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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 122 153
Rank change year-on-year -11 +31 +33
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 803 659 702
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.17% 2.04% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.69% 11.25% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 491 494
10th Percentile £363 £346 £409
25th Percentile £418 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile - - £34.14
25th Percentile £29.00 - £43.73
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -30.70% +175.96%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £69.03
90th Percentile £58.00 - £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - £46.28
% change year-on-year - - +37.11%

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 6,330 5,859 7,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.10% 18.17% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,380 3,869 4,988
10th Percentile £328 £350 £350
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 78 140
10th Percentile £21.31 £19.59 £16.12
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.25 £22.61
Median hourly rate £52.00 £35.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -24.21% -16.04%
75th Percentile £75.26 £64.73 £64.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.95 £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.31 £28.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +109.76% -37.74% -7.64%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +4 665 £515 -6.36% 509
London +11 365 £550 -4.35% 151
UK excluding London -7 339 £475 -5.00% 422
Work from Home -28 248 £500 -3.85% 281
North of England +6 122 £475 +3.83% 92
Midlands +6 79 £525 +5.00% 43
Yorkshire -4 67 £500 -16.67% 34
West Midlands +10 65 £531 +2.12% 16
South East -35 61 £433 -24.78% 139
North West -12 53 £450 +1.12% 45
South West +12 47 £550 -8.46% 51
Scotland -20 44 £450 -5.46% 17
East Midlands -24 14 £513 +2.50% 25
Northern Ireland 0 8 £400 - 12
Wales +2 3 £463 +94.74% 18
East of England -19 3 £450 +1.41% 59
North East - 2 £463 - 14

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 44 (5.48%) Confluence
2 23 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (2.86%) nginx
3 17 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.74%) SAS
5 12 (1.49%) Apache
6 6 (0.75%) Drupal
6 6 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
7 4 (0.50%) CICS
7 4 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.37%) Camunda
8 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) Traefik
10 1 (0.12%) Gunicorn
Applications
1 10 (1.25%) Chatbot
1 10 (1.25%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 480 (59.78%) AWS
2 250 (31.13%) Azure
3 189 (23.54%) GitHub
4 144 (17.93%) Serverless
5 142 (17.68%) GCP
6 112 (13.95%) Amazon S3
7 92 (11.46%) GitHub Actions
8 87 (10.83%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 52 (6.48%) Amazon ECS
11 51 (6.35%) OpenShift
12 50 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
13 45 (5.60%) Power Platform
14 43 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
15 38 (4.73%) Snowflake
16 36 (4.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 35 (4.36%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (3.74%) Azure AKS
19 27 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 24 (2.99%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.74%) Firewall
2 27 (3.36%) DNS
3 21 (2.62%) HTTP
4 15 (1.87%) SSH
5 14 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.37%) Kerberos
7 10 (1.25%) FTP
7 10 (1.25%) IMAP
7 10 (1.25%) OpenLDAP
7 10 (1.25%) SMTP
8 7 (0.87%) SSL
9 5 (0.62%) VPN
10 4 (0.50%) Internet
11 2 (0.25%) InfiniBand
11 2 (0.25%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.25%) LAN
11 2 (0.25%) WAN
12 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (0.12%) Spanning Tree
12 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (16.19%) Relational Database
2 123 (15.32%) NoSQL
3 120 (14.94%) MySQL
4 109 (13.57%) SQL Server
5 101 (12.58%) MongoDB
6 81 (10.09%) Amazon RDS
7 75 (9.34%) Redis
8 62 (7.72%) Amazon Aurora
9 48 (5.98%) DynamoDB
10 37 (4.61%) RDBMS
11 34 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (4.23%) Power BI
12 26 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (3.11%) Apache Cassandra
14 24 (2.99%) Oracle Database
15 20 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
16 19 (2.37%) Big Data
16 19 (2.37%) Data Lake
16 19 (2.37%) DB2
17 17 (2.12%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 185 (23.04%) Jenkins
2 158 (19.68%) Git
3 98 (12.20%) GitLab
4 74 (9.22%) JIRA
5 57 (7.10%) JUnit
6 33 (4.11%) Mockito
7 32 (3.99%) Cucumber
8 25 (3.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 23 (2.86%) Gradle
10 22 (2.74%) Liquibase
11 21 (2.62%) Cypress.io
12 18 (2.24%) Bitbucket
12 18 (2.24%) Maven
13 17 (2.12%) JMeter
14 16 (1.99%) Postman
14 16 (1.99%) SonarQube
15 10 (1.25%) Vagrant
16 9 (1.12%) Subversion
17 8 (1.00%) DBeaver
17 8 (1.00%) ERwin
General
1 218 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 168 (20.92%) Finance
3 100 (12.45%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.21%) Banking
5 76 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.24%) Investment Banking
7 23 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (1.99%) Front Office
9 15 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.87%) Marketing
13 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.62%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.50%) Legal
14 4 (0.50%) Local Government
14 4 (0.50%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.37%) Electronics
15 3 (0.37%) Games
15 3 (0.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 299 (37.24%) Developer
2 137 (17.06%) Senior
3 96 (11.96%) Java Developer
4 65 (8.09%) Senior Developer
