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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 114 141
Rank change year-on-year -46 +27 +10
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 875 772 723
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.36% 1.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.83% 12.99% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 588 546
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £829 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £472
% change year-on-year -1.05% +0.58% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £32.40 £54.50 £53.70
25th Percentile £61.00 £57.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -18.75% +77.78%
75th Percentile £73.00 £72.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -1.54% -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 8,077 5,942 7,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.33% 18.18% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,341 4,029 5,376
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 103 139
10th Percentile £15.99 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £64.88 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.50 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.64 £31.25
% change year-on-year +20.89% +1.25% -39.02%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -47 725 £513 -6.82% 367
UK excluding London -27 401 £470 -1.05% 201
London -50 359 £550 -8.33% 237
Work from Home -63 287 £500 -9.17% 186
North of England -42 130 £475 -5.00% 50
Midlands +8 103 £447 -8.78% 18
West Midlands -24 74 £447 -5.89% 9
South East -54 71 £473 +8.74% 50
North West -38 61 £476 +0.11% 28
Yorkshire -26 59 £481 -3.75% 11
Scotland -8 52 £425 -10.53% 12
South West -22 31 £700 +27.27% 45
East Midlands +8 27 £447 -10.15% 9
East of England -21 16 £575 +27.78% 12
North East -44 9 £425 -19.05% 11
Wales -14 4 - - 7

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 50 (5.71%) Confluence
2 43 (4.91%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (2.74%) Apache
5 10 (1.14%) nginx
6 7 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.69%) Camunda
8 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.34%) Appian
9 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.34%) IIS
9 3 (0.34%) JBoss
9 3 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.03%) CPLEX
2 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.11%) Odoo
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 456 (52.11%) AWS
2 304 (34.74%) Azure
3 159 (18.17%) GCP
4 145 (16.57%) GitHub
5 99 (11.31%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (11.09%) Amazon S3
7 96 (10.97%) Serverless
8 66 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (5.83%) Amazon SQS
11 49 (5.60%) Amazon ECS
12 46 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 44 (5.03%) Amazon EKS
14 32 (3.66%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (3.20%) Power Platform
17 26 (2.97%) Route 53
18 25 (2.86%) Azure AKS
19 24 (2.74%) OpenShift
20 23 (2.63%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.94%) Firewall
2 13 (1.49%) DNS
3 10 (1.14%) SSH
4 9 (1.03%) HTTPS
5 6 (0.69%) HTTP
6 5 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.46%) SSL
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.34%) MQTT
8 3 (0.34%) Network Security
8 3 (0.34%) SAN
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) NaaS
9 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 161 (18.40%) Relational Database
3 159 (18.17%) MongoDB
4 132 (15.09%) MySQL
5 124 (14.17%) NoSQL
6 69 (7.89%) Amazon RDS
7 68 (7.77%) Redis
8 59 (6.74%) Amazon Aurora
9 53 (6.06%) DynamoDB
10 40 (4.57%) Big Data
10 40 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (3.43%) RDBMS
12 29 (3.31%) Data Lake
13 27 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
14 26 (2.97%) Oracle Database
15 23 (2.63%) Metadata
15 23 (2.63%) Power BI
16 19 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
17 18 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
18 17 (1.94%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 180 (20.57%) Jenkins
2 179 (20.46%) Git
3 100 (11.43%) JIRA
4 81 (9.26%) JUnit
5 73 (8.34%) GitLab
6 53 (6.06%) Mockito
7 46 (5.26%) Maven
8 31 (3.54%) Gradle
9 30 (3.43%) Cucumber
10 24 (2.74%) Selenium
11 23 (2.63%) JMeter
12 22 (2.51%) SonarQube
13 21 (2.40%) Liquibase
14 20 (2.29%) WebDriver
15 17 (1.94%) Gatling
16 14 (1.60%) DbUnit
17 13 (1.49%) jMock
18 11 (1.26%) Bitbucket Server
19 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
19 9 (1.03%) Flyway
General
1 192 (21.94%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.46%) Finance
3 121 (13.83%) Public Sector
4 106 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (6.74%) Banking
6 29 (3.31%) Front Office
7 23 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.37%) Military
10 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.03%) Law
12 8 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 8 (0.91%) Legal
12 8 (0.91%) Retail
13 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Automotive
14 5 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.46%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 348 (39.77%) Developer
2 153 (17.49%) Senior
3 110 (12.57%) Java Developer
4 88 (10.06%) DBA
5 86 (9.83%) Full-Stack Developer
6 83 (9.49%) Python Developer
7 80 (9.14%) Software Engineer
8 78 (8.91%) Lead
9 69 (7.89%) Data Engineer
10 63 (7.20%) Architect
11 58 (6.63%) Senior Developer
12 40 (4.57%) Java Engineer
13 39 (4.46%) Administrator
14 38 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
15 36 (4.11%) Lead Developer
