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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 119 153
Rank change year-on-year -25 +34 -2
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 834 666 692
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.87% 2.29% 1.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.79% 12.13% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 502 487
10th Percentile £358 £380 £385
25th Percentile £413 £431 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £585 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £477 £500
% change year-on-year -5.66% -4.60% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 5
10th Percentile £39.50 £44.95 £31.35
25th Percentile £42.50 £47.88 £36.75
Median hourly rate £64.00 £54.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -19.40% +197.98%
75th Percentile £69.33 £61.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £65.05 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 - £54.25
% change year-on-year - - +97.27%

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 7,074 5,492 7,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.89% 18.89% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,873 3,820 5,165
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.56% - -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 100 162
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.72 £14.04
25th Percentile £32.19 £24.25 £20.78
Median hourly rate £51.75 £31.64 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.56% -20.90% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.63 £55.94
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.63 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.90 £39.25
% change year-on-year +67.22% -23.82% -28.64%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -33 688 £503 -5.81% 288
UK excluding London -9 397 £450 -5.66% 175
London -33 336 £550 -4.35% 152
Work from Home -18 271 £488 -8.62% 201
North of England -15 152 £460 -3.16% 57
Midlands +10 105 £475 -3.06% 18
West Midlands +9 87 £478 -1.14% 8
South East -35 73 £433 +0.87% 48
Yorkshire -16 72 £488 -11.36% 19
North West -14 71 £434 -6.16% 33
Scotland +20 53 £425 -7.61% 12
South West -27 28 £606 -6.77% 20
East Midlands -29 17 £400 -20.00% 10
North East -9 8 £438 -5.91% 6
East of England -40 7 £588 +30.56% 14
Northern Ireland +1 6 £400 -20.00%

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 (6.47%) Confluence
2 24 (2.88%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.28%) Apache
5 16 (1.92%) nginx
6 10 (1.20%) SAS
7 6 (0.72%) Camunda
8 5 (0.60%) Drupal
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) Appian
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 6 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) CPLEX
3 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 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
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 512 (61.39%) AWS
2 257 (30.82%) Azure
3 174 (20.86%) GitHub
4 148 (17.75%) GCP
5 135 (16.19%) Serverless
6 108 (12.95%) Amazon S3
7 101 (12.11%) GitHub Actions
8 77 (9.23%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (5.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 42 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
12 40 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
13 37 (4.44%) OpenShift
14 35 (4.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 35 (4.20%) Snowflake
15 32 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
16 30 (3.60%) Power Platform
17 29 (3.48%) Amazon SQS
18 23 (2.76%) AWS KMS
18 23 (2.76%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.40%) Firewall
2 18 (2.16%) DNS
3 9 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.96%) HTTP
4 8 (0.96%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.60%) SSL
5 5 (0.60%) VPN
6 4 (0.48%) Internet
6 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
6 4 (0.48%) SSH
6 4 (0.48%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.36%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.24%) LAN
8 2 (0.24%) NaaS
8 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) VSAN
9 1 (0.12%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (17.87%) NoSQL
2 139 (16.67%) Relational Database
3 134 (16.07%) MongoDB
3 134 (16.07%) SQL Server
4 128 (15.35%) MySQL
5 69 (8.27%) Amazon RDS
6 60 (7.19%) DynamoDB
7 50 (6.00%) Redis
8 48 (5.76%) Amazon Aurora
9 41 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
10 35 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (4.20%) RDBMS
11 26 (3.12%) Data Lake
12 24 (2.88%) Power BI
13 23 (2.76%) Big Data
14 22 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
14 22 (2.64%) Metadata
15 21 (2.52%) Apache Cassandra
16 19 (2.28%) Oracle Database
17 17 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 184 (22.06%) Jenkins
2 161 (19.30%) Git
3 106 (12.71%) GitLab
4 82 (9.83%) JUnit
5 81 (9.71%) JIRA
6 44 (5.28%) Mockito
7 37 (4.44%) Cucumber
8 28 (3.36%) JMeter
9 26 (3.12%) Maven
10 24 (2.88%) Liquibase
11 23 (2.76%) Gradle
12 20 (2.40%) Selenium
13 16 (1.92%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
13 16 (1.92%) WebDriver
14 13 (1.56%) SonarQube
15 11 (1.32%) ERwin
16 10 (1.20%) Cypress.io
17 9 (1.08%) Artifactory
18 8 (0.96%) Gatling
General
1 200 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.06%) Finance
3 100 (11.99%) Public Sector
4 75 (8.99%) Banking
5 69 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.00%) Front Office
7 19 (2.28%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.68%) Financial Institution
8 14 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.72%) Law
