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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 113 133
Rank change year-on-year -59 +20 +22
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 865 796 715
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.42% 1.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.60% 13.30% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 598 532
10th Percentile £363 £398 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +4.90%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £838 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £478
% change year-on-year - -0.52% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £25.45 £36.05 £51.88
25th Percentile £27.75 £46.63 £69.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% -25.00% +49.46%
75th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £74.50 -
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 8,158 5,984 7,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.27% 18.17% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,435 4,045 4,978
10th Percentile £356 £344 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £651
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 91 102
10th Percentile £15.95 £20.75 £15.10
25th Percentile £23.05 £24.76 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% +1.55% -34.35%
75th Percentile £61.31 £62.88 £56.88
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.70 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +20.89% +5.47% -38.77%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -63 705 £510 -7.27% 527
UK excluding London -33 390 £475 - 217
London -72 345 £550 -8.33% 369
Work from Home -69 283 £500 -15.86% 239
North of England -58 125 £483 -3.40% 50
Midlands -1 101 £448 -10.50% 30
West Midlands -17 73 £448 -5.79% 16
South East -45 72 £471 +8.16% 63
North West -38 59 £485 +2.11% 32
Yorkshire -21 56 £488 -2.50% 13
Scotland -15 45 £425 -10.53% 26
South West -23 30 £700 +30.23% 25
East Midlands +7 26 £459 -10.54% 14
East of England -19 18 £475 +5.56% 9
North East -50 10 £425 -22.73% 5
Wales -11 4 - - 10

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 42 (4.86%) Confluence
2 35 (4.05%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.20%) Apache
5 7 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.69%) CMS
6 6 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.58%) Camunda
8 4 (0.46%) nginx
8 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.35%) IIS
9 3 (0.35%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) JBoss
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.46%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.12%) Odoo
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 454 (52.49%) AWS
2 292 (33.76%) Azure
3 156 (18.03%) GitHub
4 148 (17.11%) GCP
5 113 (13.06%) GitHub Actions
6 96 (11.10%) Serverless
7 93 (10.75%) Amazon S3
8 70 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 57 (6.59%) Amazon EKS
11 54 (6.24%) Amazon ECS
12 53 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
13 52 (6.01%) Amazon SQS
14 32 (3.70%) Snowflake
15 29 (3.35%) AWS KMS
16 27 (3.12%) Amazon EC2
17 26 (3.01%) Power Platform
18 25 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (2.89%) Azure AKS
19 24 (2.77%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.31%) DNS
2 19 (2.20%) Firewall
3 15 (1.73%) SSH
4 10 (1.16%) HTTP
4 10 (1.16%) HTTPS
5 9 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.69%) SSL
7 4 (0.46%) SAN
8 3 (0.35%) 5G
8 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.35%) MQTT
8 3 (0.35%) Network Security
8 3 (0.35%) VPN
9 2 (0.23%) 4G
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.23%) NaaS
9 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (19.65%) MongoDB
2 167 (19.31%) SQL Server
3 164 (18.96%) Relational Database
4 141 (16.30%) MySQL
5 114 (13.18%) NoSQL
6 84 (9.71%) Redis
7 74 (8.55%) Amazon RDS
8 69 (7.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 45 (5.20%) DynamoDB
10 37 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (4.05%) RDBMS
12 31 (3.58%) Oracle Database
13 29 (3.35%) Big Data
14 23 (2.66%) Data Lake
15 22 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
15 22 (2.54%) Power BI
16 19 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (2.08%) Metadata
18 16 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
19 13 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 195 (22.54%) Git
2 192 (22.20%) Jenkins
3 91 (10.52%) JIRA
4 89 (10.29%) GitLab
5 81 (9.36%) JUnit
6 57 (6.59%) Mockito
7 48 (5.55%) Maven
8 34 (3.93%) Gradle
9 31 (3.58%) Cucumber
10 28 (3.24%) Selenium
11 25 (2.89%) JMeter
11 25 (2.89%) SonarQube
12 24 (2.77%) Liquibase
13 20 (2.31%) WebDriver
14 17 (1.97%) Gatling
15 16 (1.85%) Bitbucket
16 12 (1.39%) DbUnit
17 11 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
17 11 (1.27%) Flyway
17 11 (1.27%) jMock
General
1 186 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.34%) Finance
3 140 (16.18%) Public Sector
4 115 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (6.01%) Banking
6 25 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.54%) Front Office
8 13 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.39%) Military
10 11 (1.27%) Retail
11 10 (1.16%) Law
11 10 (1.16%) Legal
12 8 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.58%) Automotive
15 5 (0.58%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.46%) Marketing
16 4 (0.46%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 341 (39.42%) Developer
2 166 (19.19%) Senior
3 114 (13.18%) Java Developer
4 99 (11.45%) DBA
5 79 (9.13%) Software Engineer
6 74 (8.55%) Lead
