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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 121 155
Rank change year-on-year -24 +34 +1
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 842 679 709
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.86% 2.32% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.64% 12.24% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 509 501
10th Percentile £358 £391 £381
25th Percentile £413 £438 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.14%
75th Percentile £587 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% -4.05% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 5
10th Percentile £39.50 £44.95 £31.35
25th Percentile £42.50 £47.88 £36.75
Median hourly rate £64.00 £54.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -19.40% +197.98%
75th Percentile £69.33 £61.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £65.05 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 - £54.25
% change year-on-year - - +97.27%

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 7,232 5,548 7,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.96% 18.98% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,979 3,852 5,159
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £488
% change year-on-year -2.81% +0.26% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 105 154
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.42 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.77 £24.25 £20.78
Median hourly rate £51.00 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.03% -17.23% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.84 £65.62 £53.44
90th Percentile £83.95 £77.00 £71.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -14.29% -36.36%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -30 702 £505 -5.56% 288
UK excluding London -7 403 £450 -6.20% 175
London -31 337 £550 -4.35% 152
Work from Home -32 267 £488 -9.39% 201
North of England -21 153 £458 -3.68% 57
Midlands +5 108 £475 -5.00% 18
West Midlands +4 88 £475 -7.77% 8
South East -31 77 £433 -3.08% 48
North West -21 75 £441 -4.76% 33
Yorkshire -18 69 £480 -12.73% 19
Scotland +21 49 £431 -5.22% 12
South West -25 28 £606 -4.94% 20
East Midlands -21 19 £397 -20.70% 10
East of England -33 9 £575 +27.78% 14
North East -10 8 £425 -8.60% 6
Northern Ireland -3 5 £400 -20.00%

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 53 (6.29%) Confluence
2 27 (3.21%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.26%) Apache
5 17 (2.02%) nginx
6 10 (1.19%) SAS
7 7 (0.83%) Camunda
8 5 (0.59%) Drupal
8 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.48%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.36%) Appian
10 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.24%) JBoss
11 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.24%) WordPress
12 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Chatbot
1 6 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) CPLEX
3 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.12%) Magento
2 1 (0.12%) Odoo
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 506 (60.10%) AWS
2 259 (30.76%) Azure
3 174 (20.67%) GitHub
4 147 (17.46%) GCP
5 130 (15.44%) Serverless
6 104 (12.35%) Amazon S3
7 101 (12.00%) GitHub Actions
8 74 (8.79%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 43 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
11 42 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
12 41 (4.87%) OpenShift
13 40 (4.75%) Amazon ECS
14 35 (4.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (3.92%) Snowflake
16 32 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (3.68%) Power Platform
18 30 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
19 24 (2.85%) Azure AKS
20 23 (2.73%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.38%) Firewall
2 18 (2.14%) DNS
3 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.95%) HTTP
4 8 (0.95%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.59%) SSL
5 5 (0.59%) VPN
6 4 (0.48%) Internet
6 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
6 4 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.48%) SSH
6 4 (0.48%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.36%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.24%) LAN
8 2 (0.24%) NaaS
8 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) VSAN
9 1 (0.12%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (18.17%) NoSQL
2 143 (16.98%) Relational Database
3 137 (16.27%) SQL Server
4 136 (16.15%) MongoDB
5 130 (15.44%) MySQL
6 71 (8.43%) Amazon RDS
7 64 (7.60%) DynamoDB
8 53 (6.29%) Redis
9 44 (5.23%) Amazon Aurora
10 41 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (4.16%) RDBMS
13 26 (3.09%) Data Lake
14 25 (2.97%) Big Data
14 25 (2.97%) Power BI
15 24 (2.85%) Metadata
16 22 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (2.49%) Oracle Database
18 20 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
19 18 (2.14%) DB2
Development Applications
1 184 (21.85%) Jenkins
2 164 (19.48%) Git
3 105 (12.47%) GitLab
4 84 (9.98%) JUnit
5 82 (9.74%) JIRA
6 46 (5.46%) Mockito
7 37 (4.39%) Cucumber
8 28 (3.33%) JMeter
9 27 (3.21%) Maven
10 24 (2.85%) Gradle
10 24 (2.85%) Liquibase
11 20 (2.38%) Selenium
12 16 (1.90%) Bitbucket
12 16 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
12 16 (1.90%) WebDriver
13 14 (1.66%) SonarQube
14 12 (1.43%) ERwin
15 10 (1.19%) Cypress.io
16 9 (1.07%) DbUnit
16 9 (1.07%) jMock
General
1 204 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 182 (21.62%) Finance
3 104 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 73 (8.67%) Banking
5 69 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (2.97%) Front Office
7 18 (2.14%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.66%) Financial Institution
8 14 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.71%) Law
12 6 (0.71%) Legal
12 6 (0.71%) Retail
13 5 (0.59%) Automotive
