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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 122 147
Rank change year-on-year -34 +25 +6
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 834 692 708
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.34% 1.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.93% 12.52% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 514 531
10th Percentile £362 £405 £363
25th Percentile £421 £454 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% +1.62% +2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £726 £836 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £478 £475
% change year-on-year -2.72% +0.63% -4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £53.20 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £63.25 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -18.75% +255.79%
75th Percentile £74.13 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% -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 7,631 5,527 7,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.20% 18.66% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,093 3,753 5,323
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £755 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 102 153
10th Percentile £14.85 £19.72 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.05 £25.00 £20.77
Median hourly rate £41.71 £34.99 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -12.53% -31.73%
75th Percentile £69.33 £65.90 £54.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.58 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.38 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.29% -9.60% -38.54%

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 June 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 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 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 June 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 -44 695 £513 -6.82% 308
UK excluding London -16 375 £465 -2.72% 172
London -42 354 £550 -8.33% 183
Work from Home -52 261 £500 -9.09% 164
North of England -30 123 £465 -3.88% 43
Midlands -1 97 £447 -10.60% 18
South East -33 70 £473 +8.42% 52
West Midlands -21 68 £450 -10.00% 9
North West -30 59 £450 -5.26% 31
Yorkshire -21 54 £475 -5.00% 6
Scotland +4 48 £425 -10.53% 11
East Midlands -1 27 £425 -14.57% 9
South West -23 27 £700 +27.27% 20
East of England -32 12 £575 +27.78% 13
North East -35 9 £425 -13.27% 6
Wales - 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland 0 1 £400 -20.00% 15

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 52 (6.24%) Confluence
2 42 (5.04%) Apache Spark
3 27 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.40%) Apache
5 11 (1.32%) nginx
6 8 (0.96%) Camunda
7 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.60%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.48%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.36%) Appian
9 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.36%) IIS
9 3 (0.36%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Drupal
10 2 (0.24%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
Applications
1 8 (0.96%) CPLEX
2 6 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.12%) Odoo
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 457 (54.80%) AWS
2 269 (32.25%) Azure
3 143 (17.15%) GCP
4 142 (17.03%) GitHub
5 101 (12.11%) Serverless
6 98 (11.75%) Amazon S3
7 92 (11.03%) GitHub Actions
8 76 (9.11%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (6.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 48 (5.76%) Amazon SQS
10 48 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (5.64%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (5.40%) Amazon EKS
13 30 (3.60%) Route 53
14 29 (3.48%) Snowflake
15 28 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (3.36%) Power Platform
16 27 (3.24%) OpenShift
17 23 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 23 (2.76%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.16%) DNS
2 16 (1.92%) Firewall
3 6 (0.72%) HTTP
3 6 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.60%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.60%) SSH
5 4 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.48%) SSL
6 3 (0.36%) iSCSI
6 3 (0.36%) MQTT
6 3 (0.36%) SAN
6 3 (0.36%) VPN
6 3 (0.36%) WAN
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) NaaS
7 2 (0.24%) Network Security
7 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.12%) Internet
8 1 (0.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (18.59%) SQL Server
2 149 (17.87%) MongoDB
3 142 (17.03%) Relational Database
4 134 (16.07%) NoSQL
5 119 (14.27%) MySQL
6 74 (8.87%) Amazon RDS
7 69 (8.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 61 (7.31%) DynamoDB
9 60 (7.19%) Redis
10 36 (4.32%) Big Data
11 35 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
12 30 (3.60%) RDBMS
13 28 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
14 25 (3.00%) Data Lake
15 24 (2.88%) Oracle Database
16 23 (2.76%) Power BI
17 22 (2.64%) Metadata
18 19 (2.28%) Tableau
19 18 (2.16%) Apache Cassandra
20 17 (2.04%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 175 (20.98%) Jenkins
2 166 (19.90%) Git
3 91 (10.91%) JIRA
4 83 (9.95%) GitLab
5 80 (9.59%) JUnit
6 53 (6.35%) Mockito
7 39 (4.68%) Maven
8 30 (3.60%) Cucumber
9 26 (3.12%) Gradle
10 24 (2.88%) Selenium
11 23 (2.76%) JMeter
12 21 (2.52%) Liquibase
13 20 (2.40%) SonarQube
13 20 (2.40%) WebDriver
14 17 (2.04%) Gatling
15 14 (1.68%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.56%) jMock
17 11 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
18 9 (1.08%) Flyway
19 8 (0.96%) Bitbucket
General
1 173 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 171 (20.50%) Finance
3 112 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 88 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.07%) Banking
6 27 (3.24%) Front Office
7 20 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.56%) Investment Banking
