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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 121 153
Rank change year-on-year -23 +32 0
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 834 679 710
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.32% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.58% 12.24% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 509 502
10th Percentile £358 £391 £382
25th Percentile £413 £438 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.29%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% -4.05% +2.15%
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 7,202 5,549 7,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.92% 18.98% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,963 3,852 5,139
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £488
% change year-on-year -2.81% +0.26% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 105 154
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.42 £14.00
25th Percentile £31.03 £24.25 £20.78
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 £53.44
90th Percentile £83.90 £77.00 £71.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -14.29% -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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -34 695 £505 -5.56% 288
UK excluding London -15 397 £450 -6.20% 175
London -37 336 £550 -4.35% 152
Work from Home -25 265 £488 -9.39% 201
North of England -26 148 £458 -3.68% 57
Midlands +6 107 £475 -5.00% 18
West Midlands +4 87 £475 -7.77% 8
South East -38 76 £433 -3.08% 48
North West -18 74 £434 -6.16% 33
Yorkshire -20 65 £478 -13.18% 19
Scotland +19 49 £431 -5.22% 12
South West -23 28 £606 -4.94% 20
East Midlands -21 19 £397 -20.70% 10
East of England -32 10 £575 +27.78% 14
North East -11 8 £425 -8.60% 6
Northern Ireland -3 5 £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 (6.35%) Confluence
2 27 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.16%) Apache
5 17 (2.04%) nginx
6 10 (1.20%) SAS
7 7 (0.84%) 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%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 6 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
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
1 498 (59.71%) AWS
2 257 (30.82%) Azure
3 172 (20.62%) GitHub
4 141 (16.91%) GCP
5 126 (15.11%) Serverless
6 104 (12.47%) Amazon S3
7 100 (11.99%) GitHub Actions
8 74 (8.87%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (5.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 42 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
10 42 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (4.92%) OpenShift
12 40 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
13 35 (4.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (3.84%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
15 30 (3.60%) Power Platform
16 24 (2.88%) Azure AKS
17 22 (2.64%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.40%) Firewall
2 18 (2.16%) DNS
3 9 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.96%) HTTP
5 7 (0.84%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.60%) SSL
7 4 (0.48%) Internet
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%) 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
1 147 (17.63%) NoSQL
2 143 (17.15%) Relational Database
3 137 (16.43%) SQL Server
4 135 (16.19%) MongoDB
5 129 (15.47%) MySQL
6 71 (8.51%) Amazon RDS
7 63 (7.55%) DynamoDB
8 52 (6.24%) Redis
9 43 (5.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 40 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (4.20%) RDBMS
13 26 (3.12%) Data Lake
14 25 (3.00%) Big Data
15 24 (2.88%) Metadata
15 24 (2.88%) Power BI
16 22 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (2.52%) Oracle Database
18 20 (2.40%) Apache Cassandra
19 18 (2.16%) DB2
Development Applications
1 178 (21.34%) Jenkins
2 164 (19.66%) Git
3 100 (11.99%) GitLab
4 83 (9.95%) JUnit
5 82 (9.83%) JIRA
6 46 (5.52%) Mockito
7 36 (4.32%) Cucumber
8 28 (3.36%) JMeter
9 27 (3.24%) Maven
10 23 (2.76%) Gradle
11 21 (2.52%) Liquibase
12 20 (2.40%) Selenium
13 16 (1.92%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.92%) WebDriver
14 15 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
15 14 (1.68%) SonarQube
16 12 (1.44%) ERwin
17 10 (1.20%) Cypress.io
18 9 (1.08%) DbUnit
18 9 (1.08%) jMock
General
1 199 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 177 (21.22%) Finance
3 103 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (8.15%) Banking
6 25 (3.00%) Front Office
7 18 (2.16%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.72%) Law
13 6 (0.72%) Legal
13 6 (0.72%) Retail
14 5 (0.60%) Automotive
14 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.60%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.48%) Marketing
16 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 328 (39.33%) Developer
2 143 (17.15%) Senior
3 102 (12.23%) Java Developer
4 83 (9.95%) Full-Stack Developer
5 78 (9.35%) Python Developer
6 74 (8.87%) Software Engineer
7 71 (8.51%) DBA
