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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 112 128
Rank change year-on-year -56 +16 +33
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 876 797 716
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.63% 2.41% 1.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.64% 13.31% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 595 538
10th Percentile £369 £389 £367
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £718 £838 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £483
% change year-on-year - -1.55% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £25.45 - £52.05
25th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £75.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% -31.25% +49.46%
75th Percentile £75.25 £67.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £73.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -53.08% -18.75% +28.93%

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 8,232 5,987 7,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.33% 18.09% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,488 4,029 4,967
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -3.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £651
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 93 101
10th Percentile £15.97 £21.02 £15.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £27.11 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.38 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% - -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.94 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.74 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.85 £30.00
% change year-on-year +20.11% +6.15% -39.74%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -64 713 £500 -8.05% 517
UK excluding London -27 393 £475 - 216
London -72 349 £535 -10.83% 365
Work from Home -65 276 £500 -14.48% 247
North of England -60 127 £488 -2.50% 43
Midlands +7 98 £448 -10.50% 26
South East -45 72 £470 +8.05% 66
West Midlands -15 70 £448 -5.79% 12
North West -38 61 £500 +5.26% 27
Yorkshire -21 56 £494 -1.25% 11
Scotland -15 46 £425 -10.53% 21
South West -33 32 £700 +40.00% 26
East Midlands 0 26 £459 -10.54% 14
East of England -17 19 £513 +11.72% 8
North East -48 10 £425 -22.73% 5
Wales -14 4 - - 9

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 42 (4.79%) Confluence
2 35 (4.00%) Apache Spark
3 25 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.28%) Apache
5 7 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.68%) CMS
6 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.57%) Camunda
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.34%) IIS
8 3 (0.34%) nginx
8 3 (0.34%) SAS
8 3 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.23%) JBoss
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (0.91%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.46%) Trello
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.11%) Odoo
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 463 (52.85%) AWS
2 295 (33.68%) Azure
3 163 (18.61%) GitHub
4 146 (16.67%) GCP
5 118 (13.47%) GitHub Actions
6 98 (11.19%) Serverless
7 91 (10.39%) Amazon S3
8 72 (8.22%) AWS Lambda
9 61 (6.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 57 (6.51%) Amazon EKS
11 55 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
12 54 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
13 51 (5.82%) Amazon SQS
14 31 (3.54%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (3.31%) AWS KMS
17 26 (2.97%) Power Platform
18 25 (2.85%) Amazon EC2
18 25 (2.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 24 (2.74%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.40%) DNS
2 19 (2.17%) Firewall
3 15 (1.71%) SSH
4 10 (1.14%) HTTP
4 10 (1.14%) HTTPS
4 10 (1.14%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.80%) SSL
6 4 (0.46%) SAN
7 3 (0.34%) 5G
7 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.34%) Network Security
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.23%) MQTT
8 2 (0.23%) NaaS
8 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (20.09%) MongoDB
2 174 (19.86%) SQL Server
3 165 (18.84%) Relational Database
4 148 (16.89%) MySQL
5 114 (13.01%) NoSQL
6 89 (10.16%) Redis
7 78 (8.90%) Amazon RDS
8 73 (8.33%) Amazon Aurora
9 44 (5.02%) DynamoDB
10 40 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (4.00%) RDBMS
12 31 (3.54%) Oracle Database
13 28 (3.20%) Big Data
14 26 (2.97%) Data Lake
15 24 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
16 22 (2.51%) Power BI
17 21 (2.40%) Metadata
18 18 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
19 16 (1.83%) Apache Cassandra
20 13 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 199 (22.72%) Git
2 196 (22.37%) Jenkins
3 97 (11.07%) GitLab
4 91 (10.39%) JIRA
5 80 (9.13%) JUnit
6 57 (6.51%) Mockito
7 47 (5.37%) Maven
8 34 (3.88%) Gradle
9 32 (3.65%) Cucumber
10 29 (3.31%) Selenium
11 26 (2.97%) JMeter
12 24 (2.74%) Liquibase
13 23 (2.63%) SonarQube
14 20 (2.28%) WebDriver
15 17 (1.94%) Gatling
16 16 (1.83%) Bitbucket
17 11 (1.26%) DbUnit
17 11 (1.26%) Flyway
18 10 (1.14%) Cypress.io
18 10 (1.14%) jMock
General
1 195 (22.26%) Social Skills
2 145 (16.55%) Public Sector
3 144 (16.44%) Finance
4 119 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.82%) Banking
6 29 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.17%) Front Office
8 13 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.37%) Military
10 11 (1.26%) Retail
11 10 (1.14%) Law
11 10 (1.14%) Legal
12 8 (0.91%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.80%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.57%) Automotive
15 5 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.46%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.46%) Marketing
16 4 (0.46%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 332 (37.90%) Developer
