PostgreSQL Contracts

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 154 146
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 718 985 1,675
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.69% 1.72% 1.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.85% 9.64% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 695 1,250
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £450 £450 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -7.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -0.41% -3.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 3
10th Percentile £34.05 - £38.50
25th Percentile £57.94 £21.24 £43.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.49 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +233.56% -59.12% +65.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £23.73 £57.70
90th Percentile - £38.62 £57.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £22.16 -
% change year-on-year +261.01% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,287 10,222 17,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 17.85% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,225 7,278 12,532
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £549
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.73% +9.80%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 175 184
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £32.30 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +69.81%
75th Percentile £61.53 £73.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £79.38 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.25 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.64% +57.14% +45.83%

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 20 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 16 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 20 May 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
England +15 582 £550 +2.71% 462
London +25 366 £575 +7.38% 275
UK excluding London -3 263 £483 -0.41% 258
Work from Home -6 255 £506 +1.20% 278
South East +36 107 £485 -2.02% 102
Scotland -7 66 £463 -2.63% 14
North of England +6 52 £534 -6.32% 56
North West +9 32 £534 +20.00% 30
Midlands +24 20 £510 -2.86% 24
West Midlands +29 19 £510 -2.86% 15
Yorkshire +11 16 £600 +9.09% 24
South West -1 15 £450 -18.18% 33
North East +2 4 £550 -21.43% 2
Wales +20 2 £504 -4.05% 2
East of England -1 2 £675 +30.12% 22
East Midlands +15 1 - - 9

