PostgreSQL Contracts in England

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PostgreSQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 170 157
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 0
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 572 730 1,299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 1.53% 1.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.19% 8.66% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 504 944
10th Percentile £359 £400 £425
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £675
90th Percentile £750 £713 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +3.35% -7.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 3
10th Percentile £53.70 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 £21.24 £52.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £22.49 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +255.79% -59.12% +10.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £23.73 £57.70
90th Percentile - - £57.81
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £22.49 £55.00
% change year-on-year +255.79% -59.12% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

PostgreSQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,226 8,425 13,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.95% 17.65% 19.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,494 6,057 10,074
10th Percentile £350 £375 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £663
90th Percentile £788 £775 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.50% -0.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 157 168
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.69
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £21.23
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +37.86% +70.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £75.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £82.70 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £43.68
% change year-on-year -33.33% +37.35% +63.42%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PostgreSQL in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the England region over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. 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
London +18 360 £575 +9.52% 221
South East +33 105 £482 -2.63% 50
North of England +12 48 £550 -4.89% 50
North West +7 26 £534 -12.96% 38
South West +8 22 £450 -18.18% 36
Midlands +29 17 £510 -2.86% 19
West Midlands +23 17 £510 -2.86% 13
Yorkshire +8 17 £600 +5.26% 11
North East +5 5 £550 -21.43% 1
East of England -7 2 £675 +28.57% 14
PostgreSQL
UK