16 33 (3.77%) Backend Developer
17 31 (3.54%) Software Developer
18 30 (3.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 29 (3.31%) Python Engineer
20 27 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (23.09%) Spring
2 192 (21.94%) REST
3 179 (20.46%) Kafka
4 177 (20.23%) React
5 171 (19.54%) RESTful
6 160 (18.29%) Spring Boot
7 129 (14.74%) Node.js
8 72 (8.23%) FastAPI
9 67 (7.66%) AngularJS
10 47 (5.37%) .NET
10 47 (5.37%) HTML
10 47 (5.37%) OpenAPI
10 47 (5.37%) Swagger
11 45 (5.14%) CSS
12 43 (4.91%) Web Services
13 42 (4.80%) Django
14 41 (4.69%) GraphQL
15 37 (4.23%) JPA
15 37 (4.23%) WireMock
16 35 (4.00%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 145 (16.57%) Cloud Native
2 106 (12.11%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.43%) Replication
5 27 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 27 (3.09%) Derivative
5 27 (3.09%) Distributed Architecture
6 25 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (2.74%) Equities
7 24 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (2.40%) Fixed Income
9 20 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 14 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.37%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.91%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 117 (13.37%) Linux
2 32 (3.66%) Windows
3 31 (3.54%) Unix
4 25 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.83%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.26%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.91%) Solaris
8 5 (0.57%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Android
9 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.34%) VMS
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) AIX
10 2 (0.23%) zOS
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (44.57%) CI/CD
2 332 (37.94%) Agile
3 268 (30.63%) Microservices
4 267 (30.51%) DevOps
5 226 (25.83%) Containerisation
6 172 (19.66%) Software Engineering
7 166 (18.97%) Full-Stack Development
8 159 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (13.94%) AI
10 118 (13.49%) Test Automation
11 116 (13.26%) Observability
12 111 (12.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 107 (12.23%) Data Modelling
14 105 (12.00%) Performance Tuning
15 104 (11.89%) Migration
15 104 (11.89%) TDD
16 94 (10.74%) Scrum
17 90 (10.29%) Event-Driven
18 87 (9.94%) Analytics
19 85 (9.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 359 (41.03%) Python
2 326 (37.26%) SQL
3 311 (35.54%) Java
4 152 (17.37%) TypeScript
5 131 (14.97%) JavaScript
6 57 (6.51%) C#
7 48 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 39 (4.46%) Bash
9 30 (3.43%) Go
9 30 (3.43%) Scala
10 17 (1.94%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.71%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.49%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.37%) Groovy
13 12 (1.37%) PHP
14 11 (1.26%) Kotlin
15 10 (1.14%) Ruby
16 7 (0.80%) Rust
17 6 (0.69%) Bicep
18 5 (0.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 309 (35.31%) Security Cleared
2 262 (29.94%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.89%) Degree
4 36 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.89%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.83%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.49%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (0.91%) OCP
11 6 (0.69%) CISSP
12 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.46%) CISM
14 3 (0.34%) PhD
15 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.54%) QA
2 41 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.89%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.37%) GDPR
4 12 (1.37%) WCAG
5 5 (0.57%) ISO 9000
5 5 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.46%) GMP
6 4 (0.46%) GxP
6 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.46%) NIST
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 3 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 332 (37.94%) Docker
2 11 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.26%) Postfix
2 11 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.57%) Ceph
6 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.34%) HDFS
7 3 (0.34%) Squid
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) NFS
9 1 (0.11%) RACF
9 1 (0.11%) Samba
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 294 (33.60%) Kubernetes
2 135 (15.43%) Terraform
3 120 (13.71%) Grafana
4 92 (10.51%) Prometheus
5 41 (4.69%) Ansible
6 17 (1.94%) Control-M
6 17 (1.94%) IBM Guardium
6 17 (1.94%) Nessus
7 13 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (1.37%) Kibana
9 11 (1.26%) Argo
10 10 (1.14%) HAProxy
11 9 (1.03%) Data Guard
12 7 (0.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 7 (0.80%) Rancher
13 5 (0.57%) Istio
14 4 (0.46%) Karpenter
15 3 (0.34%) Puppet
15 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
16 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 182 (20.80%) Oracle
2 140 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.34%) Google
4 31 (3.54%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.31%) Databricks
6 20 (2.29%) Informatica
6 20 (2.29%) Splunk
7 18 (2.06%) Atlassian
8 17 (1.94%) Jaspersoft
8 17 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.94%) Tenable
9 16 (1.83%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.71%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.49%) Talend
12 11 (1.26%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.14%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.14%) IBM
13 10 (1.14%) Sybase
13 10 (1.14%) VMware
14 6 (0.69%) TikTok