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
1 100 (13.93%) Apache
2 85 (11.84%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (4.04%) Confluence
4 27 (3.76%) SharePoint
5 15 (2.09%) nginx
6 14 (1.95%) OpenStack
7 10 (1.39%) Drupal
8 9 (1.25%) Site Server
8 9 (1.25%) WordPress
9 7 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.84%) GeoServer
10 6 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 6 (0.84%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.70%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.70%) Camunda
11 5 (0.70%) CMS
12 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.56%) Luigi
13 3 (0.42%) ThingWorx
14 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (2.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.70%) Endur
3 5 (0.70%) Magento
3 5 (0.70%) Odoo
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 357 (49.72%) AWS
2 227 (31.62%) Azure
3 123 (17.13%) GCP
4 106 (14.76%) Serverless
5 77 (10.72%) Amazon S3
6 71 (9.89%) GitHub
7 66 (9.19%) AWS Lambda
8 49 (6.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (5.01%) OpenShift
11 31 (4.32%) Power Platform
12 25 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
15 18 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (2.37%) Azure Functions
17 15 (2.09%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 15 (2.09%) IaaS
18 14 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
18 14 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.23%) HTTP
2 10 (1.39%) BGP
2 10 (1.39%) Ethernet VPN
2 10 (1.39%) MPLS
2 10 (1.39%) Radio Access Network
2 10 (1.39%) VPN
3 9 (1.25%) DNS
4 8 (1.11%) SSH
5 7 (0.97%) SAN
6 6 (0.84%) DHCP
6 6 (0.84%) NAS
7 5 (0.70%) Firewall
8 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) SSL
10 2 (0.28%) Broadband
10 2 (0.28%) VLAN
11 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.14%) LAN
11 1 (0.14%) Network Security
11 1 (0.14%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (15.04%) MongoDB
2 107 (14.90%) MySQL
3 105 (14.62%) Relational Database
4 98 (13.65%) NoSQL
5 93 (12.95%) SQL Server
6 65 (9.05%) Apache Ignite
7 55 (7.66%) Amazon RDS
8 45 (6.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 45 (6.27%) RDBMS
9 43 (5.99%) Oracle Database
10 34 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
11 30 (4.18%) GIS
11 30 (4.18%) Power BI
12 29 (4.04%) Redis
13 21 (2.92%) Couchbase
14 18 (2.51%) DynamoDB
15 16 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
16 15 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
17 13 (1.81%) Oracle Database 11g
18 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 100 (13.93%) Git
2 69 (9.61%) GitLab
3 55 (7.66%) Jenkins
4 53 (7.38%) JIRA
5 51 (7.10%) Cypress.io
6 37 (5.15%) JUnit
7 18 (2.51%) Selenium
8 11 (1.53%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.39%) Maven
9 10 (1.39%) Robot Framework
9 10 (1.39%) SonarQube
9 10 (1.39%) TestRail
10 8 (1.11%) Mockito
10 8 (1.11%) TestNG
11 7 (0.97%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.84%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.84%) JMeter
13 5 (0.70%) EasyMock
13 5 (0.70%) Postman
13 5 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 123 (17.13%) Finance
1 123 (17.13%) Public Sector
2 104 (14.48%) Social Skills
3 92 (12.81%) Banking
4 67 (9.33%) Front Office
5 41 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.09%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.39%) Marketing
8 9 (1.25%) Publishing
9 8 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.11%) Retail
10 7 (0.97%) Electronics
11 5 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.56%) French Language
12 4 (0.56%) German Language
13 3 (0.42%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 360 (50.14%) Developer
2 102 (14.21%) Python Developer
3 87 (12.12%) Software Engineer
4 86 (11.98%) Full Stack Developer
5 80 (11.14%) React Developer
6 72 (10.03%) Python Engineer
7 67 (9.33%) Python Software Engineer
8 66 (9.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 63 (8.77%) Java Developer
10 54 (7.52%) DBA
11 45 (6.27%) Architect
12 41 (5.71%) Full Stack Engineer
13 39 (5.43%) Data Engineer
14 37 (5.15%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 36 (5.01%) Full Stack Python Developer
16 33 (4.60%) Senior
17 32 (4.46%) Lead
18 24 (3.34%) PostgreSQL DBA
19 20 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
20 19 (2.65%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (25.35%) React
2 122 (16.99%) REST
3 85 (11.84%) Spring Boot
4 83 (11.56%) Spring
5 81 (11.28%) Redux
6 78 (10.86%) Node.js
7 72 (10.03%) Kafka
8 68 (9.47%) gRPC
9 66 (9.19%) Material-UI
10 65 (9.05%) Protocol Buffers
11 48 (6.69%) AWS CDK
12 45 (6.27%) CSS
13 43 (5.99%) HTML
14 38 (5.29%) .NET
15 34 (4.74%) AngularJS
16 33 (4.60%) RESTful
17 30 (4.18%) JSON
18 29 (4.04%) Hibernate
18 29 (4.04%) XML
19 22 (3.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.89%) Hedge funds
2 69 (9.61%) Fixed Income
3 34 (4.74%) Equities
4 29 (4.04%) Cloud Native
4 29 (4.04%) Replication
5 23 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
8 18 (2.51%) Clustering
9 15 (2.09%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.67%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.53%) PKI
13 9 (1.25%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.25%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.11%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.97%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.84%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 81 (11.28%) Linux
2 31 (4.32%) Windows
3 21 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.51%) Unix
5 17 (2.37%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.95%) VMS
7 13 (1.81%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.11%) CentOS
9 4 (0.56%) Android
9 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) Fedora
11 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Rocky
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (42.90%) Agile
2 184 (25.63%) DevOps
3 158 (22.01%) Full Stack Development
4 152 (21.17%) Software Engineering
5 141 (19.64%) Microservices
6 137 (19.08%) CI/CD
7 107 (14.90%) Scrum
8 88 (12.26%) Machine Learning
9 85 (11.84%) Artificial Intelligence
10 84 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (10.31%) Asset Management
11 74 (10.31%) Migration
12 73 (10.17%) Unit Testing
13 65 (9.05%) Automated Trading
13 65 (9.05%) Investment Management
14 64 (8.91%) Performance Tuning
15 63 (8.77%) Test Automation
16 62 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
17 61 (8.50%) ETL
18 60 (8.36%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 265 (36.91%) Python
2 252 (35.10%) SQL
3 165 (22.98%) Java
4 156 (21.73%) TypeScript
5 112 (15.60%) JavaScript
6 58 (8.08%) Bash
7 49 (6.82%) C#
8 48 (6.69%) PowerShell
9 40 (5.57%) Go
10 26 (3.62%) PL/SQL
11 20 (2.79%) Ruby
12 17 (2.37%) Shell Script
13 16 (2.23%) T-SQL
14 13 (1.81%) Scala
15 10 (1.39%) Korn
16 8 (1.11%) C++
16 8 (1.11%) Groovy
17 6 (0.84%) C
17 6 (0.84%) PHP
18 5 (0.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 187 (26.04%) Security Cleared
2 157 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.80%) Degree
4 39 (5.43%) DV Cleared
5 30 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.28%) HND
9 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) MCSE
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.14%) OCP
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.04%) Accessibility
2 22 (3.06%) QA
3 11 (1.53%) MiFID
4 10 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (0.70%) SLA
7 2 (0.28%) GDPR
7 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) EMIR
8 1 (0.14%) FATCA
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 130 (18.11%) Docker
2 18 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.09%) vSphere
4 10 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.28%) iptables
6 2 (0.28%) KVM
6 2 (0.28%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.14%) Ceph
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
7 1 (0.14%) Lustre
7 1 (0.14%) NFS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.14%) Postfix
7 1 (0.14%) Samba
7 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 146 (20.33%) Kubernetes
2 75 (10.45%) Grafana
3 71 (9.89%) Ansible
4 69 (9.61%) Terraform
5 31 (4.32%) Kibana
6 30 (4.18%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.51%) Istio
8 14 (1.95%) Argo
9 12 (1.67%) Packer
10 10 (1.39%) ZABBIX
11 8 (1.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.11%) Puppet
12 7 (0.97%) vRealize
13 6 (0.84%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.56%) Data Guard
15 4 (0.56%) Nessus
15 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 183 (25.49%) Oracle
2 104 (14.48%) Google
3 74 (10.31%) Microsoft
4 28 (3.90%) Red Hat
5 26 (3.62%) VMware
6 23 (3.20%) Splunk
7 18 (2.51%) Sparx
8 17 (2.37%) SAP
9 16 (2.23%) ESRI
10 14 (1.95%) Informatica
11 13 (1.81%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.67%) Salesforce
13 11 (1.53%) SolarWinds
14 10 (1.39%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.97%) Adobe
16 6 (0.84%) New Relic
17 5 (0.70%) Arqiva
17 5 (0.70%) CyberArk
17 5 (0.70%) Dynatrace
17 5 (0.70%) Veritas