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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 155 149
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 0
Contract jobs citing PostgreSQL 714 986 1,655
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.73% 1.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.83% 9.66% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 696 1,239
10th Percentile £371 £412 £425
25th Percentile £450 £450 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +0.78% -4.15% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 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 - £38.50 £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 7,263 10,212 17,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.07% 17.88% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,202 7,271 12,451
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
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% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 180 194
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.37
25th Percentile £20.98 £32.30 £22.43
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.75 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.55 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £56.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.76% +62.71% +43.44%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +9 573 £550 +4.76% 345
London +27 358 £575 +9.52% 182
UK excluding London +2 268 £483 +0.78% 174
Work from Home -3 257 £506 +1.20% 247
South East +34 106 £490 +4.26% 40
Scotland +2 72 £463 -2.63% 10
North of England -2 52 £534 -2.91% 45
North West +11 32 £534 +20.00% 27
Midlands +38 20 £510 -2.86% 20
West Midlands +26 19 £510 -2.86% 14
Yorkshire +12 16 £600 +9.09% 17
South West +7 15 £450 -18.18% 35
North East +1 4 £550 -21.43% 1
Wales +24 2 £504 -4.05% 2
East of England 0 2 £675 +30.12% 19
East Midlands +14 1 - - 6

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 97 (13.59%) Apache
2 82 (11.48%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (4.34%) Confluence
4 27 (3.78%) SharePoint
5 15 (2.10%) nginx
6 14 (1.96%) OpenStack
7 10 (1.40%) Drupal
8 9 (1.26%) WordPress
9 8 (1.12%) Site Server
10 7 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.84%) GeoServer
11 6 (0.84%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.70%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.70%) Camunda
12 5 (0.70%) CMS
12 5 (0.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.56%) Luigi
14 3 (0.42%) ThingWorx
15 2 (0.28%) Gunicorn
Applications
1 15 (2.10%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.98%) 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
1 356 (49.86%) AWS
2 223 (31.23%) Azure
3 117 (16.39%) GCP
4 110 (15.41%) Serverless
5 79 (11.06%) Amazon S3
6 72 (10.08%) GitHub
7 69 (9.66%) AWS Lambda
8 54 (7.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (4.76%) OpenShift
11 32 (4.48%) Power Platform
12 24 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (2.66%) Amazon SQS
14 19 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (2.52%) Azure Functions
16 15 (2.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 14 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (1.96%) IaaS
18 13 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.24%) HTTP
2 11 (1.54%) BGP
2 11 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
2 11 (1.54%) MPLS
2 11 (1.54%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (1.54%) VPN
3 9 (1.26%) DNS
4 7 (0.98%) SAN
4 7 (0.98%) SSH
5 6 (0.84%) DHCP
5 6 (0.84%) NAS
6 4 (0.56%) Firewall
6 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.42%) SSL
8 2 (0.28%) Broadband
8 2 (0.28%) VLAN
9 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (15.41%) MongoDB
2 107 (14.99%) MySQL
3 106 (14.85%) Relational Database
4 101 (14.15%) NoSQL
5 97 (13.59%) SQL Server
6 61 (8.54%) Apache Ignite
7 52 (7.28%) Amazon RDS
8 50 (7.00%) Amazon Aurora
9 46 (6.44%) RDBMS
10 43 (6.02%) Oracle Database
11 31 (4.34%) Elasticsearch
11 31 (4.34%) Power BI
12 29 (4.06%) GIS
12 29 (4.06%) Redis
13 21 (2.94%) Couchbase
14 18 (2.52%) DynamoDB
15 16 (2.24%) Apache Cassandra
16 15 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
17 14 (1.96%) Oracle Database 11g
18 12 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 101 (14.15%) Git
2 71 (9.94%) GitLab
3 56 (7.84%) JIRA
4 55 (7.70%) Jenkins
5 47 (6.58%) Cypress.io
6 37 (5.18%) JUnit
7 18 (2.52%) Selenium
8 11 (1.54%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.54%) Maven
8 11 (1.54%) Robot Framework
8 11 (1.54%) TestRail
9 10 (1.40%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.12%) Mockito
10 8 (1.12%) TestNG
11 7 (0.98%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.84%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.84%) JMeter
13 5 (0.70%) Postman
13 5 (0.70%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 124 (17.37%) Public Sector
2 121 (16.95%) Finance
3 106 (14.85%) Social Skills
4 90 (12.61%) Banking
5 63 (8.82%) Front Office
6 42 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.10%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.40%) Marketing
9 8 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.12%) Publishing
9 8 (1.12%) Retail
10 7 (0.98%) Electronics
11 5 (0.70%) German Language
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
