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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 111 135
Rank change year-on-year -49 +24 +19
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 885 790 722
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 2.42% 1.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.91% 13.28% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 605 540
10th Percentile £360 £382 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £820 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile £27.75 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £31.38 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -18.75% +77.78%
75th Percentile £71.22 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -1.54% -18.75% -

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 8,113 5,951 7,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.38% 18.24% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,367 4,031 5,266
10th Percentile £351 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 95 118
10th Percentile £16.42 £19.39 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.67 £20.19
Median hourly rate £41.71 £38.11 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% +0.29% -30.91%
75th Percentile £64.00 £64.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.50 £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.25 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +25.59% +6.83% -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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -51 722 £521 -4.93% 314
UK excluding London -28 409 £475 - 169
London -62 349 £550 -8.33% 191
Work from Home -61 285 £500 -13.04% 174
North of England -41 135 £478 -4.40% 46
Midlands +1 103 £447 -10.60% 18
West Midlands -16 74 £447 -5.89% 9
South East -39 73 £475 +9.20% 50
North West -33 63 £478 +0.63% 27
Yorkshire -19 60 £488 -2.50% 13
Scotland -12 51 £425 -10.53% 16
South West -23 30 £700 +30.23% 21
East Midlands +6 27 £447 -12.78% 9
East of England -18 18 £575 +27.78% 9
North East -43 11 £425 -19.05% 6
Wales -16 4 - - 2

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 48 (5.42%) Confluence
2 40 (4.52%) Apache Spark
3 28 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (2.49%) Apache
5 10 (1.13%) nginx
6 7 (0.79%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.68%) Camunda
7 6 (0.68%) CMS
8 4 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.45%) WordPress
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.34%) IIS
9 3 (0.34%) JBoss
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.02%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.23%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.11%) Odoo
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 461 (52.09%) AWS
2 310 (35.03%) Azure
3 160 (18.08%) GCP
4 153 (17.29%) GitHub
5 107 (12.09%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (10.96%) Amazon S3
7 95 (10.73%) Serverless
8 67 (7.57%) AWS Lambda
9 58 (6.55%) Amazon SQS
10 56 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
11 50 (5.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 49 (5.54%) Amazon ECS
13 46 (5.20%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (3.73%) Snowflake
15 31 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (3.16%) Azure AKS
17 26 (2.94%) Route 53
18 25 (2.82%) Power Platform
19 23 (2.60%) AWS KMS
19 23 (2.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.92%) Firewall
2 13 (1.47%) DNS
3 10 (1.13%) SSH
4 9 (1.02%) HTTPS
5 6 (0.68%) HTTP
5 6 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.56%) SAN
7 4 (0.45%) SSL
8 3 (0.34%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.34%) MQTT
8 3 (0.34%) Network Security
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) NaaS
9 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.11%) Internet
10 1 (0.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (19.89%) SQL Server
2 167 (18.87%) Relational Database
3 164 (18.53%) MongoDB
4 138 (15.59%) MySQL
5 124 (14.01%) NoSQL
6 71 (8.02%) Redis
7 69 (7.80%) Amazon RDS
8 61 (6.89%) Amazon Aurora
9 54 (6.10%) DynamoDB
10 40 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (4.07%) Big Data
12 31 (3.50%) Oracle Database
12 31 (3.50%) RDBMS
13 30 (3.39%) Data Lake
14 22 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
14 22 (2.49%) Metadata
15 20 (2.26%) Power BI
16 19 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
18 16 (1.81%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 195 (22.03%) Git
2 192 (21.69%) Jenkins
3 102 (11.53%) JIRA
4 83 (9.38%) JUnit
5 78 (8.81%) GitLab
6 55 (6.21%) Mockito
7 50 (5.65%) Maven
8 35 (3.95%) Gradle
9 31 (3.50%) Cucumber
10 24 (2.71%) Selenium
11 23 (2.60%) JMeter
12 22 (2.49%) SonarQube
13 21 (2.37%) Liquibase
14 20 (2.26%) WebDriver
15 17 (1.92%) Gatling
16 14 (1.58%) DbUnit
17 13 (1.47%) jMock
18 11 (1.24%) Bitbucket Server
19 10 (1.13%) Bitbucket
20 9 (1.02%) Flyway
General
1 187 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 168 (18.98%) Finance
3 126 (14.24%) Public Sector
4 114 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (6.44%) Banking
6 28 (3.16%) Front Office
7 22 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.36%) Military
10 10 (1.13%) Law
10 10 (1.13%) Legal
11 9 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.56%) Automotive
14 5 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.56%) Retail
15 4 (0.45%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 355 (40.11%) Developer
2 155 (17.51%) Senior
3 118 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 91 (10.28%) DBA
5 84 (9.49%) Software Engineer