8 67 (8.03%) Data Engineer
9 60 (7.19%) Architect
10 54 (6.47%) Lead
11 53 (6.35%) Senior Developer
12 36 (4.32%) Administrator
13 35 (4.20%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 31 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
15 30 (3.60%) Java Engineer
15 30 (3.60%) Senior Data Engineer
15 30 (3.60%) Senior Java Developer
16 29 (3.48%) Lead Developer
17 28 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
17 28 (3.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (23.38%) Kafka
2 175 (20.98%) Spring
3 160 (19.18%) React
4 151 (18.11%) RESTful
5 143 (17.15%) REST
6 136 (16.31%) Spring Boot
7 135 (16.19%) Node.js
8 60 (7.19%) FastAPI
9 58 (6.95%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.40%) Hibernate
11 40 (4.80%) JSON
11 40 (4.80%) WireMock
12 39 (4.68%) GraphQL
13 36 (4.32%) .NET
14 33 (3.96%) CSS
15 31 (3.72%) Django
15 31 (3.72%) JPA
16 28 (3.36%) Keycloak
16 28 (3.36%) OAuth
16 28 (3.36%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 115 (13.79%) Cloud Native
2 86 (10.31%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.72%) Derivative
5 28 (3.36%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.64%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.40%) Replication
9 19 (2.28%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
10 18 (2.16%) Equities
10 18 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.56%) Market Risk
13 12 (1.44%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.32%) Clustering
15 8 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 139 (16.67%) Linux
2 30 (3.60%) Unix
3 27 (3.24%) Windows
4 13 (1.56%) 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
1 383 (45.92%) CI/CD
2 312 (37.41%) Agile
3 272 (32.61%) DevOps
4 228 (27.34%) Microservices
5 207 (24.82%) Containerisation
6 148 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (16.79%) Software Engineering
8 135 (16.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 131 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
10 116 (13.91%) Observability
11 109 (13.07%) Data Modelling
12 106 (12.71%) Test Automation
13 104 (12.47%) TDD
14 96 (11.51%) Migration
15 88 (10.55%) ETL
16 86 (10.31%) AI
17 85 (10.19%) Performance Tuning
18 80 (9.59%) Mentoring
19 79 (9.47%) Event-Driven
20 75 (8.99%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 352 (42.21%) Python
2 315 (37.77%) SQL
3 273 (32.73%) Java
4 127 (15.23%) TypeScript
5 114 (13.67%) JavaScript
6 68 (8.15%) Bash
7 54 (6.47%) Go
8 41 (4.92%) PowerShell
9 37 (4.44%) C#
10 20 (2.40%) Shell Script
11 19 (2.28%) PL/SQL
11 19 (2.28%) Scala
12 13 (1.56%) PHP
13 11 (1.32%) Ruby
14 9 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.96%) Bicep
16 7 (0.84%) Groovy
17 6 (0.72%) JSX
18 5 (0.60%) Delphi
18 5 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 270 (32.37%) Security Cleared
2 214 (25.66%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.19%) Degree
4 43 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.84%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.28%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
10 12 (1.44%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.44%) OCP
11 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.60%) 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 46 (5.52%) Data Quality
1 46 (5.52%) QA
2 21 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.44%) GDPR
4 8 (0.96%) SLA
5 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.84%) NCSC
5 7 (0.84%) WCAG
6 6 (0.72%) NIST
6 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.60%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 305 (36.57%) Docker
2 11 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.96%) Postfix
5 7 (0.84%) 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%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) RACF
9 1 (0.12%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 289 (34.65%) Kubernetes
2 151 (18.11%) Terraform
3 123 (14.75%) Grafana
4 89 (10.67%) Prometheus
5 83 (9.95%) Ansible
6 15 (1.80%) Argo
6 15 (1.80%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.68%) Control-M
7 14 (1.68%) IBM Guardium
7 14 (1.68%) Nessus
8 10 (1.20%) Puppet
9 9 (1.08%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (1.08%) Rancher
10 8 (0.96%) Data Guard
10 8 (0.96%) Istio
11 7 (0.84%) HAProxy
12 6 (0.72%) linkerd
13 5 (0.60%) Packer
14 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.36%) Kibana
Vendors
1 154 (18.47%) Oracle
2 103 (12.35%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.44%) Splunk
4 30 (3.60%) Databricks
5 28 (3.36%) Google
6 23 (2.76%) Atlassian
6 23 (2.76%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.76%) VMware
7 21 (2.52%) Informatica
8 18 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.80%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.68%) Tenable
11 13 (1.56%) Talend
12 12 (1.44%) IBM
13 11 (1.32%) Jaspersoft
14 10 (1.20%) Salesforce
15 9 (1.08%) Greenplum
16 8 (0.96%) PagerDuty
17 6 (0.72%) Confluent
17 6 (0.72%) OpenAI