Hybrid/Remote PostgreSQL Contract Job Trends

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 101 134
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 -6
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 308 284 380
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.17% 2.24% 1.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.88% 11.08% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 213 266
10th Percentile £385 £400 £388
25th Percentile £473 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £838 £625 £623
90th Percentile £875 £673 £706
UK median daily rate £528 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £80.00 £65.58
% change year-on-year -46.88% +22.00% +19.23%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,940 2,564 3,711
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.99% 20.25% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,333 1,808 2,667
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £825 £850 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £540
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.93% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 63
10th Percentile £21.02 £18.82 £20.58
25th Percentile £33.53 £19.59 £33.02
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -38.10% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £41.75 £67.38
90th Percentile £87.50 £62.02 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.99% -36.36% +22.22%

PostgreSQL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PostgreSQL trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

PostgreSQL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PostgreSQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (13.31%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.22%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.62%) Apache
4 4 (1.30%) Confluence
5 3 (0.97%) Alfresco
5 3 (0.97%) JBoss
5 3 (0.97%) nginx
6 2 (0.65%) Camunda
6 2 (0.65%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.32%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) Gunicorn
7 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.32%) Traefik
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 198 (64.29%) AWS
2 98 (31.82%) GCP
3 65 (21.10%) Azure
4 45 (14.61%) Amazon S3
5 39 (12.66%) dbt
6 35 (11.36%) Serverless
7 30 (9.74%) GitHub
8 25 (8.12%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (6.82%) Amazon EC2
10 21 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (6.17%) Amazon SQS
12 16 (5.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.92%) Datadog
13 9 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.92%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.60%) Route 53
15 6 (1.95%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.95%) DNS
2 4 (1.30%) Firewall
2 4 (1.30%) HTTP
2 4 (1.30%) SSH
2 4 (1.30%) SSL
2 4 (1.30%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) FTP
3 1 (0.32%) IMAP
3 1 (0.32%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (0.32%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.66%) MySQL
2 37 (12.01%) Amazon Athena
3 36 (11.69%) Apache Arrow
3 36 (11.69%) Apache Iceberg
3 36 (11.69%) Dremio
3 36 (11.69%) Relational Database
4 32 (10.39%) Redis
5 31 (10.06%) SQL Server
6 30 (9.74%) Amazon RDS
7 26 (8.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 24 (7.79%) MongoDB
9 19 (6.17%) NoSQL
10 15 (4.87%) DynamoDB
10 15 (4.87%) Oracle Database
11 13 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (3.57%) Big Data
12 11 (3.57%) RDBMS
13 9 (2.92%) Hadoop
14 8 (2.60%) BigQuery
14 8 (2.60%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (13.96%) Jenkins
2 40 (12.99%) Git
3 29 (9.42%) JUnit
4 21 (6.82%) JIRA
4 21 (6.82%) Mockito
5 20 (6.49%) Maven
6 18 (5.84%) SonarQube
7 11 (3.57%) Liquibase
8 10 (3.25%) Gradle
8 10 (3.25%) Subversion
9 7 (2.27%) Cypress.io
9 7 (2.27%) Postman
9 7 (2.27%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (1.95%) GitLab
10 6 (1.95%) SoapUI
10 6 (1.95%) Xcode
10 6 (1.95%) XCTest
11 4 (1.30%) MLflow
12 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (36.36%) Finance
2 73 (23.70%) Banking
3 70 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 67 (21.75%) Front Office
5 34 (11.04%) Investment Banking
6 31 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (7.79%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.30%) Military
9 3 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.97%) Law
9 3 (0.97%) Retail
9 3 (0.97%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Aviation
11 1 (0.32%) Marketing
11 1 (0.32%) Police
11 1 (0.32%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 201 (65.26%) Developer
2 70 (22.73%) Java Developer
2 70 (22.73%) Software Engineer
3 63 (20.45%) AWS Developer
4 62 (20.13%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 56 (18.18%) Senior
6 40 (12.99%) AWS Engineer
7 39 (12.66%) Senior Developer
8 38 (12.34%) Lead
8 38 (12.34%) Python Developer
9 37 (12.01%) AWS Software Engineer
