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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 113 134
Rank change year-on-year -69 +21 +40
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 860 803 716
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.42% 1.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.61% 13.35% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 579 595 538
10th Percentile £350 £375 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £649
90th Percentile £725 £820 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £497 £479
% change year-on-year -4.33% +3.71% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile £26.03 - -
25th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £75.00
Median hourly rate £47.75 £30.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.17% -62.50% +22.00%
75th Percentile £68.88 £56.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £76.60 £65.50 -
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 8,105 6,015 6,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.85% 18.16% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,393 4,022 4,585
10th Percentile £356 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 81 91
10th Percentile £16.76 £20.75 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.96 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% +11.31% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -83 677 £520 -3.80% 1,185
London -58 391 £525 -12.50% 823
UK excluding London -87 306 £475 -4.33% 419
Work from Home -53 284 £500 -16.67% 517
North of England -93 88 £501 +0.22% 110
Midlands -49 64 £447 -11.92% 41
South East -60 56 £460 +5.75% 95
Yorkshire -37 49 £500 - 32
West Midlands -57 47 £448 -10.50% 27
Scotland -28 45 £425 -8.60% 44
South West -34 35 £700 +27.27% 41
North West -56 34 £525 +10.53% 67
East of England -20 21 £488 +2.63% 47
East Midlands -10 16 £413 -19.90% 14
North East -52 5 £500 -14.89% 15
Wales -11 4 - - 16

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 36 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
1 36 (4.19%) Apache Spark
2 35 (4.07%) Confluence
3 31 (3.60%) Apache
4 10 (1.16%) nginx
5 7 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.70%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.58%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) JBoss
9 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.70%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.47%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.23%) Finacle
3 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 455 (52.91%) AWS
2 293 (34.07%) Azure
3 176 (20.47%) GitHub
4 144 (16.74%) GCP
5 122 (14.19%) GitHub Actions
6 94 (10.93%) Amazon S3
7 89 (10.35%) Serverless
8 70 (8.14%) AWS Lambda
9 64 (7.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 64 (7.44%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (6.40%) Amazon ECS
12 46 (5.35%) Amazon SQS
13 38 (4.42%) Snowflake
14 35 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
15 34 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 33 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
17 27 (3.14%) AWS KMS
18 23 (2.67%) Azure AKS
19 21 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.91%) DNS
2 20 (2.33%) Firewall
3 18 (2.09%) HTTP
3 18 (2.09%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.98%) SSH
5 9 (1.05%) Kerberos
6 8 (0.93%) HTTPS
6 8 (0.93%) SAN
6 8 (0.93%) VPN
7 6 (0.70%) 5G
8 5 (0.58%) 4G
8 5 (0.58%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.58%) SSL
9 3 (0.35%) Network Security
9 3 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.23%) DHCP
10 2 (0.23%) FTP
10 2 (0.23%) IMAP
10 2 (0.23%) MQTT
10 2 (0.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (21.40%) SQL Server
2 182 (21.16%) MySQL
3 178 (20.70%) MongoDB
4 176 (20.47%) Relational Database
5 107 (12.44%) Redis
6 106 (12.33%) NoSQL
7 93 (10.81%) Amazon RDS
8 88 (10.23%) Amazon Aurora
9 41 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (4.19%) DynamoDB
11 32 (3.72%) Metadata
11 32 (3.72%) RDBMS
12 27 (3.14%) Oracle Database
13 26 (3.02%) Big Data
13 26 (3.02%) Data Lake
14 23 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
15 21 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (2.09%) BigQuery
17 15 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (1.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 220 (25.58%) Git
2 202 (23.49%) Jenkins
3 104 (12.09%) GitLab
4 77 (8.95%) JIRA
5 71 (8.26%) JUnit
6 63 (7.33%) Mockito
7 60 (6.98%) Maven
8 43 (5.00%) Gradle
9 27 (3.14%) SonarQube
10 24 (2.79%) Cucumber
11 18 (2.09%) Selenium
12 17 (1.98%) Bitbucket
12 17 (1.98%) Liquibase
13 12 (1.40%) Gatling
13 12 (1.40%) Mocha
14 11 (1.28%) Cypress.io
15 9 (1.05%) Flyway
15 9 (1.05%) JMeter
16 6 (0.70%) Claude Code
17 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 202 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 141 (16.40%) Public Sector
3 140 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (15.58%) Finance
5 66 (7.67%) Banking
6 36 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.98%) Front Office
8 16 (1.86%) Retail
9 13 (1.51%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.16%) Military
12 9 (1.05%) Law
13 8 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.81%) Legal
15 6 (0.70%) Billing
15 6 (0.70%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.58%) Marketing
16 5 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 318 (36.98%) Developer
2 163 (18.95%) Senior
3 126 (14.65%) Java Developer
4 103 (11.98%) DBA
5 72 (8.37%) Senior Developer
