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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 115 151
Rank change year-on-year -35 +36 +1
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 828 693 721
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.37% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.44% 12.50% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 515 511
10th Percentile £358 £400 £381
25th Percentile £413 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -5.76% -4.50% +2.04%
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 7,238 5,546 7,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.81% 18.98% 16.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,972 3,838 5,166
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £487 £488
% change year-on-year -2.41% -0.15% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 109 152
10th Percentile £18.10 £21.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.77 £24.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.00 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.03% -17.23% -29.76%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.62 £53.75
90th Percentile £83.55 £76.50 £71.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +58.03% -9.60% -36.36%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -30 692 £500 -6.28% 288
UK excluding London -16 383 £450 -5.76% 175
London -39 342 £550 -4.35% 152
Work from Home -36 265 £488 -10.96% 201
North of England -26 138 £450 -5.26% 57
Midlands +3 100 £463 -7.50% 18
South East -34 78 £433 -1.14% 48
North West -7 77 £449 -5.58% 33
West Midlands -7 76 £475 -7.77% 8
Yorkshire -27 52 £475 -13.64% 19
Scotland +13 45 £425 -6.59% 12
South West -33 25 £578 -9.33% 20
East Midlands -23 23 £406 -18.80% 10
East of England -32 10 £575 +27.78% 14
North East -13 8 £425 -8.60% 6
Northern Ireland -2 4 £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 53 (6.40%) Confluence
2 27 (3.26%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.17%) Apache
5 17 (2.05%) nginx
6 10 (1.21%) SAS
7 7 (0.85%) Camunda
8 5 (0.60%) Drupal
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.36%) Appian
9 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
Applications
1 6 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
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
1 495 (59.78%) AWS
2 258 (31.16%) Azure
3 160 (19.32%) GitHub
4 131 (15.82%) GCP
5 114 (13.77%) Serverless
6 105 (12.68%) Amazon S3
7 92 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
8 72 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
10 44 (5.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 42 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (4.83%) Amazon ECS
13 39 (4.71%) OpenShift
14 37 (4.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (3.86%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (3.50%) Power Platform
17 29 (3.50%) Snowflake
18 24 (2.90%) Azure AKS
19 22 (2.66%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.42%) Firewall
2 18 (2.17%) DNS
3 9 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.97%) HTTP
5 7 (0.85%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.60%) SSL
7 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
7 4 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.48%) SSH
7 4 (0.48%) VPN
7 4 (0.48%) WAN
8 3 (0.36%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.36%) SAN
9 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.24%) Internet
9 2 (0.24%) LAN
9 2 (0.24%) NaaS
9 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.12%) DHCP
10 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (17.03%) Relational Database
2 139 (16.79%) SQL Server
3 137 (16.55%) MongoDB
4 134 (16.18%) NoSQL
5 129 (15.58%) MySQL
6 72 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
7 64 (7.73%) DynamoDB
8 54 (6.52%) Redis
9 44 (5.31%) Amazon Aurora
10 38 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
12 33 (3.99%) RDBMS
13 27 (3.26%) Data Lake
14 25 (3.02%) Big Data
15 24 (2.90%) Metadata
16 23 (2.78%) Power BI
17 22 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
17 22 (2.66%) Oracle Database
18 20 (2.42%) Apache Cassandra
19 17 (2.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 164 (19.81%) Jenkins
2 160 (19.32%) Git
3 91 (10.99%) GitLab
4 83 (10.02%) JIRA
5 82 (9.90%) JUnit
6 47 (5.68%) Mockito
7 34 (4.11%) Cucumber
8 28 (3.38%) Maven
9 26 (3.14%) JMeter
10 23 (2.78%) Gradle
11 20 (2.42%) Selenium
12 17 (2.05%) Liquibase
13 16 (1.93%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.93%) WebDriver
14 15 (1.81%) SonarQube
15 13 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
16 9 (1.09%) Cypress.io
16 9 (1.09%) DbUnit
16 9 (1.09%) ERwin
16 9 (1.09%) jMock
General
1 182 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 167 (20.17%) Finance
3 98 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 66 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.13%) Banking
6 26 (3.14%) Front Office
7 18 (2.17%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (0.85%) Legal
12 6 (0.72%) Law
12 6 (0.72%) Retail
12 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.60%) Automotive
13 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.48%) Marketing
15 3 (0.36%) Electronics
15 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 329 (39.73%) Developer
2 149 (18.00%) Senior
3 104 (12.56%) Java Developer
4 85 (10.27%) Full-Stack Developer
5 78 (9.42%) Python Developer