2 169 (19.29%) Senior
3 111 (12.67%) Java Developer
4 106 (12.10%) DBA
5 77 (8.79%) Software Engineer
6 71 (8.11%) Lead
7 69 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (7.88%) Senior Developer
8 67 (7.65%) Data Engineer
9 61 (6.96%) Python Developer
10 56 (6.39%) Administrator
11 50 (5.71%) Architect
12 42 (4.79%) Java Engineer
13 41 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
14 34 (3.88%) Software Developer
15 32 (3.65%) Backend Developer
15 32 (3.65%) PostgreSQL DBA
16 29 (3.31%) Lead Developer
17 27 (3.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 26 (2.97%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (25.23%) REST
2 204 (23.29%) Spring
3 190 (21.69%) Kafka
4 187 (21.35%) RESTful
5 161 (18.38%) React
5 161 (18.38%) Spring Boot
6 118 (13.47%) Node.js
7 60 (6.85%) HTML
8 58 (6.62%) CSS
9 54 (6.16%) AngularJS
10 53 (6.05%) FastAPI
11 50 (5.71%) .NET
12 48 (5.48%) OpenAPI
12 48 (5.48%) Swagger
13 46 (5.25%) OAuth
14 43 (4.91%) Django
15 40 (4.57%) RabbitMQ
16 37 (4.22%) Web Services
17 36 (4.11%) OAuth2
18 35 (4.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 165 (18.84%) Cloud Native
2 119 (13.58%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.25%) Replication
4 39 (4.45%) Product Ownership
5 32 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.20%) Distributed Architecture
7 26 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.28%) Onboarding
11 18 (2.05%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.94%) Equities
13 16 (1.83%) Algorithms
13 16 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (1.71%) Derivative
15 13 (1.48%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.26%) Fixed Income
16 11 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (1.03%) Management Information System
18 8 (0.91%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 112 (12.79%) Linux
2 40 (4.57%) Unix
3 31 (3.54%) Windows
4 24 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (2.17%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.26%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.03%) Solaris
8 6 (0.68%) AIX
8 6 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.23%) VMS
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (47.72%) CI/CD
2 333 (38.01%) Agile
3 290 (33.11%) DevOps
4 277 (31.62%) Microservices
5 202 (23.06%) Containerisation
6 176 (20.09%) Software Engineering
7 158 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
8 152 (17.35%) Full-Stack Development
9 145 (16.55%) Test Automation
10 139 (15.87%) Infrastructure as Code
11 127 (14.50%) Performance Tuning
12 126 (14.38%) Observability
13 123 (14.04%) AI
14 121 (13.81%) Data Modelling
15 111 (12.67%) Event-Driven
15 111 (12.67%) Migration
16 106 (12.10%) TDD
17 101 (11.53%) Scrum
17 101 (11.53%) Validation
18 89 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 322 (36.76%) SQL
2 321 (36.64%) Python
3 314 (35.84%) Java
4 156 (17.81%) TypeScript
5 112 (12.79%) JavaScript
6 52 (5.94%) C#
7 49 (5.59%) Bash
8 48 (5.48%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.00%) Go
10 31 (3.54%) Scala
11 20 (2.28%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.94%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.60%) Groovy
13 14 (1.60%) Kotlin
14 13 (1.48%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.37%) PHP
15 12 (1.37%) Ruby
16 10 (1.14%) Perl
17 8 (0.91%) Rust
18 6 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 319 (36.42%) Security Cleared
2 268 (30.59%) SC Cleared
3 55 (6.28%) Degree
4 45 (5.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 30 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (2.28%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.71%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.14%) OCP
11 8 (0.91%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.46%) CISSP
13 2 (0.23%) CISM
13 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.11%) CISA
14 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.11%) RHCE
14 1 (0.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.22%) QA
2 46 (5.25%) Accessibility
3 41 (4.68%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.05%) GDPR
5 16 (1.83%) WCAG
6 6 (0.68%) GMP
6 6 (0.68%) GxP
7 5 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.57%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.57%) SLA
8 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.46%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 344 (39.27%) Docker
2 14 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.91%) Postfix
4 8 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.68%) Ceph
6 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.46%) Squid
8 3 (0.34%) HDFS
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
1 307 (35.05%) Kubernetes
2 158 (18.04%) Terraform
3 118 (13.47%) Grafana
4 89 (10.16%) Prometheus
5 40 (4.57%) Ansible
6 21 (2.40%) Kibana
7 17 (1.94%) Oracle RMAN
8 15 (1.71%) Argo
9 12 (1.37%) Data Guard
10 10 (1.14%) HAProxy
10 10 (1.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 9 (1.03%) Control-M
12 8 (0.91%) Karpenter
13 7 (0.80%) IBM Guardium
13 7 (0.80%) Nessus
14 6 (0.68%) Istio
14 6 (0.68%) Rancher
15 5 (0.57%) Puppet
16 3 (0.34%) Bosun
16 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 188 (21.46%) Oracle
2 135 (15.41%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.34%) Google
4 33 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.54%) Databricks
6 23 (2.63%) Dynatrace
7 21 (2.40%) Splunk
8 17 (1.94%) Informatica
8 17 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.60%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.60%) VMware
10 13 (1.48%) Jaspersoft
11 12 (1.37%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.26%) Atlassian
13 10 (1.14%) CyberArk
14 9 (1.03%) Talend
15 8 (0.91%) Sybase
16 7 (0.80%) IBM
16 7 (0.80%) Tenable
16 7 (0.80%) TikTok