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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 113 137
Rank change year-on-year -49 +24 +18
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 881 791 723
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.41% 1.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.86% 13.21% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 606 541
10th Percentile £360 £382 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £819 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 7
10th Percentile £27.18 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £41.50 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -18.75% +138.24%
75th Percentile £72.11 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -1.54% -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 8,111 5,986 7,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.37% 18.25% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,361 4,057 5,307
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £415 £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 258 100 124
10th Percentile £16.49 £19.56 £14.08
25th Percentile £25.10 £25.94 £20.77
Median hourly rate £42.11 £36.25 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -7.64% -28.64%
75th Percentile £64.00 £64.63 £54.06
90th Percentile £77.15 £77.62 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year +24.84% -2.65% -35.00%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -53 722 £521 -5.36% 267
UK excluding London -38 406 £475 - 144
London -59 353 £550 -8.33% 164
Work from Home -62 287 £500 -12.28% 133
North of England -40 132 £476 -4.80% 38
Midlands +12 104 £447 -10.60% 16
West Midlands -20 75 £447 -5.89% 9
South East -50 71 £473 +8.74% 40
Yorkshire -24 61 £488 -2.50% 10
North West -36 61 £478 +0.63% 21
Scotland -12 52 £425 -10.05% 12
South West -22 31 £700 +30.23% 17
East Midlands +5 27 £447 -12.78% 7
East of England -13 18 £575 +27.78% 9
North East -45 9 £425 -19.05% 7
Wales -15 4 - - 6

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 49 (5.56%) Confluence
2 40 (4.54%) Apache Spark
3 28 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (2.50%) Apache
5 10 (1.14%) 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%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.02%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.23%) Trello
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Maya
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) 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
1 456 (51.76%) AWS
2 309 (35.07%) Azure
3 159 (18.05%) GCP
4 152 (17.25%) GitHub
5 106 (12.03%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (11.01%) Amazon S3
7 94 (10.67%) Serverless
8 65 (7.38%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (6.02%) Amazon SQS
11 48 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 47 (5.33%) Amazon ECS
13 43 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (3.75%) Snowflake
15 31 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (3.06%) Azure AKS
17 26 (2.95%) Power Platform
17 26 (2.95%) Route 53
18 24 (2.72%) OpenShift
19 23 (2.61%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.93%) Firewall
2 13 (1.48%) DNS
3 10 (1.14%) SSH
4 9 (1.02%) HTTPS
5 6 (0.68%) HTTP
5 6 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.57%) 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%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (20.20%) SQL Server
2 164 (18.62%) Relational Database
3 158 (17.93%) MongoDB
4 134 (15.21%) MySQL
5 119 (13.51%) NoSQL
6 70 (7.95%) Redis
7 69 (7.83%) Amazon RDS
8 61 (6.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 49 (5.56%) DynamoDB
10 40 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (4.09%) Big Data
12 31 (3.52%) Oracle Database
13 29 (3.29%) Data Lake
13 29 (3.29%) RDBMS
14 23 (2.61%) Metadata
15 22 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
16 21 (2.38%) Power BI
17 19 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
18 17 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
19 16 (1.82%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 189 (21.45%) Git
1 189 (21.45%) Jenkins
2 103 (11.69%) JIRA
3 83 (9.42%) JUnit
4 75 (8.51%) GitLab
5 55 (6.24%) Mockito
6 50 (5.68%) Maven
7 35 (3.97%) Gradle
8 31 (3.52%) Cucumber
9 24 (2.72%) Selenium
10 23 (2.61%) JMeter
11 22 (2.50%) SonarQube
12 21 (2.38%) Liquibase
13 20 (2.27%) WebDriver
14 17 (1.93%) Gatling
15 14 (1.59%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.48%) jMock
17 11 (1.25%) Bitbucket Server
18 10 (1.14%) Bitbucket
19 9 (1.02%) Flyway
General
1 189 (21.45%) Social Skills
2 168 (19.07%) Finance
3 123 (13.96%) Public Sector
4 113 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (6.47%) Banking
6 28 (3.18%) Front Office
7 23 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.36%) Military
10 10 (1.14%) Investment Banking
10 10 (1.14%) Legal
11 9 (1.02%) Law
12 8 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.79%) Retail
14 6 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.57%) Automotive
15 5 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.45%) Private Banking
17 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 353 (40.07%) Developer
2 155 (17.59%) Senior
3 117 (13.28%) Java Developer
4 91 (10.33%) DBA
5 83 (9.42%) Software Engineer
6 81 (9.19%) Full-Stack Developer
7 79 (8.97%) Python Developer
8 76 (8.63%) Lead
9 66 (7.49%) Data Engineer
10 61 (6.92%) Architect
10 61 (6.92%) Senior Developer