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 89 (15.56%) Apache
2 76 (13.29%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (4.72%) SharePoint
4 24 (4.20%) Confluence
5 8 (1.40%) Site Server
6 7 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.05%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 5 (0.87%) Camunda
8 5 (0.87%) nginx
8 5 (0.87%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.70%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.70%) Luigi
10 3 (0.52%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.35%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.35%) IIS
11 2 (0.35%) JBoss
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.35%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (1.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.52%) Odoo
4 2 (0.35%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.35%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 274 (47.90%) AWS
2 197 (34.44%) Azure
3 114 (19.93%) GCP
4 65 (11.36%) GitHub
5 49 (8.57%) Serverless
6 30 (5.24%) Amazon S3
7 29 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (5.07%) Power Platform
8 20 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (2.80%) Azure Functions
10 14 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (2.45%) IaaS
10 14 (2.45%) SaaS
11 13 (2.27%) OpenShift
12 12 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (1.75%) Azure AKS
13 10 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.10%) DNS
2 8 (1.40%) BGP
2 8 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
2 8 (1.40%) MPLS
2 8 (1.40%) Radio Access Network
2 8 (1.40%) VPN
3 7 (1.22%) HTTP
3 7 (1.22%) SAN
3 7 (1.22%) SSH
4 6 (1.05%) DHCP
4 6 (1.05%) NAS
5 5 (0.87%) Firewall
6 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.35%) Broadband
7 2 (0.35%) Internet
7 2 (0.35%) SSL
7 2 (0.35%) VLAN
8 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (17.13%) Relational Database
2 91 (15.91%) MySQL
3 81 (14.16%) SQL Server
4 75 (13.11%) NoSQL
5 65 (11.36%) Apache Ignite
6 64 (11.19%) MongoDB
7 39 (6.82%) Amazon RDS
8 36 (6.29%) Oracle Database
8 36 (6.29%) RDBMS
9 28 (4.90%) Power BI
10 25 (4.37%) GIS
11 20 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (3.50%) Redis
12 16 (2.80%) Couchbase
13 14 (2.45%) Apache Cassandra
14 13 (2.27%) DynamoDB
15 12 (2.10%) Oracle Database 11g
16 11 (1.92%) Metadata
17 10 (1.75%) Pentaho
17 10 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 96 (16.78%) Git
2 56 (9.79%) GitLab
3 52 (9.09%) Cypress.io
4 46 (8.04%) JIRA
5 43 (7.52%) Jenkins
6 39 (6.82%) JUnit
7 18 (3.15%) Selenium
8 11 (1.92%) Maven
9 9 (1.57%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.40%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.40%) Robot Framework
10 8 (1.40%) TestRail
11 7 (1.22%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.22%) JMeter
12 5 (0.87%) Checkstyle
12 5 (0.87%) Mockito
12 5 (0.87%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.87%) TestNG
13 4 (0.70%) git-flow
13 4 (0.70%) Mocha
General
1 120 (20.98%) Finance
2 92 (16.08%) Banking
3 84 (14.69%) Social Skills
4 83 (14.51%) Public Sector
5 67 (11.71%) Front Office
6 36 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.57%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.57%) Marketing
8 9 (1.57%) Publishing
9 8 (1.40%) Retail
10 7 (1.22%) Electronics
10 7 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Law
11 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.35%) Automotive
12 2 (0.35%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 291 (50.87%) Developer
2 94 (16.43%) Python Developer
3 88 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 79 (13.81%) Full Stack Developer
5 78 (13.64%) React Developer
6 69 (12.06%) Python Engineer
7 66 (11.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 66 (11.54%) Python Software Engineer
8 61 (10.66%) Java Developer
9 46 (8.04%) DBA
10 42 (7.34%) Architect
10 42 (7.34%) Full Stack Engineer
11 38 (6.64%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 36 (6.29%) Full Stack Python Developer
13 23 (4.02%) Lead
13 23 (4.02%) Senior
14 21 (3.67%) Data Engineer
14 21 (3.67%) PostgreSQL DBA
15 18 (3.15%) PostgreSQL Developer
16 16 (2.80%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (26.05%) React
2 96 (16.78%) REST
3 77 (13.46%) Redux
4 72 (12.59%) Spring
4 72 (12.59%) Spring Boot
5 68 (11.89%) gRPC
6 66 (11.54%) Material-UI
7 65 (11.36%) Protocol Buffers
8 62 (10.84%) Kafka
9 53 (9.27%) Node.js
10 38 (6.64%) AngularJS
11 30 (5.24%) .NET
12 27 (4.72%) HTML
13 26 (4.55%) CSS
14 25 (4.37%) Hibernate
14 25 (4.37%) RESTful
15 24 (4.20%) XML
16 22 (3.85%) JPA
16 22 (3.85%) JSON
17 20 (3.50%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.41%) Hedge funds
2 69 (12.06%) Fixed Income
3 34 (5.94%) Equities
4 20 (3.50%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.32%) Replication
6 18 (3.15%) Clustering
6 18 (3.15%) Linux Command Line
7 13 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.92%) PKI
10 10 (1.75%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.57%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.40%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.40%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (10.66%) Linux
2 33 (5.77%) Windows
3 18 (3.15%) Unix
4 17 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.75%) VMS
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.52%) Android
9 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.52%) CentOS
10 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.17%) Fedora
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
11 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (43.53%) Agile
2 147 (25.70%) Full Stack Development
3 138 (24.13%) DevOps
4 137 (23.95%) Software Engineering
5 105 (18.36%) Microservices
6 89 (15.56%) CI/CD
7 75 (13.11%) Scrum
8 74 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence
8 74 (12.94%) Asset Management
9 73 (12.76%) Machine Learning
10 65 (11.36%) Automated Trading
10 65 (11.36%) Investment Management
11 64 (11.19%) Migration
12 61 (10.66%) Performance Tuning
12 61 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (10.66%) Unit Testing
13 51 (8.92%) Containerisation
14 49 (8.57%) Test Automation
15 45 (7.87%) TDD
16 44 (7.69%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 207 (36.19%) Python
2 197 (34.44%) SQL
3 142 (24.83%) Java
4 110 (19.23%) TypeScript
5 85 (14.86%) JavaScript
6 45 (7.87%) C#
6 45 (7.87%) PowerShell
7 37 (6.47%) Bash
8 28 (4.90%) Go
9 25 (4.37%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.62%) Ruby
11 12 (2.10%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.92%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.57%) Korn
14 8 (1.40%) C
14 8 (1.40%) C++
15 6 (1.05%) Groovy
15 6 (1.05%) PHP
15 6 (1.05%) Scala
16 5 (0.87%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 178 (31.12%) Security Cleared
2 152 (26.57%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.92%) Degree
4 38 (6.64%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.52%) OCP
9 3 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.35%) HND
10 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.35%) MCSE
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.97%) QA
2 11 (1.92%) MiFID
3 10 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.87%) SLA
6 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.17%) EMIR
7 1 (0.17%) FATCA
7 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (18.01%) Docker
2 18 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.62%) vSphere
5 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) iptables
7 2 (0.35%) KVM
7 2 (0.35%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.17%) Ceph
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Lustre
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) Samba
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 113 (19.76%) Kubernetes
2 49 (8.57%) Ansible
3 47 (8.22%) Terraform
4 31 (5.42%) Grafana
5 22 (3.85%) Kibana
6 17 (2.97%) Istio
7 15 (2.62%) Prometheus
8 14 (2.45%) Argo
9 10 (1.75%) Packer
10 8 (1.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 7 (1.22%) vRealize
12 5 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.87%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.70%) Nessus
13 4 (0.70%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.70%) Puppet
13 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.70%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 154 (26.92%) Oracle
2 96 (16.78%) Google
3 61 (10.66%) Microsoft
4 25 (4.37%) VMware
5 21 (3.67%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.97%) Sparx
7 16 (2.80%) SAP
8 15 (2.62%) ESRI
9 14 (2.45%) Informatica
10 13 (2.27%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.27%) Splunk
11 11 (1.92%) SolarWinds
12 8 (1.40%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.05%) Databricks
13 6 (1.05%) New Relic
14 5 (0.87%) Arqiva
14 5 (0.87%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.87%) IBM
14 5 (0.87%) Veritas