6 81 (9.15%) Full-Stack Developer
7 77 (8.70%) Lead
7 77 (8.70%) Python Developer
8 66 (7.46%) Data Engineer
9 62 (7.01%) Architect
9 62 (7.01%) Senior Developer
10 43 (4.86%) Administrator
11 42 (4.75%) Java Engineer
12 38 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
13 37 (4.18%) Lead Developer
14 33 (3.73%) Software Developer
15 32 (3.62%) Backend Developer
15 32 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 29 (3.28%) Python Engineer
17 27 (3.05%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (23.39%) REST
2 204 (23.05%) Spring
3 182 (20.56%) Kafka
4 176 (19.89%) RESTful
5 174 (19.66%) React
6 162 (18.31%) Spring Boot
7 132 (14.92%) Node.js
8 69 (7.80%) FastAPI
9 66 (7.46%) AngularJS
10 52 (5.88%) HTML
11 50 (5.65%) .NET
11 50 (5.65%) CSS
12 48 (5.42%) OpenAPI
12 48 (5.42%) Swagger
13 45 (5.08%) Web Services
14 39 (4.41%) Django
14 39 (4.41%) JPA
15 37 (4.18%) GraphQL
15 37 (4.18%) Hibernate
15 37 (4.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 143 (16.16%) Cloud Native
2 111 (12.54%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.84%) Replication
5 32 (3.62%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (3.16%) Distributed Architecture
7 26 (2.94%) Derivative
8 24 (2.71%) Equities
8 24 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.37%) Fixed Income
10 20 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.81%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.81%) Management Information System
12 14 (1.58%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.47%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.90%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 119 (13.45%) Linux
2 35 (3.95%) Unix
3 34 (3.84%) Windows
4 29 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.90%) Solaris
8 5 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
9 4 (0.45%) AIX
10 3 (0.34%) Android
10 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.34%) VMS
10 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.23%) zOS
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (45.42%) CI/CD
2 343 (38.76%) Agile
3 277 (31.30%) Microservices
4 274 (30.96%) DevOps
5 216 (24.41%) Containerisation
6 183 (20.68%) Software Engineering
7 164 (18.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 162 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
9 129 (14.58%) AI
10 128 (14.46%) Test Automation
11 122 (13.79%) Observability
12 117 (13.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 115 (12.99%) Data Modelling
13 115 (12.99%) Performance Tuning
14 108 (12.20%) TDD
15 106 (11.98%) Migration
16 101 (11.41%) Scrum
17 97 (10.96%) Event-Driven
18 88 (9.94%) Analytics
18 88 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 352 (39.77%) Python
2 329 (37.18%) SQL
3 318 (35.93%) Java
4 154 (17.40%) TypeScript
5 132 (14.92%) JavaScript
6 58 (6.55%) C#
7 46 (5.20%) PowerShell
8 38 (4.29%) Bash
9 31 (3.50%) Go
10 30 (3.39%) Scala
11 19 (2.15%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.81%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.58%) PHP
14 13 (1.47%) Groovy
14 13 (1.47%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.36%) Kotlin
16 11 (1.24%) Ruby
17 9 (1.02%) Perl
18 7 (0.79%) Rust
19 6 (0.68%) Korn
Qualifications
1 309 (34.92%) Security Cleared
2 261 (29.49%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.12%) Degree
4 40 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.90%) OCP
13 6 (0.68%) CISSP
14 4 (0.45%) CISM
15 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.34%) PhD
16 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
17 1 (0.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.57%) QA
2 41 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.07%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.69%) GDPR
5 13 (1.47%) WCAG
6 6 (0.68%) GMP
6 6 (0.68%) GxP
7 5 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.56%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.45%) NIST
8 4 (0.45%) SLA
9 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) HL7
10 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 338 (38.19%) Docker
2 13 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.24%) Postfix
4 11 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.56%) Ceph
7 4 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.34%) HDFS
8 3 (0.34%) Squid
9 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.11%) NFS
10 1 (0.11%) RACF
10 1 (0.11%) Samba
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 302 (34.12%) Kubernetes
2 138 (15.59%) Terraform
3 122 (13.79%) Grafana
4 93 (10.51%) Prometheus
5 38 (4.29%) Ansible
6 17 (1.92%) Oracle RMAN
7 16 (1.81%) Control-M
7 16 (1.81%) IBM Guardium
7 16 (1.81%) Nessus
8 13 (1.47%) Kibana
9 12 (1.36%) Data Guard
10 11 (1.24%) Argo
11 10 (1.13%) HAProxy
11 10 (1.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 7 (0.79%) Rancher
13 6 (0.68%) Istio
14 4 (0.45%) Karpenter
15 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
15 3 (0.34%) Puppet
15 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 189 (21.36%) Oracle
2 136 (15.37%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.52%) Google
4 34 (3.84%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.28%) Databricks
6 18 (2.03%) Dynatrace
6 18 (2.03%) Informatica
7 17 (1.92%) Jaspersoft
7 17 (1.92%) Red Hat
7 17 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.92%) Splunk
8 16 (1.81%) Atlassian
8 16 (1.81%) Tenable
9 14 (1.58%) OpenAI
10 13 (1.47%) Talend
11 12 (1.36%) VMware
12 11 (1.24%) IBM
13 10 (1.13%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.13%) Sybase
14 7 (0.79%) TikTok