11 43 (4.88%) Administrator
12 40 (4.54%) Java Engineer
13 37 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
14 36 (4.09%) Lead Developer
15 32 (3.63%) Backend Developer
15 32 (3.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 32 (3.63%) Software Developer
16 29 (3.29%) Python Engineer
17 27 (3.06%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (22.93%) Spring
2 200 (22.70%) REST
3 175 (19.86%) Kafka
4 174 (19.75%) RESTful
5 173 (19.64%) React
6 159 (18.05%) Spring Boot
7 127 (14.42%) Node.js
8 72 (8.17%) FastAPI
9 66 (7.49%) AngularJS
10 52 (5.90%) HTML
11 50 (5.68%) CSS
12 49 (5.56%) .NET
13 47 (5.33%) OpenAPI
13 47 (5.33%) Swagger
14 45 (5.11%) Web Services
15 39 (4.43%) Django
15 39 (4.43%) GraphQL
15 39 (4.43%) JPA
16 37 (4.20%) Hibernate
17 36 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 144 (16.35%) Cloud Native
2 105 (11.92%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.86%) Replication
5 32 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 27 (3.06%) Distributed Architecture
7 26 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (2.95%) Derivative
8 24 (2.72%) Equities
8 24 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.38%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.27%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.82%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.82%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.59%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.36%) AI Agents
16 10 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
17 8 (0.91%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 118 (13.39%) Linux
2 34 (3.86%) Windows
3 33 (3.75%) Unix
4 29 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.91%) Solaris
8 5 (0.57%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.34%) AIX
9 3 (0.34%) Android
9 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.34%) VMS
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) zOS
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (45.18%) CI/CD
2 339 (38.48%) Agile
3 271 (30.76%) Microservices
4 268 (30.42%) DevOps
5 216 (24.52%) Containerisation
6 178 (20.20%) Software Engineering
7 164 (18.62%) Full-Stack Development
7 164 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
8 128 (14.53%) AI
9 123 (13.96%) Test Automation
10 118 (13.39%) Observability
11 113 (12.83%) Data Modelling
11 113 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 111 (12.60%) Performance Tuning
13 106 (12.03%) TDD
14 104 (11.80%) Migration
15 101 (11.46%) Scrum
16 92 (10.44%) Event-Driven
17 87 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 87 (9.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 356 (40.41%) Python
2 330 (37.46%) SQL
3 314 (35.64%) Java
4 153 (17.37%) TypeScript
5 133 (15.10%) JavaScript
6 58 (6.58%) C#
7 48 (5.45%) PowerShell
8 39 (4.43%) Bash
9 31 (3.52%) Go
10 30 (3.41%) Scala
11 19 (2.16%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.82%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.59%) PHP
14 13 (1.48%) Groovy
14 13 (1.48%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.36%) Kotlin
15 12 (1.36%) Ruby
16 9 (1.02%) Perl
17 7 (0.79%) Rust
18 6 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 310 (35.19%) Security Cleared
2 262 (29.74%) SC Cleared
3 64 (7.26%) Degree
4 40 (4.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.86%) DV Cleared
6 24 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.82%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.91%) 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 66 (7.49%) QA
2 42 (4.77%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.20%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.59%) GDPR
5 13 (1.48%) WCAG
6 5 (0.57%) GMP
6 5 (0.57%) GxP
6 5 (0.57%) ISO 9000
6 5 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.45%) NIST
7 4 (0.45%) SLA
8 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.23%) HL7
9 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 332 (37.68%) Docker
2 13 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.25%) Postfix
3 11 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.57%) Ceph
6 4 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.34%) HDFS
7 3 (0.34%) Squid
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) NFS
9 1 (0.11%) RACF
9 1 (0.11%) Samba
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 296 (33.60%) Kubernetes
2 134 (15.21%) Terraform
3 124 (14.07%) Grafana
4 95 (10.78%) Prometheus
5 38 (4.31%) Ansible
6 17 (1.93%) Control-M
6 17 (1.93%) IBM Guardium
6 17 (1.93%) Nessus
6 17 (1.93%) Oracle RMAN
7 13 (1.48%) Kibana
8 12 (1.36%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.25%) Argo
10 10 (1.14%) HAProxy
10 10 (1.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 7 (0.79%) Rancher
12 6 (0.68%) Istio
13 4 (0.45%) Karpenter
14 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
14 3 (0.34%) Puppet
14 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 190 (21.57%) Oracle
2 139 (15.78%) Microsoft
3 39 (4.43%) Google
4 34 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.29%) Databricks
6 18 (2.04%) Informatica
6 18 (2.04%) Splunk
7 17 (1.93%) Atlassian
7 17 (1.93%) Dynatrace
7 17 (1.93%) Jaspersoft
7 17 (1.93%) Red Hat
7 17 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.93%) Tenable
8 13 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 13 (1.48%) Talend
9 11 (1.25%) IBM
9 11 (1.25%) VMware
10 10 (1.14%) CyberArk
10 10 (1.14%) Sybase
11 7 (0.79%) TikTok