8 13 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.20%) Law
10 7 (0.84%) Military
11 6 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.72%) Legal
11 6 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.72%) Retail
12 5 (0.60%) Automotive
13 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.48%) Private Banking
14 3 (0.36%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 329 (39.45%) Developer
2 152 (18.23%) Senior
3 99 (11.87%) Java Developer
4 84 (10.07%) Python Developer
4 84 (10.07%) Software Engineer
5 83 (9.95%) Full-Stack Developer
6 75 (8.99%) DBA
7 70 (8.39%) Data Engineer
8 69 (8.27%) Architect
9 66 (7.91%) Lead
10 60 (7.19%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.56%) Java Engineer
12 35 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (3.72%) Lead Developer
14 30 (3.60%) Backend Developer
15 29 (3.48%) Administrator
15 29 (3.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 27 (3.24%) Senior Java Developer
17 26 (3.12%) PostgreSQL DBA
18 25 (3.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (23.50%) Spring
2 189 (22.66%) Kafka
3 169 (20.26%) React
4 161 (19.30%) REST
5 160 (19.18%) RESTful
6 153 (18.35%) Spring Boot
7 133 (15.95%) Node.js
8 71 (8.51%) FastAPI
9 63 (7.55%) AngularJS
10 43 (5.16%) GraphQL
11 42 (5.04%) .NET
11 42 (5.04%) JPA
12 41 (4.92%) Django
12 41 (4.92%) OpenAPI
12 41 (4.92%) Swagger
13 39 (4.68%) WireMock
14 38 (4.56%) HTML
14 38 (4.56%) Web Services
15 37 (4.44%) Hibernate
16 36 (4.32%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 128 (15.35%) Cloud Native
2 103 (12.35%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.40%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.48%) Derivative
4 29 (3.48%) Replication
5 26 (3.12%) Distributed Architecture
6 25 (3.00%) Data Structures
6 25 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.76%) Equities
8 21 (2.52%) Fixed Income
9 20 (2.40%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.80%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.08%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.96%) Clustering
16 6 (0.72%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 112 (13.43%) Linux
2 32 (3.84%) Unix
3 27 (3.24%) Windows
4 18 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.44%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.48%) Solaris
8 3 (0.36%) Android
8 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) zOS
10 1 (0.12%) AIX
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (44.00%) CI/CD
2 313 (37.53%) Agile
3 253 (30.34%) DevOps
4 246 (29.50%) Microservices
5 207 (24.82%) Containerisation
6 164 (19.66%) Software Engineering
7 160 (19.18%) Full-Stack Development
8 139 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 123 (14.75%) Observability
10 121 (14.51%) Test Automation
11 110 (13.19%) Data Modelling
11 110 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 106 (12.71%) AI
12 106 (12.71%) TDD
13 100 (11.99%) Performance Tuning
14 95 (11.39%) Migration
15 91 (10.91%) Event-Driven
16 83 (9.95%) Scrum
17 82 (9.83%) Validation
18 81 (9.71%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 350 (41.97%) Python
2 316 (37.89%) SQL
3 296 (35.49%) Java
4 154 (18.47%) TypeScript
5 120 (14.39%) JavaScript
6 47 (5.64%) C#
7 42 (5.04%) Bash
8 40 (4.80%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.72%) Scala
10 29 (3.48%) Go
11 21 (2.52%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.92%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.44%) PHP
13 12 (1.44%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.20%) Bicep
14 10 (1.20%) Kotlin
15 9 (1.08%) Groovy
16 8 (0.96%) Ruby
17 5 (0.60%) Rust
18 4 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 286 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 234 (28.06%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.19%) Degree
4 38 (4.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.84%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.72%) CISSP
12 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.48%) CISM
13 4 (0.48%) OCP
14 3 (0.36%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.12%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.79%) QA
2 44 (5.28%) Data Quality
3 31 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.68%) WCAG
5 10 (1.20%) GDPR
6 8 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.96%) NIST
7 7 (0.84%) SLA
8 6 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 310 (37.17%) Docker
2 11 (1.32%) Postfix
3 10 (1.20%) Oracle RAC
4 9 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.60%) Ceph
7 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.36%) HDFS
8 3 (0.36%) Squid
9 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.12%) NFS
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
10 1 (0.12%) Samba
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 273 (32.73%) Kubernetes
2 125 (14.99%) Grafana
2 125 (14.99%) Terraform
3 94 (11.27%) Prometheus
4 47 (5.64%) Ansible
5 16 (1.92%) Control-M
5 16 (1.92%) IBM Guardium
5 16 (1.92%) Nessus
6 15 (1.80%) Argo
7 13 (1.56%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (1.44%) Data Guard
8 12 (1.44%) Kibana
9 11 (1.32%) HAProxy
10 9 (1.08%) Istio
11 7 (0.84%) Rancher
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 4 (0.48%) linkerd
14 3 (0.36%) Puppet
15 2 (0.24%) Amdocs OSS
15 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 149 (17.87%) Oracle
2 113 (13.55%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.96%) Databricks
4 28 (3.36%) Google
5 26 (3.12%) Splunk
6 24 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.28%) Informatica
7 19 (2.28%) Red Hat
8 18 (2.16%) Atlassian
9 17 (2.04%) Dynatrace
9 17 (2.04%) Jaspersoft
10 16 (1.92%) Tenable
11 14 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.68%) Talend
11 14 (1.68%) VMware
12 10 (1.20%) Sybase
13 9 (1.08%) Confluent
13 9 (1.08%) IBM
14 7 (0.84%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.60%) TikTok