6 74 (8.94%) DBA
7 72 (8.70%) Software Engineer
8 64 (7.73%) Data Engineer
9 62 (7.49%) Architect
10 55 (6.64%) Lead
10 55 (6.64%) Senior Developer
11 36 (4.35%) Administrator
12 35 (4.23%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 33 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
14 31 (3.74%) Senior Java Developer
15 30 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) Java Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) Lead Developer
15 30 (3.62%) Senior Data Engineer
16 28 (3.38%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (23.91%) Kafka
2 176 (21.26%) Spring
3 160 (19.32%) React
4 139 (16.79%) RESTful
5 137 (16.55%) REST
6 136 (16.43%) Spring Boot
7 135 (16.30%) Node.js
8 60 (7.25%) AngularJS
9 59 (7.13%) FastAPI
10 44 (5.31%) Hibernate
11 41 (4.95%) GraphQL
12 40 (4.83%) JSON
12 40 (4.83%) WireMock
13 38 (4.59%) .NET
14 32 (3.86%) JPA
15 31 (3.74%) Django
16 29 (3.50%) CSS
17 28 (3.38%) Keycloak
17 28 (3.38%) OAuth
17 28 (3.38%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.92%) Cloud Native
2 74 (8.94%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.74%) Derivative
5 28 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.02%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.66%) Fixed Income
8 21 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.42%) Replication
10 19 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (2.29%) Onboarding
11 18 (2.17%) Equities
12 17 (2.05%) Distributed Architecture
13 13 (1.57%) Market Risk
14 12 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.33%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.09%) Clustering
17 8 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
17 8 (0.97%) Virtual Team
18 7 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 129 (15.58%) Linux
2 32 (3.86%) Unix
3 27 (3.26%) Windows
4 13 (1.57%) 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%) CentOS
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
1 371 (44.81%) CI/CD
2 302 (36.47%) Agile
3 261 (31.52%) DevOps
4 220 (26.57%) Microservices
5 199 (24.03%) Containerisation
6 147 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (16.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 134 (16.18%) Software Engineering
9 120 (14.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 120 (14.49%) Observability
10 108 (13.04%) Data Modelling
11 104 (12.56%) Test Automation
12 102 (12.32%) TDD
13 95 (11.47%) Migration
14 88 (10.63%) AI
15 86 (10.39%) ETL
15 86 (10.39%) Performance Tuning
16 81 (9.78%) Mentoring
17 80 (9.66%) Event-Driven
18 76 (9.18%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 345 (41.67%) Python
2 311 (37.56%) SQL
3 274 (33.09%) Java
4 127 (15.34%) TypeScript
5 112 (13.53%) JavaScript
6 70 (8.45%) Bash
7 43 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 42 (5.07%) Go
9 39 (4.71%) C#
10 21 (2.54%) Shell Script
11 20 (2.42%) PL/SQL
12 18 (2.17%) Scala
13 13 (1.57%) PHP
14 11 (1.33%) Ruby
15 9 (1.09%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.97%) Bicep
17 7 (0.85%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.72%) Groovy
18 6 (0.72%) Rust
19 5 (0.60%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 269 (32.49%) Security Cleared
2 218 (26.33%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.82%) Degree
4 33 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (3.99%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
8 13 (1.57%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.45%) OCP
10 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) 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 47 (5.68%) QA
2 43 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.57%) GDPR
5 9 (1.09%) SLA
6 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.85%) NCSC
6 7 (0.85%) WCAG
7 6 (0.72%) NIST
7 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.60%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 302 (36.47%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.97%) Postfix
5 7 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.60%) Ceph
6 5 (0.60%) HDFS
7 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.36%) NFS
8 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.24%) Lustre
8 2 (0.24%) NDS
8 2 (0.24%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (0.24%) Samba
8 2 (0.24%) Squid
8 2 (0.24%) Xen
9 1 (0.12%) iptables
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 283 (34.18%) Kubernetes
2 140 (16.91%) Terraform
3 115 (13.89%) Grafana
4 80 (9.66%) Prometheus
5 74 (8.94%) Ansible
6 17 (2.05%) Argo
7 14 (1.69%) Control-M
7 14 (1.69%) IBM Guardium
7 14 (1.69%) Nessus
8 13 (1.57%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 10 (1.21%) Puppet
9 10 (1.21%) Rancher
10 9 (1.09%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.09%) Istio
11 7 (0.85%) HAProxy
12 6 (0.72%) linkerd
13 5 (0.60%) Packer
14 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.48%) Kibana
Vendors
1 153 (18.48%) Oracle
2 102 (12.32%) Microsoft
3 32 (3.86%) Databricks
4 28 (3.38%) Splunk
5 23 (2.78%) Atlassian
5 23 (2.78%) Google
6 22 (2.66%) Red Hat
6 22 (2.66%) VMware
7 20 (2.42%) Informatica
8 19 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.81%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.69%) Tenable
11 13 (1.57%) Talend
12 12 (1.45%) Jaspersoft
13 11 (1.33%) Salesforce
14 9 (1.09%) IBM
15 8 (0.97%) Greenplum
15 8 (0.97%) PagerDuty
16 7 (0.85%) Confluent
17 6 (0.72%) OpenAI