PostgreSQL Contracts in England

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 171 150
Rank change year-on-year +17 -21 +18
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 586 722 1,301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 1.54% 1.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.14% 8.76% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 501 942
10th Percentile £363 £400 £425
25th Percentile £450 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £574
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.50% +14.75%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £675
90th Percentile £750 £713 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 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 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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,409 8,241 13,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.09% 17.52% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,613 5,916 9,942
10th Percentile £350 £365 £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 £669
90th Percentile £800 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 154 165
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.50
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +37.86% +72.48%
75th Percentile £52.83 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.30 £82.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
% change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +14 369 £575 +9.52% 177
South East +33 103 £482 -1.63% 46
North of England +4 50 £545 -5.75% 51
North West +13 27 £534 -12.96% 33
South West +6 26 £450 -18.18% 31
West Midlands +27 19 £510 -2.86% 9
Midlands +23 19 £510 -2.86% 14
Yorkshire +7 17 £600 +5.26% 16
North East +3 6 £550 -21.43% 2
East of England -8 2 £675 +28.57% 8
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 90 (15.36%) Apache
2 77 (13.14%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (4.78%) SharePoint
4 24 (4.10%) Confluence
5 8 (1.37%) Site Server
6 7 (1.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.02%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 5 (0.85%) Camunda
8 5 (0.85%) nginx
8 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.68%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.68%) Luigi
10 3 (0.51%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.34%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.34%) IIS
11 2 (0.34%) JBoss
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.34%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (1.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.34%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.34%) Odoo
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 279 (47.61%) AWS
2 203 (34.64%) Azure
3 117 (19.97%) GCP
4 65 (11.09%) GitHub
5 55 (9.39%) Serverless
6 35 (5.97%) Amazon S3
7 32 (5.46%) Power Platform
8 29 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (2.73%) Azure Functions
10 16 (2.73%) OpenShift
10 16 (2.73%) SaaS
11 13 (2.22%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.22%) IaaS
12 12 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.05%) DNS
2 7 (1.19%) BGP
2 7 (1.19%) Ethernet VPN
2 7 (1.19%) HTTP
2 7 (1.19%) MPLS
2 7 (1.19%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (1.19%) SAN
2 7 (1.19%) SSH
2 7 (1.19%) VPN
3 6 (1.02%) DHCP
3 6 (1.02%) Firewall
3 6 (1.02%) NAS
4 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.34%) Broadband
5 2 (0.34%) Internet
5 2 (0.34%) SSL
5 2 (0.34%) VLAN
6 1 (0.17%) FTP
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (17.06%) Relational Database
2 94 (16.04%) MySQL
3 87 (14.85%) SQL Server
4 77 (13.14%) NoSQL
5 65 (11.09%) Apache Ignite
5 65 (11.09%) MongoDB
6 42 (7.17%) Amazon RDS
7 35 (5.97%) RDBMS
8 34 (5.80%) Oracle Database
9 31 (5.29%) Power BI
10 23 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (3.92%) Redis
11 22 (3.75%) GIS
12 15 (2.56%) Couchbase
13 14 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (2.39%) DynamoDB
14 13 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
15 11 (1.88%) Metadata
15 11 (1.88%) Oracle Database 11g
16 10 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 96 (16.38%) Git
2 54 (9.22%) Cypress.io
3 53 (9.04%) GitLab
4 44 (7.51%) JIRA
5 43 (7.34%) Jenkins
6 40 (6.83%) JUnit
7 19 (3.24%) Selenium
8 11 (1.88%) Maven
9 10 (1.71%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.37%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.19%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.19%) JMeter
11 7 (1.19%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.19%) TestRail
12 5 (0.85%) Checkstyle
12 5 (0.85%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.68%) git-flow
13 4 (0.68%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.68%) Mockito
13 4 (0.68%) TestNG
General
1 120 (20.48%) Finance
2 94 (16.04%) Banking
3 92 (15.70%) Social Skills
4 82 (13.99%) Public Sector
5 67 (11.43%) Front Office
6 38 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.88%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.71%) Marketing
9 9 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.54%) Publishing
9 9 (1.54%) Retail
10 8 (1.37%) Electronics
10 8 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Law
13 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.34%) Back Office
14 2 (0.34%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 295 (50.34%) Developer
