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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 114 141
Rank change year-on-year -26 +27 +14
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 829 701 730
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.80% 2.38% 1.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.43% 12.49% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 518 524
10th Percentile £358 £390 £375
25th Percentile £413 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £626
90th Percentile £700 £750 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.15% -4.10% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 7
10th Percentile £40.00 £44.95 £33.15
25th Percentile £45.00 £47.88 £50.88
Median hourly rate £64.00 £54.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -22.86% +211.32%
75th Percentile £69.72 £61.38 £82.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £65.05 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +172.73%

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 7,252 5,614 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.72% 19.08% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,966 3,872 5,181
10th Percentile £350 £355 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.28%
75th Percentile £594 £639 £650
90th Percentile £695 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £483
% change year-on-year -2.56% +0.93% -3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 109 148
10th Percentile £17.15 £20.60 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.44 £24.25 £20.94
Median hourly rate £51.00 £34.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -13.75% -32.54%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.62 £53.84
90th Percentile £83.65 £73.25 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.64 £39.25
% change year-on-year +58.03% -19.39% -31.74%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -33 696 £500 -6.28% 262
UK excluding London -15 385 £450 -6.15% 155
London -33 345 £550 -5.17% 143
Work from Home -30 265 £500 -9.09% 187
North of England -26 142 £450 -5.26% 38
Midlands 0 97 £455 -9.10% 17
South East -20 79 £433 -6.49% 51
North West -26 77 £450 -5.26% 20
West Midlands -14 73 £475 -7.77% 8
Yorkshire -29 55 £475 -13.64% 13
Scotland +10 45 £425 -7.61% 12
East Midlands -17 23 £406 -18.80% 9
South West -33 22 £550 -13.73% 22
East of England -34 10 £575 +27.78% 8
North East -9 9 £425 -8.60% 5
Northern Ireland +3 4 £400 -20.00% 1

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 54 (6.51%) Confluence
2 38 (4.58%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.29%) Apache
5 17 (2.05%) nginx
6 10 (1.21%) SAS
7 7 (0.84%) Camunda
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.36%) Appian
9 3 (0.36%) CMS
9 3 (0.36%) Drupal
9 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.48%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maya
5 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
Cloud Services
1 500 (60.31%) AWS
2 260 (31.36%) Azure
3 162 (19.54%) GitHub
4 127 (15.32%) GCP
5 117 (14.11%) Amazon S3
6 115 (13.87%) Serverless
7 97 (11.70%) GitHub Actions
8 81 (9.77%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (5.55%) Amazon ECS
10 44 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
11 43 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
12 42 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
13 40 (4.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 38 (4.58%) OpenShift
15 35 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
16 34 (4.10%) Amazon SQS
17 27 (3.26%) Power Platform
18 25 (3.02%) Snowflake
19 24 (2.90%) Azure AKS
19 24 (2.90%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.29%) Firewall
2 18 (2.17%) DNS
3 8 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.84%) HTTP
4 7 (0.84%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
5 4 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.48%) SSH
5 4 (0.48%) SSL
5 4 (0.48%) VPN
5 4 (0.48%) WAN
6 3 (0.36%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.36%) Internet
6 3 (0.36%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
7 2 (0.24%) LAN
7 2 (0.24%) NaaS
7 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) MQTT
8 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (17.61%) MongoDB
1 146 (17.61%) SQL Server
2 142 (17.13%) Relational Database
3 139 (16.77%) NoSQL
4 125 (15.08%) MySQL
5 77 (9.29%) Amazon RDS
6 66 (7.96%) DynamoDB
7 56 (6.76%) Amazon Aurora
8 54 (6.51%) Redis
9 35 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (4.10%) Big Data
10 34 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (3.98%) RDBMS
12 27 (3.26%) Data Lake
13 24 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
14 23 (2.77%) Metadata
15 22 (2.65%) Power BI
16 21 (2.53%) Apache Cassandra
17 19 (2.29%) Oracle Database
17 19 (2.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 177 (21.35%) Jenkins
2 160 (19.30%) Git
3 90 (10.86%) GitLab
4 84 (10.13%) JIRA
5 83 (10.01%) JUnit
6 49 (5.91%) Mockito
7 33 (3.98%) Cucumber
7 33 (3.98%) Maven
8 25 (3.02%) JMeter
9 23 (2.77%) Gradle
10 21 (2.53%) Selenium
11 17 (2.05%) SonarQube
12 16 (1.93%) Liquibase
12 16 (1.93%) WebDriver
13 15 (1.81%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.57%) Gatling
15 12 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
16 11 (1.33%) Artifactory
16 11 (1.33%) DbUnit
16 11 (1.33%) jMock
General
1 179 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 164 (19.78%) Finance
3 99 (11.94%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (6.63%) Banking
6 26 (3.14%) Front Office
7 17 (2.05%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (0.84%) Legal
12 6 (0.72%) Law
12 6 (0.72%) Retail
12 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.60%) Automotive
13 5 (0.60%) Marketing
