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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 132 154
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 +24
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 839 687 775
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.30% 1.91% 1.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.21% 10.63% 10.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 512 540
10th Percentile £363 £326 £409
25th Percentile £425 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £722 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £506
% change year-on-year -3.06% -3.07% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile - - £34.14
25th Percentile £29.00 - £43.73
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -30.70% +37.89%
75th Percentile £56.25 - £69.03
90th Percentile £70.00 - £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 - £46.28
% change year-on-year - - +8.88%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 6,352 6,465 7,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.43% 17.97% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,368 4,269 5,342
10th Percentile £327 £340 £350
25th Percentile £410 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 88 143
10th Percentile £22.92 £18.35 £16.61
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.66 £21.50
Median hourly rate £46.50 £31.55 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +47.41% -31.69% -7.64%
75th Percentile £69.25 £54.25 £64.77
90th Percentile £84.30 £65.30 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.35 £27.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +90.36% -40.45% +2.62%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 +25 704 £525 -4.55% 224
London +17 386 £575 -1.71% 100
UK excluding London +5 362 £475 -3.06% 170
Work from Home -11 268 £525 +0.96% 129
North of England +22 137 £490 +3.11% 41
Midlands +8 73 £525 +6.06% 14
Yorkshire +14 71 £500 -16.67% 16
South East -22 63 £433 -13.50% 66
West Midlands +17 62 £531 +8.37% 9
North West -5 54 £440 -1.12% 22
Scotland -6 54 £450 -5.26% 7
South West +11 46 £550 -3.51% 29
North East +10 13 £613 - 3
East Midlands -14 11 £518 +3.50% 5
Northern Ireland +3 8 £400 -
Wales -2 4 £469 +20.97% 4
East of England -9 4 £450 +1.41% 13

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 46 (5.48%) Confluence
2 31 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.74%) nginx
4 21 (2.50%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.43%) SAS
6 11 (1.31%) Apache
7 8 (0.95%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.72%) Drupal
9 5 (0.60%) MQSeries
10 4 (0.48%) CICS
10 4 (0.48%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.48%) WordPress
11 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.31%) Chatbot
1 11 (1.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Magento
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 494 (58.88%) AWS
2 249 (29.68%) Azure
3 166 (19.79%) GitHub
4 152 (18.12%) GCP
5 141 (16.81%) Serverless
6 124 (14.78%) Amazon S3
7 85 (10.13%) AWS Lambda
8 75 (8.94%) GitHub Actions
9 56 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 51 (6.08%) Amazon ECS
11 49 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
12 48 (5.72%) OpenShift
13 46 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
14 44 (5.24%) Power Platform
15 38 (4.53%) Snowflake
16 34 (4.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 33 (3.93%) Azure AKS
18 29 (3.46%) Amazon EKS
19 25 (2.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 24 (2.86%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.98%) Firewall
2 19 (2.26%) DNS
2 19 (2.26%) HTTP
3 15 (1.79%) SSH
4 12 (1.43%) Kerberos
5 11 (1.31%) IMAP
5 11 (1.31%) OpenLDAP
5 11 (1.31%) SMTP
6 10 (1.19%) FTP
7 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.83%) SSL
9 4 (0.48%) Internet
9 4 (0.48%) VPN
10 3 (0.36%) MQTT
11 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
11 2 (0.24%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.24%) LAN
11 2 (0.24%) WAN
12 1 (0.12%) DHCP
12 1 (0.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (16.69%) Relational Database
2 123 (14.66%) NoSQL
3 122 (14.54%) MySQL
4 110 (13.11%) MongoDB
5 107 (12.75%) SQL Server
6 80 (9.54%) Amazon RDS
7 77 (9.18%) Redis
8 59 (7.03%) Amazon Aurora
9 43 (5.13%) RDBMS
10 38 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
10 38 (4.53%) DynamoDB
11 36 (4.29%) Power BI
12 27 (3.22%) Oracle Database
13 26 (3.10%) Apache Cassandra
14 25 (2.98%) Amazon Athena
14 25 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
15 21 (2.50%) Big Data
16 20 (2.38%) Apache Iceberg
17 19 (2.26%) Hadoop
18 18 (2.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 181 (21.57%) Jenkins
2 159 (18.95%) Git
3 81 (9.65%) GitLab
4 77 (9.18%) JIRA
5 59 (7.03%) JUnit
6 32 (3.81%) Cucumber
7 28 (3.34%) Liquibase
7 28 (3.34%) Mockito
8 25 (2.98%) Sonatype Nexus
9 22 (2.62%) Gradle
10 21 (2.50%) Cypress.io
11 20 (2.38%) Maven
12 18 (2.15%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.91%) JMeter
13 16 (1.91%) SonarQube
14 15 (1.79%) Postman
15 11 (1.31%) Subversion
15 11 (1.31%) Vagrant
16 10 (1.19%) DBeaver
16 10 (1.19%) webpack
General
1 242 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 190 (22.65%) Finance
3 107 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 90 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (10.01%) Banking
6 35 (4.17%) Front Office
7 30 (3.58%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (0.95%) Marketing
13 6 (0.72%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.60%) Local Government
14 5 (0.60%) Military
14 5 (0.60%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.48%) Electronics
15 4 (0.48%) Legal
16 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 324 (38.62%) Developer
2 138 (16.45%) Senior
3 108 (12.87%) Java Developer
4 69 (8.22%) Data Engineer
4 69 (8.22%) Full-Stack Developer
