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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 115 133
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 +30
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 865 795 714
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.41% 1.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.61% 13.31% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 592 531
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +3.35%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £712 £838 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £482
% change year-on-year -0.84% -0.62% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £25.45 - £48.23
25th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £65.44
Median hourly rate £30.50 £42.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% -46.88% +49.46%
75th Percentile £75.25 £65.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £72.50 -
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 8,151 5,975 7,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.20% 18.11% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,434 4,010 4,922
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
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 255 96 100
10th Percentile £15.82 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £22.91 £29.00 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.25 £35.50 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% +6.88% -39.61%
75th Percentile £59.50 £62.44 £54.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.73 £69.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +19.34% +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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -62 697 £500 -9.09% 197
UK excluding London -46 379 £475 -0.84% 143
London -66 351 £525 -12.50% 97
Work from Home -74 267 £500 -14.00% 113
North of England -47 125 £488 -2.50% 24
Midlands -10 85 £446 -10.80% 27
South East -39 69 £473 +8.74% 49
North West -44 59 £485 +2.11% 15
Yorkshire -13 56 £500 - 6
West Midlands -30 54 £448 -5.79% 14
Scotland -20 50 £425 -11.46% 7
South West -30 31 £700 +33.33% 21
East Midlands +10 30 £425 -17.48% 12
East of England -16 20 £500 +8.99% 9
North East -46 10 £425 -22.73% 3
Wales -16 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 34 (3.93%) Apache Spark
2 31 (3.58%) Confluence
3 28 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.20%) Apache
5 7 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.69%) CMS
6 6 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.58%) Camunda
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 3 (0.35%) nginx
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.23%) JBoss
9 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.46%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.12%) Odoo
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 456 (52.72%) AWS
2 287 (33.18%) Azure
3 164 (18.96%) GitHub
4 131 (15.14%) GCP
5 121 (13.99%) GitHub Actions
6 106 (12.25%) Serverless
7 87 (10.06%) Amazon S3
8 77 (8.90%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 59 (6.82%) Amazon EKS
10 55 (6.36%) Amazon ECS
10 55 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (5.90%) Amazon SQS
12 33 (3.82%) Snowflake
13 30 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 26 (3.01%) AWS KMS
14 26 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 25 (2.89%) Power Platform
16 23 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (2.66%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.54%) DNS
2 18 (2.08%) Firewall
3 15 (1.73%) SSH
4 12 (1.39%) HTTP
4 12 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.16%) HTTPS
6 7 (0.81%) SSL
7 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.46%) SAN
8 4 (0.46%) VPN
9 3 (0.35%) 5G
9 3 (0.35%) Network Security
10 2 (0.23%) 4G
10 2 (0.23%) DHCP
10 2 (0.23%) MQTT
10 2 (0.23%) NaaS
10 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.23%) WAN
11 1 (0.12%) Internet
11 1 (0.12%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (20.46%) MongoDB
2 170 (19.65%) SQL Server
3 169 (19.54%) Relational Database
4 147 (16.99%) MySQL
5 119 (13.76%) NoSQL
6 96 (11.10%) Redis
7 76 (8.79%) Amazon Aurora
8 75 (8.67%) Amazon RDS
9 43 (4.97%) DynamoDB
10 42 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (4.05%) RDBMS
12 31 (3.58%) Oracle Database
13 28 (3.24%) Big Data
14 27 (3.12%) Data Lake
15 25 (2.89%) Metadata
16 22 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
17 21 (2.43%) Power BI
18 16 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
19 14 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
19 14 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 193 (22.31%) Jenkins
2 188 (21.73%) Git
3 95 (10.98%) GitLab
4 78 (9.02%) JIRA
5 67 (7.75%) JUnit
6 53 (6.13%) Mockito
7 43 (4.97%) Maven
8 34 (3.93%) Gradle
9 24 (2.77%) Liquibase
10 23 (2.66%) Cucumber
11 20 (2.31%) Selenium
12 19 (2.20%) SonarQube
13 17 (1.97%) Gatling
13 17 (1.97%) JMeter
14 15 (1.73%) Bitbucket
15 11 (1.27%) Flyway
15 11 (1.27%) WebDriver
16 10 (1.16%) Cypress.io
16 10 (1.16%) Mocha
17 8 (0.92%) DbUnit
General
1 187 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 145 (16.76%) Public Sector
3 136 (15.72%) Finance
4 119 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.78%) Banking
6 30 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (1.73%) Front Office
8 12 (1.39%) Military
9 11 (1.27%) Retail
10 10 (1.16%) Law
10 10 (1.16%) Legal
11 9 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.58%) Automotive
13 5 (0.58%) Billing
13 5 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.58%) Marketing
13 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (36.99%) Developer
