 7,594 9,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.30% 17.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,940 5,415 6,849
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 152 175
10th Percentile £19.82 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £25.38 £20.68 £33.70
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -33.91% +52.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.79 £74.38
90th Percentile £76.50 £72.50 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £31.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.25% -43.18% +57.14%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Daily rate trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Hourly rate trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 Contract 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 5 July 2025. 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 +33 615 £550 - 2,255
London +20 363 £600 +4.35% 1,444
Work from Home +48 330 £560 +12.00% 1,260
UK excluding London +32 260 £479 +2.02% 899
North of England +47 94 £500 -9.09% 285
South East -8 49 £435 -9.75% 219
North West +26 47 £475 -6.86% 192
Scotland -13 42 £475 +3.26% 60
Midlands +26 34 £500 -4.31% 97
West Midlands +19 29 £500 -4.31% 47
Yorkshire +15 29 £500 -16.67% 73
South West +27 21 £550 +22.22% 101
North East +12 19 £525 -4.55% 20
East of England +39 15 £450 -33.33% 94
East Midlands - 5 £498 - 50
Northern Ireland - 4 £500 - 23
Wales +2 1 £475 +15.15% 26

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (5.80%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.51%) Confluence
3 25 (3.37%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.02%) Apache
5 10 (1.35%) Camunda
6 7 (0.94%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.81%) Alfresco
7 6 (0.81%) JBoss
7 6 (0.81%) nginx
8 4 (0.54%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.27%) Luigi
10 2 (0.27%) SAS
11 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) MetaMask
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 461 (62.21%) AWS
2 147 (19.84%) Azure
3 132 (17.81%) GCP
4 102 (13.77%) Amazon S3
5 86 (11.61%) Serverless
6 68 (9.18%) GitHub
7 65 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
8 50 (6.75%) Amazon SQS
9 43 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 42 (5.67%) Amazon EC2
11 37 (4.99%) dbt
12 34 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (2.97%) Power Platform
15 18 (2.43%) OpenShift
15 18 (2.43%) Route 53
16 13 (1.75%) Kong
16 13 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.08%) HTTP
2 7 (0.94%) Firewall
2 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.54%) Kerberos
3 4 (0.54%) NAS
3 4 (0.54%) SAN
3 4 (0.54%) SSL
4 3 (0.40%) DNS
4 3 (0.40%) MQTT
4 3 (0.40%) Network Security
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) IMAP
5 2 (0.27%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (0.27%) SMTP
5 2 (0.27%) SSH
5 2 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (20.92%) MongoDB
2 135 (18.22%) Relational Database
3 130 (17.54%) MySQL
4 97 (13.09%) Amazon RDS
5 83 (11.20%) NoSQL
6 62 (8.37%) SQL Server
7 59 (7.96%) Redis
8 54 (7.29%) Amazon Athena
9 51 (6.88%) Amazon Aurora
10 39 (5.26%) DynamoDB
11 32 (4.32%) Apache Arrow
11 32 (4.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 32 (4.32%) Dremio
12 30 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
13 25 (3.37%) RDBMS
14 24 (3.24%) Oracle Database
15 22 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (2.56%) Big Data
17 18 (2.43%) Hadoop
18 17 (2.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 145 (19.57%) Jenkins
2 124 (16.73%) Git
3 88 (11.88%) JUnit
4 63 (8.50%) Mockito
5 62 (8.37%) GitLab
6 54 (7.29%) Maven
7 51 (6.88%) JIRA
8 50 (6.75%) Liquibase
9 47 (6.34%) Gradle
10 32 (4.32%) SonarQube
11 16 (2.16%) Cypress.io
12 13 (1.75%) Postman
13 11 (1.48%) Artifactory
13 11 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
13 11 (1.48%) Subversion
14 10 (1.35%) Selenium
15 8 (1.08%) Bitbucket Server
15 8 (1.08%) Cucumber
15 8 (1.08%) DbUnit
15 8 (1.08%) jMock
General
1 197 (26.59%) Finance
2 179 (24.16%) Social Skills
3 125 (16.87%) Public Sector
4 103 (13.90%) Banking
5 80 (10.80%) Front Office
6 72 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (4.86%) Investment Banking
8 25 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 24 (3.24%) Marketing
10 22 (2.97%) Electronics
10 22 (2.97%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.35%) Military
12 9 (1.21%) Retail
13 7 (0.94%) Billing
14 5 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.67%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.54%) Back Office
15 4 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 426 (57.49%) Developer
2 144 (19.43%) Java Developer
3 101 (13.63%) Senior
4 95 (12.82%) Software Engineer
5 83 (11.20%) Full-Stack Developer
6 79 (10.66%) Lead
7 70 (9.45%) Senior Developer
8 69 (9.31%) AWS Developer
9 68 (9.18%) Python Developer
10 66 (8.91%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 61 (8.23%) React Developer
12 47 (6.34%) AWS Engineer
12 47 (6.34%) Lead Developer
13 45 (6.07%) Architect
14 44 (5.94%) DBA
15 40 (5.40%) Senior Java Developer