5 64 (7.97%) Data Engineer
6 61 (7.60%) Architect
6 61 (7.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 55 (6.85%) Software Engineer
8 51 (6.35%) Python Developer
9 49 (6.10%) AWS Engineer
10 47 (5.85%) AWS Developer
11 46 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
12 44 (5.48%) DBA
13 34 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 33 (4.11%) Python Engineer
14 33 (4.11%) Senior Java Developer
15 32 (3.99%) Lead
16 29 (3.61%) Data Architect
17 26 (3.24%) Backend Developer
17 26 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (20.67%) Kafka
2 143 (17.81%) React
3 125 (15.57%) Spring
4 124 (15.44%) Node.js
4 124 (15.44%) RESTful
5 115 (14.32%) REST
6 104 (12.95%) Spring Boot
7 66 (8.22%) CSS
8 55 (6.85%) HTML
9 48 (5.98%) AngularJS
10 44 (5.48%) GraphQL
11 43 (5.35%) JSON
12 42 (5.23%) FastAPI
12 42 (5.23%) Hibernate
13 39 (4.86%) .NET
14 35 (4.36%) Vue
15 31 (3.86%) Elastic Stack
16 30 (3.74%) Keycloak
17 28 (3.49%) OAuth
18 27 (3.36%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 110 (13.70%) Cloud Native
2 60 (7.47%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (4.98%) Replication
4 27 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 23 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.49%) Derivative
8 18 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.24%) Market Risk
8 18 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
10 16 (1.99%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.99%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.74%) Clustering
12 12 (1.49%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.37%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.12%) Equities
14 9 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (1.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 143 (17.81%) Linux
2 35 (4.36%) Windows
3 27 (3.36%) Unix
4 13 (1.62%) Amazon Linux
4 13 (1.62%) VMS
5 11 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.50%) zOS
8 3 (0.37%) Solaris
9 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.12%) MVS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (44.96%) CI/CD
2 282 (35.12%) Agile
3 278 (34.62%) DevOps
4 196 (24.41%) Containerisation
4 196 (24.41%) Microservices
5 171 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (18.68%) Infrastructure as Code
7 118 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 117 (14.57%) Software Engineering
9 112 (13.95%) Test Automation
10 108 (13.45%) Observability
11 99 (12.33%) TDD
12 91 (11.33%) Migration
13 83 (10.34%) AI
14 81 (10.09%) Data Modelling
14 81 (10.09%) ETL
15 76 (9.46%) Performance Tuning
16 69 (8.59%) Computer Science
17 67 (8.34%) Analytics
18 63 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 380 (47.32%) Python
2 316 (39.35%) SQL
3 235 (29.27%) Java
4 128 (15.94%) JavaScript
5 122 (15.19%) TypeScript
6 86 (10.71%) Bash
7 73 (9.09%) Go
8 42 (5.23%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.86%) C#
10 26 (3.24%) Groovy
11 25 (3.11%) PHP
12 21 (2.62%) Shell Script
13 17 (2.12%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.87%) Ruby
15 13 (1.62%) Kotlin
16 10 (1.25%) Scala
17 7 (0.87%) Bicep
17 7 (0.87%) JSX
18 6 (0.75%) VBA
19 5 (0.62%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 223 (27.77%) Security Cleared
2 179 (22.29%) SC Cleared
3 94 (11.71%) Degree
4 61 (7.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.86%) AWS Certification
5 31 (3.86%) Azure Certification
6 25 (3.11%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.24%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.62%) OCP
9 13 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
10 9 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.87%) MCP
12 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.50%) HND
14 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 1 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.60%) QA
2 42 (5.23%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.87%) GDPR
5 8 (1.00%) SLA
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.87%) NCSC
7 4 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.50%) NIST
7 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.50%) WCAG
8 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 283 (35.24%) Docker
2 12 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.25%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.25%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.25%) Postfix
3 10 (1.25%) Squid
4 8 (1.00%) zsh
5 7 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.62%) NDS
6 5 (0.62%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory
8 3 (0.37%) KVM
8 3 (0.37%) NFS
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.37%) Xen
9 2 (0.25%) HDFS
9 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.25%) Lustre
10 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 295 (36.74%) Kubernetes
2 190 (23.66%) Terraform
3 111 (13.82%) Grafana
4 93 (11.58%) Ansible
5 78 (9.71%) Prometheus
6 30 (3.74%) Argo
7 21 (2.62%) Nessus
7 21 (2.62%) Progress Chef
8 18 (2.24%) Puppet
9 12 (1.49%) Control-M
9 12 (1.49%) Istio
10 11 (1.37%) IBM Guardium
11 10 (1.25%) Proxmox
12 9 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
13 6 (0.75%) linkerd
14 5 (0.62%) Packer
14 5 (0.62%) Rancher
14 5 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.50%) Data Guard
15 4 (0.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 138 (17.19%) Oracle
2 89 (11.08%) Microsoft
3 48 (5.98%) Splunk
4 44 (5.48%) Google
5 31 (3.86%) VMware
6 30 (3.74%) Databricks
7 27 (3.36%) Red Hat
8 20 (2.49%) Dynatrace
9 19 (2.37%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.12%) Atlassian
11 14 (1.74%) Greenplum
12 13 (1.62%) IBM
12 13 (1.62%) Informatica
13 11 (1.37%) Tenable
14 10 (1.25%) Jaspersoft
15 8 (1.00%) Cloudera
15 8 (1.00%) PagerDuty
16 7 (0.87%) CA Agile Central
17 6 (0.75%) Gigya
18 5 (0.62%) Talend