14 4 (0.48%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.36%) Games
15 3 (0.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 331 (39.93%) Developer
2 147 (17.73%) Senior
3 108 (13.03%) Java Developer
4 85 (10.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 80 (9.65%) Python Developer
6 75 (9.05%) DBA
7 74 (8.93%) Software Engineer
8 69 (8.32%) Data Engineer
9 60 (7.24%) Architect
10 56 (6.76%) Lead
11 55 (6.63%) Senior Developer
12 36 (4.34%) Administrator
13 35 (4.22%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 33 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
15 31 (3.74%) Senior Java Developer
16 30 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 30 (3.62%) Java Engineer
16 30 (3.62%) Lead Developer
17 29 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
18 27 (3.26%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (24.13%) Kafka
2 181 (21.83%) Spring
3 159 (19.18%) React
4 142 (17.13%) RESTful
5 139 (16.77%) Spring Boot
6 136 (16.41%) REST
7 131 (15.80%) Node.js
8 61 (7.36%) AngularJS
8 61 (7.36%) FastAPI
9 45 (5.43%) Hibernate
10 41 (4.95%) JSON
11 40 (4.83%) GraphQL
11 40 (4.83%) WireMock
12 38 (4.58%) .NET
13 37 (4.46%) CSS
14 36 (4.34%) HTML
15 34 (4.10%) JPA
16 30 (3.62%) Django
17 28 (3.38%) OAuth
17 28 (3.38%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.79%) Cloud Native
2 71 (8.56%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.62%) Derivative
5 28 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.02%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.65%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (2.29%) Replication
10 18 (2.17%) Equities
10 18 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.05%) Distributed Architecture
12 12 (1.45%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.33%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.09%) Clustering
15 8 (0.97%) PACS
15 8 (0.97%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 134 (16.16%) Linux
2 38 (4.58%) Unix
3 26 (3.14%) Windows
4 13 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.48%) zOS
7 3 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Solaris
8 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
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
1 378 (45.60%) CI/CD
2 313 (37.76%) Agile
3 261 (31.48%) DevOps
4 215 (25.93%) Microservices
5 201 (24.25%) Containerisation
6 148 (17.85%) Full-Stack Development
7 146 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (17.13%) Software Engineering
9 126 (15.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 122 (14.72%) Observability
11 110 (13.27%) Test Automation
12 106 (12.79%) Data Modelling
13 103 (12.42%) TDD
14 92 (11.10%) Migration
15 87 (10.49%) AI
16 85 (10.25%) Performance Tuning
17 83 (10.01%) ETL
18 80 (9.65%) Event-Driven
18 80 (9.65%) Mentoring
19 76 (9.17%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 354 (42.70%) Python
2 314 (37.88%) SQL
3 285 (34.38%) Java
4 128 (15.44%) TypeScript
5 120 (14.48%) JavaScript
6 69 (8.32%) Bash
7 44 (5.31%) PowerShell
8 39 (4.70%) C#
9 38 (4.58%) Go
10 33 (3.98%) Scala
11 21 (2.53%) Shell Script
12 20 (2.41%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.33%) PHP
14 9 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.09%) Ruby
15 8 (0.97%) Bicep
15 8 (0.97%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.72%) Groovy
17 5 (0.60%) Delphi
17 5 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 271 (32.69%) Security Cleared
2 219 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.56%) Degree
4 37 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.62%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.17%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
9 12 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.45%) OCP
10 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.72%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.48%) CISM
15 3 (0.36%) PhD
15 3 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 1 (0.12%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.79%) QA
2 41 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.69%) GDPR
5 9 (1.09%) SLA
6 7 (0.84%) ISO 20022
6 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.84%) NCSC
6 7 (0.84%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) WCAG
7 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) DICOM
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 315 (38.00%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.21%) Postfix
4 9 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.60%) Ceph
6 5 (0.60%) 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%) Samba
8 2 (0.24%) Squid
8 2 (0.24%) Xen
9 1 (0.12%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.12%) Varnish
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 282 (34.02%) Kubernetes
2 148 (17.85%) Terraform
3 126 (15.20%) Grafana
4 82 (9.89%) Prometheus
5 69 (8.32%) Ansible
6 17 (2.05%) Argo
7 16 (1.93%) Control-M
7 16 (1.93%) IBM Guardium
7 16 (1.93%) Nessus
8 12 (1.45%) HAProxy
8 12 (1.45%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.33%) Kibana
10 10 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (1.21%) Puppet
10 10 (1.21%) Rancher
11 9 (1.09%) Data Guard
11 9 (1.09%) Istio
12 6 (0.72%) linkerd
13 5 (0.60%) Packer
14 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 149 (17.97%) Oracle
2 106 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.10%) Splunk
4 33 (3.98%) Databricks
5 25 (3.02%) Atlassian
6 22 (2.65%) Red Hat
7 21 (2.53%) VMware
8 20 (2.41%) Google
8 20 (2.41%) Informatica
9 19 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.93%) Tenable
11 14 (1.69%) Jaspersoft
12 13 (1.57%) Dynatrace
12 13 (1.57%) Talend
13 11 (1.33%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.21%) Confluent
15 9 (1.09%) IBM
16 8 (0.97%) PagerDuty
17 7 (0.84%) Greenplum
18 6 (0.72%) OpenAI