2 95 (16.21%) Python Developer
3 89 (15.19%) Software Engineer
4 79 (13.48%) Full Stack Developer
4 79 (13.48%) React Developer
5 72 (12.29%) Python Engineer
6 67 (11.43%) Python Software Engineer
7 66 (11.26%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 63 (10.75%) Java Developer
9 48 (8.19%) DBA
10 44 (7.51%) Architect
11 43 (7.34%) Full Stack Engineer
12 39 (6.66%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 36 (6.14%) Full Stack Python Developer
14 26 (4.44%) Data Engineer
14 26 (4.44%) Senior
15 25 (4.27%) Lead
16 24 (4.10%) PostgreSQL DBA
17 18 (3.07%) PostgreSQL Developer
18 16 (2.73%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (26.28%) React
2 94 (16.04%) REST
3 77 (13.14%) Redux
4 74 (12.63%) Spring
5 72 (12.29%) Spring Boot
6 67 (11.43%) gRPC
7 66 (11.26%) Kafka
7 66 (11.26%) Material-UI
7 66 (11.26%) Protocol Buffers
8 54 (9.22%) Node.js
9 39 (6.66%) AngularJS
10 34 (5.80%) RESTful
11 33 (5.63%) .NET
12 30 (5.12%) HTML
13 29 (4.95%) CSS
14 25 (4.27%) Hibernate
15 24 (4.10%) JSON
15 24 (4.10%) XML
16 22 (3.75%) JPA
17 21 (3.58%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.12%) Hedge funds
2 69 (11.77%) Fixed Income
3 34 (5.80%) Equities
4 23 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.24%) Replication
6 17 (2.90%) Clustering
6 17 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.05%) PKI
9 11 (1.88%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.54%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.85%) Derivative
12 5 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (10.41%) Linux
2 34 (5.80%) Windows
3 19 (3.24%) Unix
4 18 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.54%) VMS
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.51%) Android
9 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.51%) CentOS
9 3 (0.51%) Solaris
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.17%) Fedora
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (43.86%) Agile
2 150 (25.60%) Full Stack Development
3 142 (24.23%) Software Engineering
4 138 (23.55%) DevOps
5 109 (18.60%) Microservices
6 91 (15.53%) CI/CD
7 77 (13.14%) Scrum
8 74 (12.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 74 (12.63%) Asset Management
8 74 (12.63%) Machine Learning
9 65 (11.09%) Automated Trading
9 65 (11.09%) Investment Management
9 65 (11.09%) Migration
10 63 (10.75%) Performance Tuning
10 63 (10.75%) Unit Testing
11 62 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (9.04%) Containerisation
13 49 (8.36%) TDD
14 48 (8.19%) Test Automation
15 45 (7.68%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 213 (36.35%) Python
2 204 (34.81%) SQL
3 149 (25.43%) Java
4 114 (19.45%) TypeScript
5 92 (15.70%) JavaScript
6 49 (8.36%) C#
7 46 (7.85%) PowerShell
8 35 (5.97%) Bash
9 25 (4.27%) Go
9 25 (4.27%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.56%) Ruby
11 14 (2.39%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.88%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.54%) Korn
14 8 (1.37%) C
14 8 (1.37%) C++
14 8 (1.37%) Scala
15 6 (1.02%) Groovy
15 6 (1.02%) PHP
16 5 (0.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 176 (30.03%) Security Cleared
2 149 (25.43%) SC Cleared
3 53 (9.04%) Degree
4 38 (6.48%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.37%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.51%) OCP
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.34%) HND
10 2 (0.34%) MCSE
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.17%) SANS
11 1 (0.17%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.90%) QA
2 14 (2.39%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.88%) MiFID
4 10 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.85%) SLA
6 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.34%) 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
1 100 (17.06%) Docker
2 18 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.22%) vSphere
5 6 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.34%) iptables
8 2 (0.34%) KVM
8 2 (0.34%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.17%) Ceph
9 1 (0.17%) HDFS
9 1 (0.17%) Lustre
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.17%) Samba
9 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 112 (19.11%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.87%) Ansible
3 45 (7.68%) Terraform
4 35 (5.97%) Grafana
5 24 (4.10%) Kibana
6 19 (3.24%) Istio
7 17 (2.90%) Prometheus
8 16 (2.73%) Argo
9 9 (1.54%) Packer
10 8 (1.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (1.02%) vRealize
12 5 (0.85%) Puppet
12 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.68%) Nessus
13 4 (0.68%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.68%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 149 (25.43%) Oracle
2 96 (16.38%) Google
3 65 (11.09%) Microsoft
4 24 (4.10%) VMware
5 21 (3.58%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.90%) Sparx
7 14 (2.39%) Informatica
7 14 (2.39%) SAP
7 14 (2.39%) Splunk
8 13 (2.22%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.05%) ESRI
10 10 (1.71%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.19%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.19%) Databricks
12 6 (1.02%) New Relic
13 5 (0.85%) Adobe
13 5 (0.85%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.85%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.85%) IBM
13 5 (0.85%) Salesforce