7 70 (8.09%) Full-Stack Developer
8 69 (7.98%) Senior Developer
9 66 (7.63%) Python Developer
10 63 (7.28%) Data Engineer
11 51 (5.90%) Administrator
12 50 (5.78%) Architect
13 43 (4.97%) Java Engineer
14 42 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
15 35 (4.05%) Software Developer
16 33 (3.82%) Lead Developer
17 32 (3.70%) Backend Developer
18 29 (3.35%) PostgreSQL DBA
19 27 (3.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 27 (3.12%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (25.20%) REST
2 205 (23.70%) Spring
3 184 (21.27%) Kafka
4 181 (20.92%) RESTful
5 163 (18.84%) React
6 161 (18.61%) Spring Boot
7 122 (14.10%) Node.js
8 58 (6.71%) HTML
9 56 (6.47%) CSS
10 55 (6.36%) AngularJS
11 54 (6.24%) FastAPI
12 50 (5.78%) .NET
13 47 (5.43%) OpenAPI
13 47 (5.43%) Swagger
14 42 (4.86%) OAuth
15 41 (4.74%) Django
16 39 (4.51%) RabbitMQ
16 39 (4.51%) Web Services
17 35 (4.05%) GraphQL
17 35 (4.05%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 159 (18.38%) Cloud Native
2 116 (13.41%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.09%) Replication
4 39 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.82%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.24%) Distributed Architecture
7 26 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.31%) Derivative
10 20 (2.31%) Equities
10 20 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.85%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.73%) AI Agents
12 15 (1.73%) Fixed Income
13 13 (1.50%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (1.16%) Management Information System
15 8 (0.92%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 110 (12.72%) Linux
2 39 (4.51%) Unix
3 31 (3.58%) Windows
4 25 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.92%) Solaris
8 6 (0.69%) AIX
8 6 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) VMS
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (47.17%) CI/CD
2 328 (37.92%) Agile
3 278 (32.14%) DevOps
4 273 (31.56%) Microservices
5 201 (23.24%) Containerisation
6 179 (20.69%) Software Engineering
7 151 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
8 150 (17.34%) Full-Stack Development
9 139 (16.07%) Test Automation
10 130 (15.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 123 (14.22%) Performance Tuning
12 121 (13.99%) Observability
13 118 (13.64%) AI
14 115 (13.29%) Data Modelling
15 109 (12.60%) Migration
16 107 (12.37%) TDD
17 103 (11.91%) Event-Driven
18 102 (11.79%) Scrum
19 97 (11.21%) Validation
20 84 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 324 (37.46%) Python
2 318 (36.76%) SQL
3 316 (36.53%) Java
4 159 (18.38%) TypeScript
5 116 (13.41%) JavaScript
6 53 (6.13%) C#
7 47 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.32%) Bash
9 34 (3.93%) Go
10 30 (3.47%) Scala
11 20 (2.31%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.85%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.62%) Groovy
13 14 (1.62%) Kotlin
14 13 (1.50%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.39%) PHP
15 12 (1.39%) Ruby
16 10 (1.16%) Perl
17 8 (0.92%) Rust
18 6 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 311 (35.95%) Security Cleared
2 264 (30.52%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.13%) Degree
4 42 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.73%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (1.16%) OCP
11 8 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.46%) CISSP
14 2 (0.23%) CISM
14 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.12%) CISA
15 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.12%) RHCE
15 1 (0.12%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.09%) QA
2 42 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 40 (4.62%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.08%) GDPR
5 16 (1.85%) WCAG
6 6 (0.69%) GMP
6 6 (0.69%) GxP
7 5 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.58%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.58%) SLA
8 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.46%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 338 (39.08%) Docker
2 14 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
4 9 (1.04%) Postfix
5 8 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.69%) Ceph
7 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.46%) Squid
9 3 (0.35%) HDFS
10 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.12%) NFS
11 1 (0.12%) RACF
11 1 (0.12%) Samba
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 303 (35.03%) Kubernetes
2 150 (17.34%) Terraform
3 119 (13.76%) Grafana
4 90 (10.40%) Prometheus
5 39 (4.51%) Ansible
6 20 (2.31%) Kibana
7 17 (1.97%) Oracle RMAN
8 15 (1.73%) Argo
9 12 (1.39%) Data Guard
10 10 (1.16%) HAProxy
10 10 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 9 (1.04%) Control-M
12 8 (0.92%) IBM Guardium
12 8 (0.92%) Nessus
13 7 (0.81%) Karpenter
14 6 (0.69%) Istio
14 6 (0.69%) Rancher
15 4 (0.46%) Puppet
16 3 (0.35%) Bosun
16 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 181 (20.92%) Oracle
2 132 (15.26%) Microsoft
3 39 (4.51%) Google
4 34 (3.93%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.24%) Databricks
6 23 (2.66%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.31%) Splunk
8 17 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.73%) Jaspersoft
10 14 (1.62%) Informatica
10 14 (1.62%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.62%) VMware
11 13 (1.50%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.39%) Atlassian
13 10 (1.16%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.92%) IBM
14 8 (0.92%) Sybase
14 8 (0.92%) Talend
14 8 (0.92%) Tenable
15 7 (0.81%) TikTok