PostgreSQL Contracts

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PostgreSQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 153 178
Rank change year-on-year +33 +25 -23
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 663 700 1,044
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.16% 1.58% 1.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.68% 9.68% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 486 760
10th Percentile £356 £408 £416
25th Percentile £420 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -0.84% -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £640
90th Percentile £735 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £506 £496
% change year-on-year -5.24% +1.95% +4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 18
10th Percentile - £38.79 -
25th Percentile - £55.35 £21.24
Median hourly rate £43.00 £68.05 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -36.81% +202.65% -64.10%
75th Percentile - £73.99 £39.91
90th Percentile - £74.60 £45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +82.73% -55.28%

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 5,674 7,235 12,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.49% 16.30% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,132 8,901
10th Percentile £350 £350 £379
25th Percentile £424 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £670
90th Percentile £763 £738 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 176 163
10th Percentile £19.81 £16.06 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £21.64 £26.37
Median hourly rate £38.31 £42.50 £56.86
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -25.26% +29.23%
75th Percentile £64.93 £63.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £70.38 £77.02 £77.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.25 £55.93
% change year-on-year -25.47% -28.04% +37.25%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Daily rate trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 18 February 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Hourly rate trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 Contract 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 18 February 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 +41 531 £550 -0.68% 488
London +41 314 £575 - 325
Work from Home +49 282 £525 - 447
UK excluding London +18 259 £480 -5.24% 240
North of England +45 67 £469 -12.14% 41
South East -3 62 £455 -20.87% 109
Scotland -7 55 £465 -2.11% 8
North West +19 44 £463 -13.23% 25
South West +40 34 £625 +8.70% 21
Midlands +12 33 £500 - 25
Yorkshire +35 22 £600 - 9
West Midlands +11 21 £503 +20.36% 16
East Midlands +11 12 £500 - 9
East of England +24 6 £438 -32.69% 28
Wales +1 1 £238 -52.85% 7
North East -7 1 £460 - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 63 (9.50%) Confluence
2 21 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 20 (3.02%) Apache
4 18 (2.71%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.96%) SAS
6 12 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.51%) MQSeries
8 9 (1.36%) Camunda
9 8 (1.21%) CMS
9 8 (1.21%) nginx
10 4 (0.60%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.60%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.45%) Alfresco
11 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.45%) TWiki
12 2 (0.30%) IIS
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.15%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Simulink
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.30%) Actimize
2 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle TCA
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 371 (55.96%) AWS
2 128 (19.31%) Azure
3 97 (14.63%) Serverless
4 70 (10.56%) GCP
5 69 (10.41%) Amazon S3
6 57 (8.60%) AWS Lambda
7 51 (7.69%) GitHub
8 35 (5.28%) Power Platform
9 34 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 31 (4.68%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (4.07%) Azure Functions
12 25 (3.77%) Slack
13 23 (3.47%) OpenShift
14 21 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (3.02%) Azure AKS
15 20 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
17 16 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
17 16 (2.41%) Amazon SQS
17 16 (2.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.56%) HTTP
2 15 (2.26%) Firewall
3 11 (1.66%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.21%) DNS
5 7 (1.06%) VPN
6 5 (0.75%) DHCP
6 5 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.60%) Skype
7 4 (0.60%) SSL
8 2 (0.30%) MQTT
8 2 (0.30%) NAS
8 2 (0.30%) SAN
8 2 (0.30%) SSH
9 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (20.66%) MongoDB
2 132 (19.91%) MySQL
3 81 (12.22%) Relational Database
4 80 (12.07%) NoSQL
5 73 (11.01%) SQL Server
6 62 (9.35%) Redis
7 52 (7.84%) Amazon RDS
8 39 (5.88%) Apache Cassandra
8 39 (5.88%) Oracle Database
9 37 (5.58%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (5.13%) Power BI
11 32 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
12 27 (4.07%) Amazon Aurora
13 26 (3.92%) DynamoDB
14 22 (3.32%) Hadoop
15 17 (2.56%) Oracle Database 11g
15 17 (2.56%) RDBMS
16 15 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (1.96%) Big Data
17 13 (1.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 117 (17.65%) Git
2 82 (12.37%) JIRA
3 81 (12.22%) Jenkins
4 56 (8.45%) JUnit
5 55 (8.30%) GitLab
6 29 (4.37%) Maven
7 24 (3.62%) Cucumber
8 23 (3.47%) Jasmine
9 18 (2.71%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.96%) Mockito
11 10 (1.51%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.21%) Gradle
13 7 (1.06%) Artifactory
13 7 (1.06%) Liquibase
13 7 (1.06%) Selenium
14 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
15 5 (0.75%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.75%) DBeaver
15 5 (0.75%) ERwin