5 66 (7.87%) Architect
6 64 (7.63%) Senior Developer
7 61 (7.27%) AWS Engineer
8 60 (7.15%) Python Developer
9 58 (6.91%) Software Engineer
10 53 (6.32%) AWS Developer
11 48 (5.72%) DevOps Engineer
12 47 (5.60%) Lead
13 41 (4.89%) DBA
14 38 (4.53%) Python Engineer
15 36 (4.29%) Senior Java Developer
16 34 (4.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 29 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
18 27 (3.22%) Data Architect
19 26 (3.10%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (21.10%) Kafka
2 159 (18.95%) React
3 135 (16.09%) Node.js
4 126 (15.02%) Spring
5 122 (14.54%) RESTful
6 117 (13.95%) REST
7 104 (12.40%) Spring Boot
8 67 (7.99%) CSS
9 56 (6.67%) AngularJS
9 56 (6.67%) HTML
10 53 (6.32%) GraphQL
11 43 (5.13%) FastAPI
12 41 (4.89%) Hibernate
12 41 (4.89%) JSON
12 41 (4.89%) Vue
13 34 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
14 32 (3.81%) RabbitMQ
15 31 (3.69%) .NET
16 30 (3.58%) Django
16 30 (3.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 102 (12.16%) Cloud Native
2 52 (6.20%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.48%) Replication
4 28 (3.34%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.74%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.38%) Derivative
8 20 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.15%) Clustering
10 18 (2.15%) Equities
10 18 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (2.15%) Market Risk
11 17 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.91%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.67%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.31%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.07%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 139 (16.57%) Linux
2 31 (3.69%) Windows
3 24 (2.86%) Unix
4 14 (1.67%) Amazon Linux
4 14 (1.67%) VMS
5 11 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 9 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.48%) zOS
9 3 (0.36%) Solaris
10 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.12%) MVS
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (43.27%) CI/CD
2 330 (39.33%) Agile
3 275 (32.78%) DevOps
4 217 (25.86%) Microservices
5 192 (22.88%) Containerisation
6 185 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (15.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 129 (15.38%) Software Engineering
9 124 (14.78%) Full-Stack Development
10 110 (13.11%) TDD
11 106 (12.63%) Test Automation
12 93 (11.08%) Observability
13 85 (10.13%) Migration
14 84 (10.01%) AI
15 81 (9.65%) ETL
16 77 (9.18%) Data Modelling
17 76 (9.06%) Computer Science
18 73 (8.70%) Analytics
18 73 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
19 66 (7.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 398 (47.44%) Python
2 311 (37.07%) SQL
3 244 (29.08%) Java
4 144 (17.16%) JavaScript
5 136 (16.21%) TypeScript
6 86 (10.25%) Bash
7 73 (8.70%) Go
8 41 (4.89%) PowerShell
9 29 (3.46%) C#
10 27 (3.22%) Groovy
11 26 (3.10%) PHP
12 18 (2.15%) Shell Script
13 17 (2.03%) Ruby
14 12 (1.43%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.31%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.95%) Perl
17 7 (0.83%) JSX
17 7 (0.83%) Scala
17 7 (0.83%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 221 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 184 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.16%) Degree
4 64 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 30 (3.58%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.67%) OCP
9 14 (1.67%) Oracle Certification
10 13 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.95%) MCP
13 7 (0.83%) CISSP
14 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.48%) HND
17 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
18 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
18 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.32%) QA
2 42 (5.01%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.79%) GDPR
5 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.36%) SLA
8 2 (0.24%) NCSC
8 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.24%) WCAG
9 1 (0.12%) DICOM
9 1 (0.12%) HL7
9 1 (0.12%) IFRS
9 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
9 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 278 (33.13%) Docker
2 12 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.31%) Dovecot
3 11 (1.31%) Postfix
3 11 (1.31%) Squid
4 10 (1.19%) DFS Replication
4 10 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.95%) zsh
6 5 (0.60%) NDS
6 5 (0.60%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 5 (0.60%) NFS
7 4 (0.48%) Active Directory
8 3 (0.36%) KVM
8 3 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.36%) Xen
9 2 (0.24%) GPFS
9 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.24%) Lustre
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) iptables
Systems Management
1 287 (34.21%) Kubernetes
2 177 (21.10%) Terraform
3 106 (12.63%) Grafana
4 84 (10.01%) Ansible
5 73 (8.70%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.10%) Argo
7 22 (2.62%) Nessus
8 21 (2.50%) Progress Chef
9 18 (2.15%) Puppet
10 12 (1.43%) Control-M
11 11 (1.31%) IBM Guardium
12 10 (1.19%) Proxmox
13 9 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.95%) Istio
15 7 (0.83%) Packer
16 5 (0.60%) Kibana
16 5 (0.60%) Rancher
16 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
17 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
18 3 (0.36%) Ambari
Vendors
1 131 (15.61%) Oracle
2 90 (10.73%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.36%) Google
4 41 (4.89%) Splunk
5 26 (3.10%) VMware
6 25 (2.98%) Red Hat
7 21 (2.50%) Databricks
8 20 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.15%) Dynatrace
10 17 (2.03%) Atlassian
11 14 (1.67%) IBM
12 12 (1.43%) Greenplum
13 11 (1.31%) CA Agile Central
13 11 (1.31%) Informatica
13 11 (1.31%) Jaspersoft
13 11 (1.31%) Tenable
14 8 (0.95%) PagerDuty
15 7 (0.83%) Cloudera
16 6 (0.72%) Gigya
16 6 (0.72%) SAP