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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 119 140
Rank change year-on-year -45 +21 +19
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 821 691 727
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.64% 2.35% 1.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.83% 12.52% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 513 547
10th Percentile £362 £401 £363
25th Percentile £419 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £727 £813 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £484 £468
% change year-on-year -4.91% +3.42% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £53.20 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £63.25 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -18.75% +255.79%
75th Percentile £74.13 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% -18.75% +261.01%

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 7,581 5,518 7,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.17% 18.75% 17.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,065 3,745 5,333
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £760 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 102 155
10th Percentile £14.51 £19.72 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £25.00 £20.77
Median hourly rate £41.71 £34.99 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -12.53% -31.73%
75th Percentile £71.50 £65.90 £54.56
90th Percentile £78.58 £78.58 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £31.85 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.90% -9.01% -38.54%

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 June 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 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 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 June 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 -43 687 £510 -7.27% 195
UK excluding London -6 367 £460 -4.91% 138
London -35 352 £550 -8.33% 88
Work from Home -61 261 £500 -9.09% 116
North of England -32 123 £455 -5.94% 39
Midlands -7 96 £447 -10.60% 19
West Midlands -21 68 £450 -10.00% 11
South East -49 68 £475 +8.88% 47
North West -20 59 £450 -5.26% 28
Yorkshire -19 54 £475 -5.00% 7
Scotland +3 46 £425 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -1 26 £435 -13.00% 8
South West -24 24 £700 +16.67% 17
East of England -24 12 £575 +27.78% 8
North East -35 9 £425 -13.27% 4
Wales - 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland 0 1 £400 -20.00% 3