13 3 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 361 (50.56%) Developer
2 98 (13.73%) Python Developer
3 84 (11.76%) Full Stack Developer
4 83 (11.62%) Software Engineer
5 76 (10.64%) React Developer
6 68 (9.52%) Python Engineer
7 63 (8.82%) Java Developer
7 63 (8.82%) Python Software Engineer
8 62 (8.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 54 (7.56%) DBA
10 44 (6.16%) Architect
11 40 (5.60%) Data Engineer
12 39 (5.46%) Full Stack Engineer
13 35 (4.90%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 35 (4.90%) Senior
14 34 (4.76%) Full Stack Python Developer
15 32 (4.48%) Lead
16 24 (3.36%) PostgreSQL DBA
17 21 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
18 20 (2.80%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (24.93%) React
2 122 (17.09%) REST
3 85 (11.90%) Spring Boot
4 82 (11.48%) Spring
5 78 (10.92%) Node.js
6 77 (10.78%) Redux
7 69 (9.66%) Kafka
8 64 (8.96%) gRPC
9 62 (8.68%) Material-UI
10 61 (8.54%) Protocol Buffers
11 52 (7.28%) AWS CDK
12 45 (6.30%) CSS
13 43 (6.02%) HTML
14 38 (5.32%) .NET
15 34 (4.76%) AngularJS
16 33 (4.62%) RESTful
17 30 (4.20%) JSON
18 29 (4.06%) Hibernate
18 29 (4.06%) XML
19 23 (3.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.52%) Hedge funds
2 65 (9.10%) Fixed Income
3 30 (4.20%) Equities
4 28 (3.92%) Replication
5 27 (3.78%) Cloud Native
6 23 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (2.24%) Clustering
9 15 (2.10%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.96%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.68%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.40%) PKI
13 9 (1.26%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.26%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.12%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.98%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 79 (11.06%) Linux
2 29 (4.06%) Windows
3 22 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.52%) Unix
5 16 (2.24%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.96%) VMS
7 13 (1.82%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.12%) CentOS
9 4 (0.56%) Android
9 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.14%) Fedora
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (43.14%) Agile
2 180 (25.21%) DevOps
3 154 (21.57%) Full Stack Development
4 147 (20.59%) Software Engineering
5 138 (19.33%) CI/CD
6 136 (19.05%) Microservices
7 111 (15.55%) Scrum
8 87 (12.18%) Machine Learning
9 83 (11.62%) Artificial Intelligence
9 83 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
10 75 (10.50%) Unit Testing
11 74 (10.36%) Migration
12 70 (9.80%) Asset Management
13 66 (9.24%) Infrastructure as Code
14 64 (8.96%) Test Automation
15 62 (8.68%) ETL
15 62 (8.68%) Mentoring
15 62 (8.68%) Performance Tuning
16 61 (8.54%) Automated Trading
16 61 (8.54%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 266 (37.25%) Python
2 257 (35.99%) SQL
3 166 (23.25%) Java
4 157 (21.99%) TypeScript
5 113 (15.83%) JavaScript
6 59 (8.26%) Bash
7 50 (7.00%) C#
8 48 (6.72%) PowerShell
9 41 (5.74%) Go
10 28 (3.92%) PL/SQL
11 21 (2.94%) Ruby
12 18 (2.52%) T-SQL
13 17 (2.38%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.82%) Scala
15 9 (1.26%) Groovy
15 9 (1.26%) Korn
16 8 (1.12%) C++
17 7 (0.98%) PHP
18 6 (0.84%) C
19 5 (0.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 183 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 155 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.84%) Degree
4 39 (5.46%) DV Cleared
5 30 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.40%) 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 30 (4.20%) Accessibility
2 22 (3.08%) QA
3 11 (1.54%) MiFID
4 10 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.12%) 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
1 131 (18.35%) Docker
2 17 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.10%) vSphere
4 10 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.28%) iptables
7 2 (0.28%) KVM
7 2 (0.28%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.14%) Ceph
8 1 (0.14%) HDFS
8 1 (0.14%) Lustre
8 1 (0.14%) NFS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
8 1 (0.14%) Samba
8 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 143 (20.03%) Kubernetes
2 75 (10.50%) Grafana
3 70 (9.80%) Ansible
3 70 (9.80%) Terraform
4 28 (3.92%) Kibana
5 27 (3.78%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.10%) Istio
7 12 (1.68%) Packer
8 11 (1.54%) Argo
9 10 (1.40%) ZABBIX
10 8 (1.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 8 (1.12%) Puppet
11 7 (0.98%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.98%) vRealize
12 5 (0.70%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.56%) Nessus
13 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 181 (25.35%) Oracle
2 100 (14.01%) Google
3 74 (10.36%) Microsoft
4 28 (3.92%) Red Hat
5 25 (3.50%) VMware
6 22 (3.08%) Splunk
7 18 (2.52%) Sparx
8 16 (2.24%) SAP
9 15 (2.10%) ESRI
10 14 (1.96%) Informatica
11 12 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.68%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.54%) Atlassian
12 11 (1.54%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.98%) Adobe
14 5 (0.70%) Arqiva
14 5 (0.70%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.70%) IBM
14 5 (0.70%) New Relic
14 5 (0.70%) Veritas