16 36 (4.86%) Data Engineer
17 35 (4.72%) Lead Java Developer
17 35 (4.72%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 33 (4.45%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (30.77%) React
2 198 (26.72%) Kafka
3 168 (22.67%) Node.js
4 165 (22.27%) Spring
5 157 (21.19%) Spring Boot
6 96 (12.96%) AngularJS
7 92 (12.42%) REST
8 85 (11.47%) RESTful
9 55 (7.42%) Hibernate
9 55 (7.42%) Swagger
10 51 (6.88%) OpenAPI
11 49 (6.61%) HTML
11 49 (6.61%) Vue
12 43 (5.80%) Redux
13 42 (5.67%) JPA
13 42 (5.67%) Web Services
14 40 (5.40%) NumPy
14 40 (5.40%) Pandas
15 39 (5.26%) CSS
16 38 (5.13%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.91%) Fixed Income
2 37 (4.99%) Equities
2 37 (4.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 31 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (2.83%) Replication
5 19 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.29%) Derivative
7 13 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.75%) PKI
8 12 (1.62%) Clustering
8 12 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.48%) Market Risk
9 11 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.94%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 68 (9.18%) Linux
2 16 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (2.02%) Windows
4 13 (1.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.40%) CentOS
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (0.40%) Solaris
6 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.27%) SUSE
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (48.99%) Agile
2 236 (31.85%) CI/CD
3 232 (31.31%) Microservices
4 212 (28.61%) DevOps
5 180 (24.29%) Software Engineering
6 151 (20.38%) TDD
7 149 (20.11%) Containerisation
8 141 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
9 127 (17.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 96 (12.96%) Migration
11 81 (10.93%) Fintech
12 80 (10.80%) Mentoring
13 77 (10.39%) Scrum
14 72 (9.72%) Test Automation
15 69 (9.31%) Asset Management
16 66 (8.91%) Continuous Integration
16 66 (8.91%) Investment Management
17 61 (8.23%) Clean Code
18 58 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
18 58 (7.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (38.73%) Java
2 279 (37.65%) SQL
3 262 (35.36%) Python
4 183 (24.70%) TypeScript
5 181 (24.43%) JavaScript
6 44 (5.94%) Bash
7 28 (3.78%) Go
7 28 (3.78%) PowerShell
8 26 (3.51%) C#
9 18 (2.43%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.75%) Perl
10 13 (1.75%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.62%) Ruby
11 12 (1.62%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.48%) RPG
12 11 (1.48%) RPG IV
13 8 (1.08%) PHP
13 8 (1.08%) Scala
14 6 (0.81%) C++
14 6 (0.81%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 195 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 173 (23.35%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.50%) Degree
4 32 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.10%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.29%) Numerate Degree
7 13 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.35%) AWS Certified Developer
8 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.94%) CISSP
12 4 (0.54%) OCP
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.40%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.27%) Sun Certification
15 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.48%) QA
2 20 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.08%) GDPR
5 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.54%) HL7
8 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.27%) NCSC
8 2 (0.27%) WCAG
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) DICOM
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 222 (29.96%) Docker
2 11 (1.48%) Postfix
3 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.94%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 4 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.27%) GPFS
5 2 (0.27%) iptables
5 2 (0.27%) NFS
5 2 (0.27%) Squid
5 2 (0.27%) zsh
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 184 (24.83%) Kubernetes
2 91 (12.28%) Terraform
3 63 (8.50%) Grafana
4 43 (5.80%) Prometheus
5 40 (5.40%) Ansible
6 14 (1.89%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.35%) Kibana
8 9 (1.21%) Argo
9 8 (1.08%) Puppet
10 7 (0.94%) Istio
10 7 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (0.81%) Packer
12 3 (0.40%) Control-M
12 3 (0.40%) Rundeck
13 2 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.27%) Nessus
13 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.27%) SELinux
Vendors
1 109 (14.71%) Oracle
2 45 (6.07%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.91%) SAP
4 26 (3.51%) Google
5 20 (2.70%) Red Hat
6 18 (2.43%) Atlassian
6 18 (2.43%) Splunk
7 16 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.02%) CA Agile Central
9 13 (1.75%) Databricks
9 13 (1.75%) Jaspersoft
10 10 (1.35%) IBM
11 8 (1.08%) Confluent
11 8 (1.08%) Okta
11 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.08%) VMware
12 7 (0.94%) Informatica
12 7 (0.94%) Solace
13 6 (0.81%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.81%) MuleSoft