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 51 (6.21%) Confluence
2 43 (5.24%) Apache Spark
3 27 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.44%) Apache
5 11 (1.34%) nginx
6 8 (0.97%) Camunda
7 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.49%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.37%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.37%) Appian
9 3 (0.37%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.37%) IIS
9 3 (0.37%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Drupal
10 2 (0.24%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Traefik
Applications
1 7 (0.85%) CPLEX
2 6 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.12%) Odoo
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 450 (54.81%) AWS
2 262 (31.91%) Azure
3 142 (17.30%) GitHub
4 140 (17.05%) GCP
5 98 (11.94%) Amazon S3
5 98 (11.94%) Serverless
6 93 (11.33%) GitHub Actions
7 73 (8.89%) AWS Lambda
8 50 (6.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 47 (5.72%) Amazon SQS
10 46 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (5.36%) Amazon ECS
11 44 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (3.65%) Route 53
13 28 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (3.41%) Power Platform
14 27 (3.29%) OpenShift
14 27 (3.29%) Snowflake
15 25 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (3.05%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.31%) DNS
2 17 (2.07%) Firewall
3 8 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.61%) HTTP
4 5 (0.61%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.61%) SSH
5 4 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.49%) SSL
6 3 (0.37%) iSCSI
6 3 (0.37%) MQTT
6 3 (0.37%) SAN
6 3 (0.37%) VPN
6 3 (0.37%) WAN
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) NaaS
7 2 (0.24%) Network Security
7 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (18.51%) SQL Server
2 148 (18.03%) MongoDB
3 138 (16.81%) Relational Database
4 133 (16.20%) NoSQL
5 118 (14.37%) MySQL
6 73 (8.89%) Amazon RDS
7 68 (8.28%) Amazon Aurora
8 61 (7.43%) DynamoDB
9 57 (6.94%) Redis
10 36 (4.38%) Big Data
11 34 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
12 28 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
12 28 (3.41%) RDBMS
13 23 (2.80%) Data Lake
13 23 (2.80%) Oracle Database
13 23 (2.80%) Power BI
14 21 (2.56%) Metadata
15 19 (2.31%) Apache Cassandra
15 19 (2.31%) Tableau
16 17 (2.07%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 174 (21.19%) Jenkins
2 162 (19.73%) Git
3 89 (10.84%) JIRA
4 85 (10.35%) GitLab
5 80 (9.74%) JUnit
6 54 (6.58%) Mockito
7 37 (4.51%) Maven
8 30 (3.65%) Cucumber
9 25 (3.05%) Gradle
10 24 (2.92%) JMeter
10 24 (2.92%) Selenium
11 21 (2.56%) Liquibase
12 20 (2.44%) SonarQube
12 20 (2.44%) WebDriver
13 18 (2.19%) Gatling
14 14 (1.71%) DbUnit
15 13 (1.58%) jMock
16 11 (1.34%) Bitbucket Server
17 9 (1.10%) Flyway
18 8 (0.97%) Cypress.io
General
1 176 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 169 (20.58%) Finance
3 112 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 87 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (7.31%) Banking
6 26 (3.17%) Front Office
7 20 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.46%) Law
11 7 (0.85%) Military
11 7 (0.85%) Retail
12 6 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.73%) Legal
12 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.61%) Automotive
14 4 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.37%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 320 (38.98%) Developer
2 153 (18.64%) Senior
3 98 (11.94%) Java Developer
4 84 (10.23%) Software Engineer
5 81 (9.87%) Python Developer
6 80 (9.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 72 (8.77%) DBA
8 70 (8.53%) Data Engineer
9 67 (8.16%) Architect
9 67 (8.16%) Lead
10 62 (7.55%) Senior Developer
11 39 (4.75%) Java Engineer
12 35 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (3.78%) Lead Developer
14 29 (3.53%) Backend Developer
14 29 (3.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 29 (3.53%) Senior Java Developer
15 28 (3.41%) Administrator
16 27 (3.29%) PostgreSQL DBA
17 25 (3.05%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (23.51%) Spring
2 190 (23.14%) Kafka
3 165 (20.10%) React
4 157 (19.12%) RESTful
5 156 (19.00%) REST
6 150 (18.27%) Spring Boot
7 129 (15.71%) Node.js
8 69 (8.40%) FastAPI
9 63 (7.67%) AngularJS
10 43 (5.24%) GraphQL
11 42 (5.12%) JPA
12 41 (4.99%) .NET
13 39 (4.75%) Django
13 39 (4.75%) WireMock
14 38 (4.63%) HTML
14 38 (4.63%) OpenAPI
14 38 (4.63%) Swagger
14 38 (4.63%) Web Services
15 37 (4.51%) Hibernate
16 36 (4.38%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 125 (15.23%) Cloud Native
2 100 (12.18%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.41%) Derivative
5 26 (3.17%) Distributed Architecture
5 26 (3.17%) Replication
6 25 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.68%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.68%) Equities
8 21 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.56%) Fixed Income
8 21 (2.56%) Management Information System
9 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.58%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.85%) Clustering
13 7 (0.85%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 112 (13.64%) Linux
2 31 (3.78%) Unix
3 29 (3.53%) Windows
4 18 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.49%) Solaris
8 3 (0.37%) Android
8 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) zOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (44.70%) CI/CD
2 310 (37.76%) Agile
3 248 (30.21%) DevOps
4 243 (29.60%) Microservices
5 206 (25.09%) Containerisation
6 163 (19.85%) Software Engineering
7 155 (18.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 138 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
9 124 (15.10%) Observability
10 120 (14.62%) Test Automation
11 112 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 108 (13.15%) AI
13 107 (13.03%) Data Modelling
14 105 (12.79%) TDD
15 95 (11.57%) Performance Tuning
16 92 (11.21%) Migration
17 90 (10.96%) Event-Driven
18 82 (9.99%) Scrum
19 81 (9.87%) Mentoring
19 81 (9.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 347 (42.27%) Python
2 313 (38.12%) SQL
3 295 (35.93%) Java
4 151 (18.39%) TypeScript
5 119 (14.49%) JavaScript
6 45 (5.48%) C#
7 44 (5.36%) Bash
8 42 (5.12%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.78%) Go
9 31 (3.78%) Scala
10 21 (2.56%) PL/SQL
11 19 (2.31%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.46%) PHP
12 12 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.22%) Bicep
13 10 (1.22%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.10%) Groovy
15 8 (0.97%) Ruby
16 5 (0.61%) Rust
17 4 (0.49%) Korn
Qualifications
1 283 (34.47%) Security Cleared
2 232 (28.26%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.31%) Degree
4 36 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.73%) CISSP
13 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.49%) CISM
14 4 (0.49%) OCP
15 3 (0.37%) PhD
16 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
17 1 (0.12%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.80%) QA
2 43 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.53%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.58%) WCAG
5 10 (1.22%) GDPR
6 9 (1.10%) SLA
7 8 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.97%) NIST
8 6 (0.73%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.61%) NCSC
9 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 306 (37.27%) Docker
2 11 (1.34%) Postfix
3 9 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.61%) Ceph
6 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.37%) HDFS
7 3 (0.37%) Squid
8 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.12%) NFS
9 1 (0.12%) RACF
9 1 (0.12%) Samba
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 269 (32.76%) Kubernetes
2 128 (15.59%) Grafana
3 127 (15.47%) Terraform
4 93 (11.33%) Prometheus
5 47 (5.72%) Ansible
6 16 (1.95%) Control-M
6 16 (1.95%) IBM Guardium
6 16 (1.95%) Nessus
7 14 (1.71%) Argo
8 13 (1.58%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (1.46%) Data Guard
9 12 (1.46%) Kibana
10 11 (1.34%) HAProxy
11 9 (1.10%) Istio
12 7 (0.85%) Rancher
13 4 (0.49%) linkerd
13 4 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.37%) Puppet
15 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 147 (17.90%) Oracle
2 111 (13.52%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.14%) Databricks
4 26 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.17%) Splunk
5 25 (3.05%) Google
6 19 (2.31%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.19%) Atlassian
7 18 (2.19%) Informatica
8 17 (2.07%) Jaspersoft
9 16 (1.95%) Tenable
10 14 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.71%) VMware
11 13 (1.58%) Talend
12 10 (1.22%) Confluent
13 9 (1.10%) Sybase
14 8 (0.97%) IBM
15 7 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.61%) CyberArk