15 5 (0.75%) PHPUnit
General
1 131 (19.76%) Social Skills
2 107 (16.14%) Public Sector
3 104 (15.69%) Finance
4 65 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.24%) Banking
6 41 (6.18%) Front Office
7 12 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.51%) Military
9 7 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.06%) Retail
9 7 (1.06%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.75%) Legal
10 5 (0.75%) Marketing
11 4 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.45%) Automotive
12 3 (0.45%) Law
13 2 (0.30%) Back Office
13 2 (0.30%) Games
13 2 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 327 (49.32%) Developer
2 98 (14.78%) Java Developer
2 98 (14.78%) Senior
3 85 (12.82%) Software Engineer
4 57 (8.60%) Full-Stack Developer
4 57 (8.60%) Lead
5 54 (8.14%) Senior Developer
6 50 (7.54%) DBA
7 48 (7.24%) React Developer
8 47 (7.09%) Data Engineer
9 38 (5.73%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 32 (4.83%) UI Developer
11 31 (4.68%) Python Developer
11 31 (4.68%) UI Engineer
12 29 (4.37%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 25 (3.77%) Architect
14 24 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
14 24 (3.62%) Lead Developer
14 24 (3.62%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 24 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (22.17%) React
2 128 (19.31%) Spring
3 123 (18.55%) Spring Boot
4 107 (16.14%) Kafka
5 105 (15.84%) RESTful
6 98 (14.78%) Node.js
7 70 (10.56%) REST
8 65 (9.80%) CSS
9 60 (9.05%) HTML
10 52 (7.84%) AngularJS
11 48 (7.24%) .NET
12 43 (6.49%) Redux
13 39 (5.88%) GraphQL
14 35 (5.28%) Django
15 33 (4.98%) Spring Security
15 33 (4.98%) Swagger
16 30 (4.52%) AWS CDK
16 30 (4.52%) OpenAPI
17 27 (4.07%) XML
18 26 (3.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.58%) Fixed Income
2 36 (5.43%) Replication
3 21 (3.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 21 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (1.96%) Derivative
7 12 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.66%) PKI
9 10 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.21%) Clustering
11 8 (1.21%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (13.27%) Linux
2 46 (6.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 29 (4.37%) Windows
4 23 (3.47%) Unix
5 9 (1.36%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.60%) CentOS
6 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.30%) SUSE
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (36.95%) Agile
2 195 (29.41%) CI/CD
3 194 (29.26%) Microservices
4 167 (25.19%) DevOps
5 160 (24.13%) Software Engineering
6 125 (18.85%) Containerisation
7 113 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (16.89%) Full-Stack Development
9 91 (13.73%) TDD
10 76 (11.46%) Test Automation
11 74 (11.16%) Visualisation
12 73 (11.01%) Migration
13 61 (9.20%) Unit Testing
14 59 (8.90%) User Experience
15 58 (8.75%) Clean Code
16 56 (8.45%) Front End Development
16 56 (8.45%) Mentoring
17 55 (8.30%) ETL
18 53 (7.99%) Performance Tuning
18 53 (7.99%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 276 (41.63%) SQL
2 227 (34.24%) Python
3 206 (31.07%) Java
4 147 (22.17%) JavaScript
5 122 (18.40%) TypeScript
6 52 (7.84%) Bash
7 34 (5.13%) PL/SQL
8 29 (4.37%) C#
9 24 (3.62%) Go
10 13 (1.96%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.81%) Ruby
12 11 (1.66%) PHP
13 6 (0.90%) HiveQL
13 6 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.90%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.75%) C++
14 5 (0.75%) Scala
14 5 (0.75%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.60%) Groovy
16 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 218 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 190 (28.66%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.18%) Degree
4 24 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.51%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.51%) AWS Certified Developer
7 6 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.75%) MCSE
9 4 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.45%) MCSA
10 3 (0.45%) OCP
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.30%) GISP
11 2 (0.30%) MCTS
11 2 (0.30%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.02%) QA
3 19 (2.87%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.75%) SLA
6 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.45%) NCSC
7 2 (0.30%) GDPR
7 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.30%) MiFID
7 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 180 (27.15%) Docker
2 7 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.90%) HDFS
3 6 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.30%) Postfix
6 2 (0.30%) vSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Ceph
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 171 (25.79%) Kubernetes
2 58 (8.75%) Grafana
3 54 (8.14%) Terraform
4 46 (6.94%) Ansible
5 19 (2.87%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.21%) Kibana
7 7 (1.06%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.06%) Puppet
8 6 (0.90%) Argo
8 6 (0.90%) Istio
9 5 (0.75%) SCCM
10 3 (0.45%) Nagios
10 3 (0.45%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.30%) MIIS
11 2 (0.30%) OPNET
11 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 152 (22.93%) Oracle
2 53 (7.99%) Microsoft
3 21 (3.17%) Google
4 19 (2.87%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.71%) Informatica
6 14 (2.11%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.81%) Atlassian
7 12 (1.81%) Confluent
7 12 (1.81%) Databricks
8 11 (1.66%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.66%) SAP
8 11 (1.66%) Talend
9 10 (1.51%) MKS
10 8 (1.21%) Splunk
10 8 (1.21%) VMware
11 6 (0.90%) Denodo
12 5 (0.75%) Imperva
12 5 (0.75%) Murex
12 5 (0.75%) Solace
13 4 (0.60%) IBM