2 164 (18.96%) Senior
3 107 (12.37%) Java Developer
4 102 (11.79%) DBA
5 73 (8.44%) Software Engineer
6 67 (7.75%) Full-Stack Developer
6 67 (7.75%) Lead
7 66 (7.63%) Data Engineer
7 66 (7.63%) Senior Developer
8 58 (6.71%) Python Developer
9 54 (6.24%) Administrator
10 53 (6.13%) Architect
11 42 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
11 42 (4.86%) Java Engineer
12 35 (4.05%) Software Developer
13 33 (3.82%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 28 (3.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 26 (3.01%) Backend Developer
15 26 (3.01%) Python Engineer
16 25 (2.89%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (25.66%) REST
2 193 (22.31%) Spring
3 187 (21.62%) Kafka
4 186 (21.50%) RESTful
5 161 (18.61%) React
5 161 (18.61%) Spring Boot
6 160 (18.50%) Terraform
7 112 (12.95%) Node.js
8 65 (7.51%) CSS
8 65 (7.51%) HTML
9 59 (6.82%) FastAPI
10 57 (6.59%) .NET
11 53 (6.13%) OAuth
12 51 (5.90%) Django
13 50 (5.78%) AngularJS
14 48 (5.55%) OpenAPI
14 48 (5.55%) Swagger
15 42 (4.86%) OAuth2
16 40 (4.62%) RabbitMQ
17 37 (4.28%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 167 (19.31%) Cloud Native
2 108 (12.49%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (5.55%) Replication
4 42 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.93%) Data Structures
6 27 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.43%) Distributed Architecture
9 20 (2.31%) AI Agents
9 20 (2.31%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.85%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.50%) Equities
13 12 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.27%) Derivative
15 10 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
16 8 (0.92%) Life Science
17 7 (0.81%) Fixed Income
17 7 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 110 (12.72%) Linux
2 41 (4.74%) Unix
3 33 (3.82%) Windows
4 23 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.92%) Solaris
8 7 (0.81%) AIX
8 7 (0.81%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.23%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (47.98%) CI/CD
2 319 (36.88%) Agile
3 299 (34.57%) DevOps
4 266 (30.75%) Microservices
5 195 (22.54%) Containerisation
6 175 (20.23%) Software Engineering
7 153 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (17.46%) Full-Stack Development
9 143 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 140 (16.18%) Test Automation
11 128 (14.80%) Data Modelling
12 127 (14.68%) AI
13 122 (14.10%) Observability
14 120 (13.87%) Performance Tuning
15 115 (13.29%) Event-Driven
16 112 (12.95%) Migration
17 97 (11.21%) Validation
18 95 (10.98%) TDD
19 92 (10.64%) Scrum
20 89 (10.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 324 (37.46%) Python
2 320 (36.99%) SQL
3 311 (35.95%) Java
4 157 (18.15%) TypeScript
5 111 (12.83%) JavaScript
6 55 (6.36%) C#
7 46 (5.32%) Bash
8 43 (4.97%) PowerShell
9 34 (3.93%) Go
10 30 (3.47%) Scala
11 18 (2.08%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.97%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.85%) Groovy
14 14 (1.62%) Kotlin
15 13 (1.50%) Perl
16 11 (1.27%) PHP
16 11 (1.27%) Ruby
16 11 (1.27%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.92%) Rust
18 7 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 302 (34.91%) Security Cleared
2 252 (29.13%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.01%) Degree
4 47 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.47%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.31%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.81%) OCP
13 2 (0.23%) CISSP
13 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.12%) CISA
14 1 (0.12%) CISM
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.21%) QA
2 50 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 46 (5.32%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.85%) GDPR
4 16 (1.85%) WCAG
5 7 (0.81%) GMP
5 7 (0.81%) GxP
6 6 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.58%) SLA
8 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.23%) HL7
9 2 (0.23%) NIST
9 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 342 (39.54%) Docker
2 14 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.50%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
5 8 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.69%) Ceph
6 6 (0.69%) Postfix
7 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.46%) Squid
9 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.23%) HDFS
10 1 (0.12%) NFS
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 299 (34.57%) Kubernetes
2 107 (12.37%) Grafana
3 81 (9.36%) Prometheus
4 39 (4.51%) Ansible
5 22 (2.54%) Kibana
6 17 (1.97%) Oracle RMAN
7 16 (1.85%) Argo
8 12 (1.39%) Data Guard
9 10 (1.16%) HAProxy
9 10 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 9 (1.04%) Control-M
11 8 (0.92%) Karpenter
12 6 (0.69%) IBM Guardium
12 6 (0.69%) Istio
12 6 (0.69%) Nessus
12 6 (0.69%) Rancher
13 5 (0.58%) Puppet
14 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
15 3 (0.35%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 184 (21.27%) Oracle
2 129 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.39%) Google
4 34 (3.93%) Databricks
5 33 (3.82%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.77%) Dynatrace
7 23 (2.66%) Splunk
8 18 (2.08%) Informatica
9 17 (1.97%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.85%) OpenAI
11 14 (1.62%) VMware
12 10 (1.16%) Talend
13 9 (1.04%) Jaspersoft
13 9 (1.04%) Red Hat
14 8 (0.92%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.92%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.92%) Sybase
15 7 (0.81%) TikTok
16 6 (0.69%) ForgeRock
16 6 (0.69%) Tenable