11 6 (0.72%) Retail
12 5 (0.60%) Legal
12 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.60%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.48%) Automotive
13 4 (0.48%) Marketing
14 3 (0.36%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 320 (38.37%) Developer
2 143 (17.15%) Senior
3 100 (11.99%) Java Developer
4 80 (9.59%) Full-Stack Developer
5 77 (9.23%) Python Developer
6 76 (9.11%) Software Engineer
7 70 (8.39%) Data Engineer
8 68 (8.15%) DBA
9 64 (7.67%) Architect
10 52 (6.24%) Lead
10 52 (6.24%) Senior Developer
11 34 (4.08%) Administrator
11 34 (4.08%) PostgreSQL DBA
12 31 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
13 30 (3.60%) Java Engineer
13 30 (3.60%) Senior Java Developer
14 29 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
15 28 (3.36%) Backend Developer
15 28 (3.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (22.90%) Kafka
2 169 (20.26%) Spring
3 157 (18.82%) React
4 154 (18.47%) RESTful
5 142 (17.03%) REST
6 134 (16.07%) Node.js
7 131 (15.71%) Spring Boot
8 59 (7.07%) FastAPI
9 55 (6.59%) AngularJS
10 44 (5.28%) Hibernate
11 42 (5.04%) JSON
12 40 (4.80%) WireMock
13 38 (4.56%) GraphQL
14 34 (4.08%) .NET
15 32 (3.84%) CSS
16 31 (3.72%) Django
17 30 (3.60%) JPA
18 29 (3.48%) Elastic Stack
19 28 (3.36%) OAuth
19 28 (3.36%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 117 (14.03%) Cloud Native
2 94 (11.27%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.84%) Derivative
5 29 (3.48%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (2.64%) Fixed Income
7 22 (2.64%) Replication
8 19 (2.28%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
9 18 (2.16%) Equities
10 17 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.92%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.68%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.68%) Market Risk
14 11 (1.32%) Clustering
15 8 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
16 7 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 142 (17.03%) Linux
2 27 (3.24%) Unix
3 26 (3.12%) Windows
4 12 (1.44%) 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%) Alpine Linux
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
1 385 (46.16%) CI/CD
2 313 (37.53%) Agile
3 278 (33.33%) DevOps
4 225 (26.98%) Microservices
5 207 (24.82%) Containerisation
6 152 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (16.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 141 (16.91%) Software Engineering
8 131 (15.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 119 (14.27%) Observability
10 110 (13.19%) Data Modelling
11 109 (13.07%) Test Automation
12 103 (12.35%) TDD
13 95 (11.39%) Migration
14 88 (10.55%) AI
15 87 (10.43%) ETL
16 86 (10.31%) Performance Tuning
17 81 (9.71%) Mentoring
18 80 (9.59%) Analytics
19 79 (9.47%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 364 (43.65%) Python
2 308 (36.93%) SQL
3 266 (31.89%) Java
4 125 (14.99%) TypeScript
5 112 (13.43%) JavaScript
6 70 (8.39%) Bash
7 58 (6.95%) Go
8 40 (4.80%) PowerShell
9 36 (4.32%) C#
10 19 (2.28%) Scala
10 19 (2.28%) Shell Script
11 18 (2.16%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.56%) PHP
13 11 (1.32%) Ruby
14 9 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.96%) Bicep
16 7 (0.84%) Groovy
17 6 (0.72%) JSX
18 5 (0.60%) Delphi
18 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 267 (32.01%) Security Cleared
2 211 (25.30%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.67%) Degree
4 48 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (3.00%) Master's Degree
8 21 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 14 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
10 13 (1.56%) OCP
11 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.48%) CISSP
14 3 (0.36%) CISM
14 3 (0.36%) PhD
14 3 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.40%) QA
3 22 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.44%) GDPR
5 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.84%) NCSC
5 7 (0.84%) NIST
5 7 (0.84%) SLA
5 7 (0.84%) WCAG
6 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.60%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 302 (36.21%) Docker
2 11 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (0.84%) Postfix
5 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.60%) Ceph
5 5 (0.60%) HDFS
6 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.36%) NFS
7 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.24%) Lustre
7 2 (0.24%) NDS
7 2 (0.24%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 2 (0.24%) Samba
7 2 (0.24%) Squid
7 2 (0.24%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 290 (34.77%) Kubernetes
2 162 (19.42%) Terraform
3 126 (15.11%) Grafana
4 92 (11.03%) Prometheus
5 89 (10.67%) Ansible
6 15 (1.80%) Argo
6 15 (1.80%) Control-M
6 15 (1.80%) IBM Guardium
6 15 (1.80%) Nessus
6 15 (1.80%) Progress Chef
7 9 (1.08%) Puppet
7 9 (1.08%) Rancher
8 8 (0.96%) Istio
9 7 (0.84%) Data Guard
9 7 (0.84%) HAProxy
9 7 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
10 6 (0.72%) linkerd
11 5 (0.60%) Packer
12 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.36%) Kibana
Vendors
1 149 (17.87%) Oracle
2 101 (12.11%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.92%) Splunk
4 29 (3.48%) Databricks
4 29 (3.48%) Google
5 23 (2.76%) Red Hat
5 23 (2.76%) VMware
6 22 (2.64%) Atlassian
6 22 (2.64%) Informatica
7 16 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.80%) Tenable
9 13 (1.56%) Talend
10 12 (1.44%) Greenplum
10 12 (1.44%) IBM
11 10 (1.20%) Jaspersoft
12 8 (0.96%) PagerDuty
12 8 (0.96%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.72%) Confluent
14 5 (0.60%) OpenAI