6 67 (7.79%) Full-Stack Developer
7 66 (7.67%) Data Engineer
8 61 (7.09%) Administrator
8 61 (7.09%) Lead
8 61 (7.09%) Software Engineer
9 54 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
9 54 (6.28%) Python Developer
10 46 (5.35%) Architect
11 38 (4.42%) Java Engineer
12 34 (3.95%) Python Engineer
13 30 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
14 28 (3.26%) Senior Java Developer
15 25 (2.91%) PostgreSQL DBA
16 22 (2.56%) Lead Developer
16 22 (2.56%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (29.77%) REST
2 196 (22.79%) RESTful
3 192 (22.33%) Spring
4 189 (21.98%) Kafka
5 186 (21.63%) Terraform
6 174 (20.23%) Spring Boot
7 156 (18.14%) React
8 92 (10.70%) Node.js
9 87 (10.12%) HTML
10 86 (10.00%) CSS
11 68 (7.91%) .NET
12 63 (7.33%) OAuth
13 59 (6.86%) AngularJS
13 59 (6.86%) Django
14 52 (6.05%) FastAPI
14 52 (6.05%) OAuth2
15 46 (5.35%) Web Services
16 44 (5.12%) RabbitMQ
17 43 (5.00%) OpenAPI
17 43 (5.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 186 (21.63%) Cloud Native
2 114 (13.26%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (7.33%) Replication
4 48 (5.58%) Product Ownership
5 42 (4.88%) Data Structures
6 36 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (3.02%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.98%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.74%) Distributed Architecture
12 14 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (1.28%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.28%) PKI
15 9 (1.05%) Equities
15 9 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 126 (14.65%) Linux
2 52 (6.05%) Unix
3 47 (5.47%) Windows
4 29 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (2.91%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.09%) Solaris
7 16 (1.86%) Ubuntu
8 11 (1.28%) AIX
9 9 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.35%) VMS
11 2 (0.23%) CentOS
11 2 (0.23%) Rocky
12 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (51.74%) CI/CD
2 308 (35.81%) Agile
3 307 (35.70%) DevOps
4 275 (31.98%) Microservices
5 192 (22.33%) Containerisation
6 175 (20.35%) Software Engineering
7 169 (19.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 167 (19.42%) Test Automation
9 156 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
10 135 (15.70%) AI
10 135 (15.70%) Event-Driven
10 135 (15.70%) Observability
11 134 (15.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 131 (15.23%) Data Modelling
12 131 (15.23%) Performance Tuning
13 109 (12.67%) Migration
14 108 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 108 (12.56%) Scrum
15 106 (12.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 104 (12.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 335 (38.95%) SQL
2 315 (36.63%) Python
3 299 (34.77%) Java
4 159 (18.49%) TypeScript
5 130 (15.12%) JavaScript
6 60 (6.98%) C#
7 54 (6.28%) Bash
8 35 (4.07%) PowerShell
9 33 (3.84%) Go
10 29 (3.37%) Scala
11 26 (3.02%) Groovy
12 17 (1.98%) Perl
12 17 (1.98%) Shell Script
13 15 (1.74%) Kotlin
14 13 (1.51%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.40%) PHP
16 10 (1.16%) Korn
16 10 (1.16%) PL/SQL
16 10 (1.16%) Ruby
17 9 (1.05%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 310 (36.05%) Security Cleared
2 270 (31.40%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.98%) Degree
4 53 (6.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (4.19%) DV Cleared
7 31 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (3.37%) AWS Certification
9 24 (2.79%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.51%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.28%) OCP
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 1 (0.12%) CISSP
15 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (9.42%) QA
2 50 (5.81%) Accessibility
2 50 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.98%) GDPR
4 14 (1.63%) WCAG
5 8 (0.93%) GMP
5 8 (0.93%) GxP
5 8 (0.93%) ISO 20022
6 7 (0.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
8 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.47%) SEPA
9 3 (0.35%) SLA
10 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.23%) NIST
10 2 (0.23%) PSD2
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 355 (41.28%) Docker
2 12 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) Postfix
6 4 (0.47%) Squid
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) Ceph
7 2 (0.23%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.23%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 296 (34.42%) Kubernetes
2 117 (13.60%) Grafana
3 91 (10.58%) Prometheus
4 34 (3.95%) Kibana
5 31 (3.60%) Ansible
6 13 (1.51%) Karpenter
7 12 (1.40%) Argo
8 9 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 8 (0.93%) Control-M
9 8 (0.93%) Puppet
10 7 (0.81%) Data Guard
10 7 (0.81%) HAProxy
10 7 (0.81%) Nessus
10 7 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.70%) Istio
12 5 (0.58%) IBM Guardium
12 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.47%) Bosun
13 4 (0.47%) Kustomize
13 4 (0.47%) Rancher
Vendors
1 191 (22.21%) Oracle
2 134 (15.58%) Microsoft
3 54 (6.28%) Google
4 41 (4.77%) Databricks
5 34 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.14%) Dynatrace
6 27 (3.14%) Splunk
7 19 (2.21%) Informatica
8 18 (2.09%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.40%) Talend
9 12 (1.40%) VMware
10 10 (1.16%) NetApp
10 10 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.16%) Sybase
11 9 (1.05%) IBM
12 8 (0.93%) Foundry
13 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.81%) Jaspersoft
13 7 (0.81%) SAP
13 7 (0.81%) TikTok