13 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.48%) Marketing
15 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 328 (38.95%) Developer
2 146 (17.34%) Senior
3 103 (12.23%) Java Developer
4 83 (9.86%) Full-Stack Developer
5 77 (9.14%) Python Developer
5 77 (9.14%) Software Engineer
6 71 (8.43%) DBA
7 67 (7.96%) Data Engineer
8 61 (7.24%) Architect
9 54 (6.41%) Lead
9 54 (6.41%) Senior Developer
10 36 (4.28%) Administrator
11 35 (4.16%) PostgreSQL DBA
12 32 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (3.68%) Senior Java Developer
14 30 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
14 30 (3.56%) Java Engineer
14 30 (3.56%) Senior Data Engineer
15 29 (3.44%) Lead Developer
16 28 (3.33%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (23.28%) Kafka
2 176 (20.90%) Spring
3 161 (19.12%) React
4 155 (18.41%) RESTful
5 148 (17.58%) REST
6 137 (16.27%) Spring Boot
7 136 (16.15%) Node.js
8 60 (7.13%) FastAPI
9 58 (6.89%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.34%) Hibernate
11 41 (4.87%) JSON
12 40 (4.75%) WireMock
13 39 (4.63%) GraphQL
14 36 (4.28%) .NET
15 33 (3.92%) CSS
16 31 (3.68%) Django
16 31 (3.68%) JPA
17 29 (3.44%) Elastic Stack
18 28 (3.33%) Keycloak
18 28 (3.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 118 (14.01%) Cloud Native
2 91 (10.81%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.16%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.68%) Derivative
5 28 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.97%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.61%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.38%) Replication
9 19 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.14%) Distributed Architecture
10 18 (2.14%) Equities
10 18 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.90%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.66%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.54%) Market Risk
14 11 (1.31%) Clustering
15 8 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (17.10%) Linux
2 30 (3.56%) Unix
3 27 (3.21%) Windows
4 13 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.48%) zOS
7 3 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.24%) Solaris
8 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.12%) SUSE
9 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (46.08%) CI/CD
2 316 (37.53%) Agile
3 278 (33.02%) DevOps
4 233 (27.67%) Microservices
5 212 (25.18%) Containerisation
6 148 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
7 143 (16.98%) Software Engineering
8 136 (16.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 135 (16.03%) Full-Stack Development
10 117 (13.90%) Observability
11 110 (13.06%) Data Modelling
12 109 (12.95%) Test Automation
13 104 (12.35%) TDD
14 97 (11.52%) Migration
15 89 (10.57%) ETL
16 86 (10.21%) AI
17 84 (9.98%) Performance Tuning
18 80 (9.50%) Event-Driven
18 80 (9.50%) Mentoring
19 76 (9.03%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 359 (42.64%) Python
2 316 (37.53%) SQL
3 274 (32.54%) Java
4 128 (15.20%) TypeScript
5 115 (13.66%) JavaScript
6 69 (8.19%) Bash
7 59 (7.01%) Go
8 41 (4.87%) PowerShell
9 37 (4.39%) C#
10 20 (2.38%) Shell Script
11 19 (2.26%) PL/SQL
11 19 (2.26%) Scala
12 13 (1.54%) PHP
13 11 (1.31%) Ruby
14 9 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.95%) Bicep
16 7 (0.83%) Groovy
17 6 (0.71%) JSX
18 5 (0.59%) Rust
18 5 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 271 (32.19%) Security Cleared
2 215 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 90 (10.69%) Degree
4 48 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.97%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.78%) Oracle Certification
10 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.54%) OCP
11 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.59%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) CISM
14 3 (0.36%) PhD
14 3 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.46%) QA
3 21 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.43%) GDPR
5 8 (0.95%) SLA
6 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.83%) NCSC
6 7 (0.83%) WCAG
7 6 (0.71%) NIST
7 6 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.59%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 309 (36.70%) Docker
2 11 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.95%) Postfix
5 7 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.59%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.59%) Ceph
6 5 (0.59%) HDFS
7 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.36%) NFS
8 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.24%) Lustre
8 2 (0.24%) NDS
8 2 (0.24%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (0.24%) Samba
8 2 (0.24%) Squid
8 2 (0.24%) Xen
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 295 (35.04%) Kubernetes
2 156 (18.53%) Terraform
3 128 (15.20%) Grafana
4 93 (11.05%) Prometheus
5 87 (10.33%) Ansible
6 15 (1.78%) Argo
6 15 (1.78%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.66%) Control-M
7 14 (1.66%) IBM Guardium
7 14 (1.66%) Nessus
8 10 (1.19%) Puppet
9 9 (1.07%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (1.07%) Rancher
10 8 (0.95%) Data Guard
10 8 (0.95%) Istio
11 7 (0.83%) HAProxy
12 6 (0.71%) linkerd
13 5 (0.59%) Packer
14 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.36%) Kibana
Vendors
1 155 (18.41%) Oracle
2 104 (12.35%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.87%) Splunk
4 30 (3.56%) Google
5 29 (3.44%) Databricks
6 23 (2.73%) Atlassian
6 23 (2.73%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.73%) VMware
7 22 (2.61%) Informatica
8 18 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.90%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.66%) Tenable
11 13 (1.54%) Talend
12 12 (1.43%) IBM
13 11 (1.31%) Jaspersoft
14 10 (1.19%) Salesforce
15 9 (1.07%) Greenplum
16 8 (0.95%) PagerDuty
17 6 (0.71%) Confluent
17 6 (0.71%) OpenAI