10 34 (11.04%) Python Engineer
11 31 (10.06%) React Developer
12 30 (9.74%) Senior Java Developer
13 29 (9.42%) Lead Developer
14 24 (7.79%) Python Software Engineer
15 23 (7.47%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (7.14%) Lead Java Developer
17 18 (5.84%) PostgreSQL Developer
18 17 (5.52%) Analytics Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (34.42%) React
2 99 (32.14%) Node.js
3 72 (23.38%) Kafka
4 57 (18.51%) AngularJS
5 44 (14.29%) Vue
6 42 (13.64%) Pandas
7 40 (12.99%) NumPy
8 38 (12.34%) Spring Boot
9 36 (11.69%) SciPy
10 35 (11.36%) Spring
11 33 (10.71%) REST
12 27 (8.77%) RESTful
13 26 (8.44%) Redux
14 21 (6.82%) ActiveMQ
15 20 (6.49%) JPA
16 19 (6.17%) HTML
17 18 (5.84%) FastAPI
18 17 (5.52%) GraphQL
19 16 (5.19%) Swagger
19 16 (5.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (20.13%) Fixed Income
2 45 (14.61%) Equities
2 45 (14.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.84%) Management Information System
5 17 (5.52%) Derivative
5 17 (5.52%) Market Risk
6 15 (4.87%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.92%) Replication
8 7 (2.27%) Clustering
8 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.97%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.97%) PKI
11 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.65%) SCADA
11 2 (0.65%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.74%) Linux
2 8 (2.60%) Unix
3 7 (2.27%) Windows
4 6 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.65%) VMS
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (56.49%) Agile
2 106 (34.42%) Software Engineering
3 85 (27.60%) CI/CD
4 75 (24.35%) Fintech
5 73 (23.70%) DevOps
6 70 (22.73%) TDD
7 63 (20.45%) Asset Management
8 62 (20.13%) Investment Management
8 62 (20.13%) Microservices
9 58 (18.83%) Risk Management
10 54 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (16.88%) Containerisation
12 42 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
13 37 (12.01%) Analytics
13 37 (12.01%) Order Management
14 36 (11.69%) Performance Attribution
15 35 (11.36%) User Experience
16 32 (10.39%) Scrum
17 29 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 29 (9.42%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 131 (42.53%) Python
2 109 (35.39%) TypeScript
3 105 (34.09%) JavaScript
4 102 (33.12%) Java
4 102 (33.12%) SQL
5 18 (5.84%) Bash
6 10 (3.25%) Go
6 10 (3.25%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.25%) Shell Script
7 9 (2.92%) C#
7 9 (2.92%) Groovy
8 7 (2.27%) Ruby
9 4 (1.30%) PHP
10 3 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.65%) Bicep
11 2 (0.65%) JCL
11 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.65%) Scala
11 2 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (13.96%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.66%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.77%) Degree
4 12 (3.90%) Numerate Degree
5 11 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.65%) CISSP
9 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.65%) MCP
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) OCP
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.55%) QA
2 9 (2.92%) GDPR
3 6 (1.95%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.30%) HL7
5 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.97%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.32%) DICOM
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 71 (23.05%) Docker
2 5 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.30%) Postfix
4 2 (0.65%) NDS
4 2 (0.65%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.32%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.32%) GPFS
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) NFS
5 1 (0.32%) Squid
Systems Management
1 62 (20.13%) Kubernetes
2 41 (13.31%) Terraform
3 28 (9.09%) Grafana
4 17 (5.52%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.90%) Ansible
6 8 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.27%) Argo
8 5 (1.62%) Packer
9 4 (1.30%) Control-M
9 4 (1.30%) Nessus
10 3 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.97%) IBM Guardium
10 3 (0.97%) Istio
10 3 (0.97%) Kibana
11 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.32%) MIIS
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 34 (11.04%) Oracle
2 19 (6.17%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.22%) Google
4 12 (3.90%) CA Agile Central
5 11 (3.57%) Splunk
6 9 (2.92%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.95%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.95%) Okta
7 6 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.62%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.62%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.30%) Databricks
9 4 (1.30%) Jaspersoft
10 3 (0.97%) Tenable
10 3 (0.97%) VMware
11 2 (0.65%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.65%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.65%) Gigya
11 2 (0.65%) Globalscape
11 2 (0.65%) MuleSoft